A review by oliviaalbion
Weyward by Emilia Hart

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I'm so torn between a rating of 4 or 5 for this book, but considering it's the first book in ages I've stayed up reading, it's probably a 5. It's taken me a day to process the story of these 3 Weyward women and how their individual stories and lives link to the wider story. The themes travel through time splendidly, and each chapter was so perfectly timed with the others, alternating between the 3 women nearly equally and showing them all at the age of 'becoming a Weyward woman' despite the difference at age. I think the power of women was sometimes not given enough credit and could have been portrayed better as the main theme of the book. 
I also wonder if more books like this should have a trigger warning as the chapters on domestic violence and rape were hard to read, and this wasn't hinted at in the blurb or anywhere else pre-reading.
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