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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith
4.0
I'm a mood reader. It doesn't happen very rarely that I discover a book that I "NEED TO HAVE RIGHT NOW" and between me ordering the book and me getting the book that need disappears. The book ends up on the pile with unread books and it can take years before I'm finally back in the mood for said book. That also happened with this book that I got years ago. Last week I stumbled upon it and got curious about it. Time to finally start reading!
The beginning of this book was amazing. I was sucked in right away and I liked the mix of magic and history. The middle of this book however felt a little chaotic. It was hard to understand where the story was going, it was hard to understand what our heroine actually wanted and at times it was hard to follow what everyone was doing. The finale was once more epic though and especially the last page really makes me curious about the sequel.
I think my issue with the middle of the book, and all the chaos, is mostly the heroine. It's clear that our heroine is emotional, filled with fire. Fire both fueled by passion, rage and the need to do something. It makes her reckless and impulsive and more than once I got a little frustrated that she got herself in trouble because she refuses to be smart about whatever she wants. However, I think she does learn her lesson by the end of the book.
The other issue is probably that our heroine is in a situation where nothing is explained to her, and therefore nothing is explained to us either. The magic system feels a little vague. There's clearly a lot going on in the city, but we have no idea what exactly. We also have no idea about the politics behind the magic and the power. The finale comes with loads of answers though and I do hope that with all this knowledge the next book might be a totally different read.
The beginning of this book was amazing. I was sucked in right away and I liked the mix of magic and history. The middle of this book however felt a little chaotic. It was hard to understand where the story was going, it was hard to understand what our heroine actually wanted and at times it was hard to follow what everyone was doing. The finale was once more epic though and especially the last page really makes me curious about the sequel.
I think my issue with the middle of the book, and all the chaos, is mostly the heroine. It's clear that our heroine is emotional, filled with fire. Fire both fueled by passion, rage and the need to do something. It makes her reckless and impulsive and more than once I got a little frustrated that she got herself in trouble because she refuses to be smart about whatever she wants. However, I think she does learn her lesson by the end of the book.
The other issue is probably that our heroine is in a situation where nothing is explained to her, and therefore nothing is explained to us either. The magic system feels a little vague. There's clearly a lot going on in the city, but we have no idea what exactly. We also have no idea about the politics behind the magic and the power. The finale comes with loads of answers though and I do hope that with all this knowledge the next book might be a totally different read.