A review by myplaincheerios
The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores

adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

It was okay. I was really excited about a queer retelling of repunzel, but it was barely repunzel —the only thing that was the same was being locked in a tower and having long hair. it was an easy listen on my way to work, and it did grab me at some points but lost me a lot because of the many internal monologues, info-dumping lore, and I didn’t really connect with the characters at all. If the story was more fleshed out and more of showing not telling, it could have been great. It also reads not as a YA, but more for an 8th grader let’s say. I did enjoy the ending though, and would have appreciated a “few years later” epilogue kinda deal. 
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