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A review by kilmosnaps
The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I loved this book.
The book was at 100 from the jump and kept going.
The world building was amazing and at times overly explain-y you needed it to understand the world.
Being a YA novel there was some pretty basic/on the nose analogies regarding the fae vs human societies:
‘Witchlings (queer kids) are born to fae (cishet) parents are often treated as if this huge part of their very existence is a terrible mistake.
There was incredible original takes I haven’t seen other books take:
1. Fated mates - usually it’s accepted within a chapter and there’s no absolute rejection of it
‘A compulsion. I’ve always wondered what it felt like to be a mated Fae. To feel it from Emyr’s side, this connection we supposedly have. Witches, though fae in technicality, don’t experience the same need.’
2. Interesting way to speak about being transgender - I hadn’t read that many books about the anger part of it. cc read any Andrew Joseph White books
“You haven’t changed as much as you think you have… You have always been you. You just found the language to talk about it.”
‘The last time I saw him, he was just a boy. Now he’s a monster.
The fae are all monsters.
But so am I.’
Maritza and Paloma - y’all knew what you were doing! #onebedtrope
I need a movie/mini series/tv show with a Game of Thrones budget to do it justice.
Immediately put the 2nd book on hold.
The book was at 100 from the jump and kept going.
The world building was amazing and at times overly explain-y you needed it to understand the world.
Being a YA novel there was some pretty basic/on the nose analogies regarding the fae vs human societies:
‘Witchlings (queer kids) are born to fae (cishet) parents are often treated as if this huge part of their very existence is a terrible mistake.
There was incredible original takes I haven’t seen other books take:
1. Fated mates - usually it’s accepted within a chapter and there’s no absolute rejection of it
‘A compulsion. I’ve always wondered what it felt like to be a mated Fae. To feel it from Emyr’s side, this connection we supposedly have. Witches, though fae in technicality, don’t experience the same need.’
2. Interesting way to speak about being transgender - I hadn’t read that many books about the anger part of it. cc read any Andrew Joseph White books
“You haven’t changed as much as you think you have… You have always been you. You just found the language to talk about it.”
‘The last time I saw him, he was just a boy. Now he’s a monster.
The fae are all monsters.
But so am I.’
Maritza and Paloma - y’all knew what you were doing! #onebedtrope
I need a movie/mini series/tv show with a Game of Thrones budget to do it justice.
Immediately put the 2nd book on hold.