A review by claragweny
The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields

emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I found this book confounding. The concept is amazing! Honey as a medium for magic and communicating with bees? Fantastic! The Isle of Innisfree and what it offers to the village and beyond is something I want to know more about too. 

I think it's easy to get caught up in the overall charm of the concept but once you start really thinking about the plot things start getting a little muddy. Like many others, I predicted so many of the finer details of the plot and the characters that when they were revealed I didn't have any emotional reaction at all. When we got to the grand finale it was so rushed and ultimately it fell completely flat. 

What really kind of bothered was was the contradictory nature of the concept that Honey Witches are all about choice but then
soulmate spells are quite a large plot point in the story. A spell to make two people, soulmates or not, come together is the antithesis of choice.
 

While reading, I was lured in by the concept of the magic system but I truly wish there had been more time spent working on the finer details of the plot. But to each their own. 

"A Honey Witch provides women with choice—something they are all too often denied."
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