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A review by wizardsrule
The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
4.0
This hasn’t been the best book I read but I once I accepted that it was going to be kinda of a trashy ya novel I liked it. Putting everything aside, it was a good book to read for shits and giggles.
Some of the biggest reasons why I disliked it was because sometimes the actions of the characters felt too smart for who they were. It felt that the actions were more what the author wanted to make a point rather than what the character would actually do. Like Tessa suggesting that the guard be abolished after becoming in charge of them. I can see the ideas the author wanted to push with this and how they were trying to connect it to real life but at the same time it felt very forced coming from Tessa.
Same with Clarke confessing to the murder of Emyr. Her whole outburst about how everyone assumed it was Dereck, a man, behind the whole plot seemed really forced. Almost like the author threw away how much of a mastermind Clarke’s whole plot was to have a forced “girl boss” moment.
I was drawn to this book because of the trans rep in fantasy, which I loved. I was able to enjoy reading it by not taking it too seriously but I wouldn’t recommend it to people who want to be more invested.
That being said though, I will be reading the sequel lol
Some of the biggest reasons why I disliked it was because sometimes the actions of the characters felt too smart for who they were. It felt that the actions were more what the author wanted to make a point rather than what the character would actually do. Like Tessa suggesting that the guard be abolished after becoming in charge of them. I can see the ideas the author wanted to push with this and how they were trying to connect it to real life but at the same time it felt very forced coming from Tessa.
Same with Clarke confessing to the murder of Emyr. Her whole outburst about how everyone assumed it was Dereck, a man, behind the whole plot seemed really forced. Almost like the author threw away how much of a mastermind Clarke’s whole plot was to have a forced “girl boss” moment.
I was drawn to this book because of the trans rep in fantasy, which I loved. I was able to enjoy reading it by not taking it too seriously but I wouldn’t recommend it to people who want to be more invested.
That being said though, I will be reading the sequel lol