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A review by im211
The Wish Granter by C.J. Redwine
4.0
“I don’t like humans.”
“They’re weak.” His elegant voice began to slur, and Ari shivered. “Always grasping for what they don’t have. Always desperate for someone to give them what they haven’t earned. They’ll promise anything, but their promises are false.”...
I read Redwine’s Defiance and it felt me unsatisfied in terms of storytelling and execution, so I was never really caught up with her works. But coming across the Revenspire series which hints at being fairytale retelling (which I root for) and each book isn’t a continuation of the previous just sort of related to each other, I figured it won’t hurt to pick one which calls onto me the most.
And I am sure glad I did, for I thoroughly enjoyed this one; with its fantastic world-building and clever turn of events along with the quirky characters that make you laugh out loud.
As much I liked the character interaction, but I didn’t feel the connection I thought I would, as soon as I closed the book. I usually root for my current characters I read for, but in this case, I hung onto them as long as I was reading. I really thought they would stick with me longer.
The brighter side is our MC Ari’s quirks and wits that actually kept this story interesting and fun at the same time, we see her not always in the front row to jump into being the ever- genius but takes over when the time comes.
He had a weakness. He had secrets. And he’d done enough damage to her people.
By the time she was finished with him, Teague was going to regret ever setting foot in her kingdom...
It’s appreciable to have our MC, not our so-common perfect girl and always arms up to fight, it’s a nice change.
Thad was active for the first half of the story but faded into the background in the latter half and that left me downhearted for I really enjoyed the sibling interactions.
Sebastian, on the other hand, was by far the best character in this book, we get to see his rise and fall of his character growth and actually experience the difficult changes he’d to go through ou the story.
Two months ago, all he’d wanted was enough coin to buy a solitary life far from Kosim Thalas and the memories it held.
Two months ago, he’d been willing to break his promise to his brother for a chance to avoid another confrontation with his father. To avoid discovering just how like his father he really was inside.
He still wanted his cottage on a sea cliff. He still wanted to avoid his father.
But now he wanted Ari’s safety more....
Now for the best part, one of the problems I have with fantasy is how they portray their world, in many books I usually skim through their details of market places and politics. But I was saved from that in this book. We learn of the world’s trades and streets without it being a dreary task, and we get to explore it with our MCs and not just having an aerial view of it.
And sort of summarises my thoughts about this book; now onto the next read!
In a nutshell, I’ll be looking forward to more of the Raven spire series and hope it’s as good or even better!