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A review by krysisreading
The Coven by Harper L. Woods
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Tor Publishing Group for an ARC of the book!
While I did enjoy the book for the most part, I definitely expected more.
1. I was so confused in the beginning of the book on how old the FMC was. I initially thought she was 16 because of the part where the coven said "if she's sixteen she's far too young to begin at hollows grove for another four years" because they assumed when Susannah said that a "new witch has made herself known" that she was 16.
Gray does later say that he knows her to be 20 years of age. But I definitely feel that it could have been made more clear especially with a book with darker themes.
I did think that the magic throughout the book was interesting! The first couple of chapters really did me in but I think it definitely slowed down in the middle. I didn't think that the FMC and MMC had much chemistry but it was much more of an insta lust with minimal character development. She was strong and very capable and I think that could've been leaned on more.
I thought it was odd that there was not more concern for her brother throughout the book but instead it was forgotten about during the middle of the book and then brought back up towards the end. I didn't feel as if she really developed many if any meaningful relationships with anyone else besides the MMC.
While I did enjoy the book for the most part, I definitely expected more.
1. I was so confused in the beginning of the book on how old the FMC was. I initially thought she was 16 because of the part where the coven said "if she's sixteen she's far too young to begin at hollows grove for another four years" because they assumed when Susannah said that a "new witch has made herself known" that she was 16.
Gray does later say that he knows her to be 20 years of age. But I definitely feel that it could have been made more clear especially with a book with darker themes.
I did think that the magic throughout the book was interesting! The first couple of chapters really did me in but I think it definitely slowed down in the middle. I didn't think that the FMC and MMC had much chemistry but it was much more of an insta lust with minimal character development. She was strong and very capable and I think that could've been leaned on more.
I thought it was odd that there was not more concern for her brother throughout the book but instead it was forgotten about during the middle of the book and then brought back up towards the end. I didn't feel as if she really developed many if any meaningful relationships with anyone else besides the MMC.