A review by epen
The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec

adventurous inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
I was excited about this initially, but by the end I was finishing to get it over with. The pacing was off—the middle dragged on, and so much happened at the end that felt unearned. I am fine with unlikeable characters as long as the book has a smart perspective on them, but I found Oddny deeply unlikeable in a way that I don't think the book had a clear perspective on, and I ultimately don’t know that I could say that Gunnhild was super fleshed out as a character either. As other reviewers have noted, by the end this was regurgitating romance tropes and I was put off by the story’s handling of the central characters’ relationships to one another vs the men in their lives. 
This was a fun backdrop for a story but it disappointed me on the whole. 
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