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The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec

27 reviews

katekatiekait's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

adoto's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

I didn't like the writing style of this book (dialogue is juvenile and a little too modern, writing feels very tell-y, any foreshadowing that happens earlier in the book is signposted when it becomes important like babes I can use my brain) but I enjoyed the worldbuilding and some of the character relationships. It was a bit too focused on the men of the story for my liking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia

doctadri44's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Deadnaming, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Trafficking

seregelda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

CW: slavery, animal sacrifice, death, violence, gore

Really good, but I didn't know till the end note that it was partly based on historical figures. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Sexual violence

lprox112's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed the weaver and the witch queen! This is a historical fantasy adventure that sweeps you up into a nordic world of ritual and battle and politics, but that is all simply an enchanting setting for the characters to act within as they work through the complicated dynamics of evolving friendships, trauma, love, betrayal, and the messy process of discovering who you want to be. The story is told through Gunnhild and Oddny's perspective, but you are introduced to so many interesting and mysterious people throughout the novel - i was constantly wondering how their relationships would change as more and more information was revealed. The pace was great, the character development was realistic and deep and varied. And the plot was rich and satisfying to the end. I feel as though a sequel is coming... not sure if thats coming or not but i would be glad for it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Self harm, and Death of parent

matchamarimo's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Transphobia

elorathesun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Animal death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

softanimal's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and I love Gronichec's writing but it didn't grab me as much as the Witch's Heart. I couldn't help comparing the two unfortunately. But still a wonderful story and telling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

Minor: Rape, Slavery, Vomit, and Outing

hkrobock's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

As someone who loved The Witch's Heart, I had high hopes for this. It unfortunately doesn't come close to how much I loved the author's previous work, but I still really enjoyed it. Love that one character is explicitly demi-sexual with stating how they can't do intimacy without really knowing someone first (love the ace/aro rep) and one character is trans. Overall loved the story and the little twists/reveals. The main characters are good as well even though they frustrated me at times throughout. Many of the minor characters were great though.
I will say there are a lot of slow spots for me and I didn't have the same intense emotions reading it as the authors previous book, and those are big reasons it wasn't a 5star read like The Witch's Heart for me. I will still totally look forward to any books or work this author does in the future!
Check trigger/content warnings although nothing was super graphic stuff was still detailed and mentioned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing