Reviews

Windwitch by Susan Dennard

trinforeman's review against another edition

5.0

I can haz more... right meow!!!

magik_the_cat's review against another edition

5.0

So, the beginning for this was a bit slow for me and I am not sure if that is because I was hella busy or because it was just slow. It did pick up and I read the last half in a single night. One of the reasons I loved the first book so much was the friendship between Safi and Iseult. Sadly, there was less of that but with good reason (and not nonexistent just less). I only hope that changes in future books. Safi x Iseult otpp (one true platonic pairing (idk if that's actually a thing but it needs to be)). The book is still great though. We get to see more of the Witchlands and get insight into how other countries work. We get to see interaction between Iseult and the Bloodwitch Aeduan which makes me excited for the 3rd book Bloodwitch. I hope we get some chapters of the Empress in the next book because I want to see more character growth from her. She seems like a badass but we don't really get to see much from her since we only see her through Safi's sections.

bookpanther's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars. Windwitch wasn’t as good as Truthwitch, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. For me, Vivia and Merik’s PoVs were the least interesting for me, and I caught myself skimming some of their chapters (at least in the beginning). Still, Dennard has created some well-rounded characters, even when the plot falls short. This one definitely feels more like setup for the following books, so I’m really looking forward to Bloodwitch.

lynnguistics's review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

3.75

tatumlemurs's review against another edition

5.0

REALLY GOOD! RTC.

worldsunlikeourown's review against another edition

4.0

This was so much better than Truthwitch. The plot was much easier to follow and there was a definite improvement in the world-building. The multi-perspective narration is very well laid out and each character's subplot was both interesting and engaging. In this book, I felt the focus was more on Iseult and Aeduan despite it being Merik's book. I should have liked to see more of the story from his POV. Also, I'm still a little confused as to how the magic works and some explanation on that would have been nice.

Spoiler

I was really hoping for a Safi and Merik reunion too!

But otherwise, an entertaining high stakes adventure!

lisbethwhite's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

logarithm's review against another edition

3.0

I read Truthwitch earlier this year and loved it! So I picked up Windwitch with high expectations and was somehow disappointed. The character dynamic I enjoyed so much in the first installment is not there (mainly because the characters are separated) and this book suffers from “second book syndrome”. I will read the next book, though. (It wasn’t bad, just not so great)

catpingu's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.0

Am I done?  YAY I'M DONE.  This book was so unstimulating.  How did this book feel like more exposition than the first book?!  The short chapters set-up is working against the story, hard.


Iseult and Safi are still separated; one is being pursued by a Bloodwitch, and one is being pursued by an entire empire.  One runs through forests dreaming of Cleaved witches, and one is captured by a foreign empress.  Yet somehow, all roads lead back to a dark force rising in the north, and dead men aren't really dead; nor are Cleaved really cleaving.  Merik and Vivia are finding this truth out for themselves, as they uncover more and more Nubrevnan secrets.


We're involved with a bunch of characters now, and the chapters are short and within the subsections still shorter.  How are the chapters even divided at this point?  It doesn't feel like there's a particular rhyme or reason, and all it serves to do is break off the story once something even vaguely cool happens.

The ending better be worth it.  Because the only interesting things that even happened in this book is enemies-to-lovers (maybe?!?!?!)  I'm hard shipping Iseult with Aeduan because they're both kinda bringing the best out of each other.  And Safi...Safi's off doing her own thing and growing up.  And Merik is a jerk.  And Vivia is older-sister-struggling here.  Oh yeah, and like

Kullen is maybe "alive" because I think his threads are being pulled by that Weaverwitch.  So Iseult maybe is a Voidwitch, and she's learning to do the same things now too

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Hmmm, I think this might just be all that happened.  Oh yeah mysterious shadowy guy with weird vibes.  And a mysterious kidnapped girl who can control mountain bats.  There's so much exposition in this series.

amyhungerford's review against another edition

3.0

I'm so sad I didn't like this one. I really liked Truthwitch, and I was really looking forward to this one.

But it was so boring. I don't really have much to say about this one.

Basically.