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Weyward by Emilia Hart

51 reviews

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Incest, Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, and Pedophilia

Minor: Infidelity

luisaroesch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, Physical abuse, Abortion, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Medical content, Confinement, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War, Dementia, Cancer, and Car accident

varsha24's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Vomit and Suicide attempt

haleysversion's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, Child abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infertility, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

kurtgrl13's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Abortion, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit, War, and Suicide attempt

lanternheart's review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

The family tale of the Weyward women, a lineage gifted with a magical connection to the natural world, is a dark and twisted one — gnarled as a tree root, and knotted with abuse, violence, and their struggle for personal freedom. The book is written in a triple perspective, sharing chapters between the present-day Kate, running from an abusive relationship, the 1940s teenaged years of her brilliant and sheltered great-aunt Violet, and the distant past of their ancestor Altha, tried and acquitted for witchcraft in King James I's England. The perspective shifts and short chapters make the book pass quickly, and I found it hard to put down once the mysteries between its characters deepened.

What pulls me back from a five-star is the magic itself — it's a beautiful, evocative folk magic, but comes into focus at different times in the book in such a way that it's a bit unfocused, a bit hard to tell if it's real or imagined until quite late. I don't mind the vagueness, but did feel that for a central story about inheritance, it could have been woven a bit tighter. The graphic descriptions of

Spoiler

Violet's self-induced abortion

and

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rape by her cousin, Frederick,

aren't for the faint of heart, either. An engaging, at times difficult, enchanting read, but unraveling the mystery is part of its enjoyment in such a way that I'll need to let it sit some time before rereading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Miscarriage

Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

tashas's review

emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Rape, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Murder, Vomit, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Stalking

Minor: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Gore

evieliveshere's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved the growth of all the Weyward women through three different generations. Each of them learn about their abilities, overcome great adversity and pain, and learn to be proud of who they are despite the world’s judgement toward them and their difficult situations. My only criticism is that I would have liked a mored details about their magic and the lore.

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What is the Magic’s origin? How does it affect their  bodies? It’s first mentioned around the 80% point of the book. Hart does my delve into whether magic is only in women. Perhaps because the magic was kept l secret for so many generations? The lack of in-depth magic lore is the only thing I felt was missing. I also thought it was interesting the Hart chose not to focus  on Simon after Kate escaped. We feel her anxiety and know that he is probably searching for her, but we do not see him again until the end of the book. I actually think that was a great choice on Hart’s part. It is never about why an abuser is the way they are, so by not providing a backstory for Simon or writing his POV, Hart avoids convey any “excuse” for Simon’s abuse. I liked that we focus on Kate’s growth. I also liked Violet’s discoveries and learning to shed the excuses for the abuses she suffered. She learned to relinquish the guilt, and I think Hart wrote it with compassion and grace.

This is an emotionally heavy book with lots of trigger warnings⚠️, however Hart does not add gruesome details or scenes unnecessarily. All the details and difficult themes are important; they add to each woman’s journey and eventually their growth.
Hart’s description of nature, tenderness for each Weyward woman’s storyline, her compassion for their struggle, and the epilogue that ties everything together was *chef’s kiss.* loved the story and would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gaslighting, Murder, Vomit, Infertility, and Torture

crbowman's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I really loved this book!  It's by far one of the best I've read in a while.  I can't believe it's the authors first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Incest, Infertility, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Misogyny, Death, and Emotional abuse

someryarns's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, Death, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Abortion, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Murder, War, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit