A review by ashlightgrayson
Windwitch by Susan Dennard

adventurous mysterious fast-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

This review was last updated for my reread in 2022

I waited until Bloodwitch came out to start reading this book because I didn't want to wait to move on with the series. This book focused more on Iseult and Aeduan's relationship from enemies to amicable acquaintances. I really liked the level of distrust that Aeduan still had around Iseult because I think it was in line with his personality. He starts to slowly trust Iseult more and more. Eventually he starts training her as they travel together. Iseult and him are a lot more similar than they initially think and it's something that is very clear by the end of the novel. I'm hoping to have their relationship develop further in the next book.
I also want to see Iseult come to terms with her new powers and the fact that she has Voidwitch capabilities.


On her side of things, Safi has also made new acquaintances. My favorite was definitely Caden since he seems to have a good sense of humor and his true motives are ambiguous
until almost the end of the book
. As the title suggests, this story mainly focused on Merik's character development. Cam largely contributed to him facing his own demons and realizing that a lot of assumptions he had were wrong. I feel that we learned a lot more about Vivia's character in this installment. We get a much more nuanced view of her intentions and actions and a closer look at her complicated relationship with Merik.
By the end of the book they are in a much better place than at the beginning of the series. I think there is still a lot left unsaid between them that I expect will be addressed in future books
. I hope that we get more on Vivia in the next installment because she's one of the more interesting characters. She appears much more confident on the outside than she actually is and it was nice to see her be so vulnerable. 

Overall, this book series continues to hold up on a reread and I actually appreciated it more the second time around (it has gone from a 4 star read to a 5 star read). It's the small interpersonal character moments that are most interesting to me and I'm looking forward to getting more of those. It will also be nice to have all of the main characters we have been following eventually reunite. 
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