A review by thatbookishwriter23
The Witchery by S. Isabelle

adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

 
"History was always labeling women as mad, whether they were witchy or not." -Iris Ch 2, pg 14 


Perfect for Halloween and black witch rep

Honestly this book kinda of surprised me, I wasn't feeling it at first, beavuse of the writing style, it took me a minute to used to it but I pushed past the 6% mark, I'm so glad I did.

This is the first book I've read featuring witches and I liked it. I can definitely see it as a series on Peacock similar to Vampire Academy. I really liked it was a great introduction to the theme and aesthetic.

I don't how to describe the writing style but with it being in third person as well, it's not for everyone and it may takes some getting used to.

Jailiah and Mathew was my favorite, I see myself most in Jailah and Mathew was kind and supportive.

Logan was the worst. Her chapters were full of self-deprecating and "woe is me". Then she, one of the only white characters of the main cast, was suppose to be this super special powerful Proxy witch. She never accepted anybody encouragements or compliments. She withheld information just because she wanted to prove herself first.

"She didn’t want to hide this, but she couldn’t tell them, not until she felt like she could be the witch that they wanted her to be."

I hate it when characters in books withhold information from everyone else for reasons that don't make sense. Especially when the info would be super helpful.

She really got me with these two lines:

"Not only was Logan terrible with a wand, but she wasn’t even special in her awfulness."

Like, what? I was literally baffled when I read this line. Like you want to be awful and special, what?

"It was easy for Logan to detach herself from the heirloom’s grip. It wasn’t like with Iris, all violence and horror, maybe because as a necromancer, those things were already in her. Or maybe it was Logan’s ability to proxy that protected her.

[Thinking] Maybe I’m more special than even Iris."

More special? *Eye roll*👀

I could go all day about Logan.

Anyway, I loved the magic, like most of the characters, and loved reading a story about black witches.

In my opinion, this book should have been a duology, it felt a bit long for a standalone and it could explore it's characters a bit more. Hopefully we get a novella or something. Looking forward to it.
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