A review by littlefoot10
Windwitch by Susan Dennard
3.0
Honestly, I did not enjoy this novel as much as I was anticipating. After finishing Truthwitch and loving the majority of what was going on; I knew I wanted to jump right into Windwitch to continue riding cloud 9.
However; this novel was not what I was anticipating. Knowing that Merik is a Windwitch, I was thoroughly excited to read more from his point of view. He was one of my favourite characters in the first novel, his banter, his values and what he was trying to accomplish. I was behind it all.
But what was got in this novel was a destroyed and broken Merik that was angry and honestly boring. The only parts that I really enjoyed was towards the end with the Shadowman and finally the very end with his sister Vivia.
And Vivia had her own sections; and I found them very lack luster; until almost the very end. There was seriously no need to have that much of Vivia when all she was doing was swimming around and feeling sorry for herself. I will say I really enjoy that in this novel there is a very diverse cast of characters with different ethnicity, religions, sexual orientation, and personal perception. It's really fantastic to have all of that included in one series!
I will say that my most favourite part of this installment were the chapters of Iseult and Aeduan. Honestly, I've been shipping them from the start -- so it was very exciting and intriguing to see more scenes with just the two of them. I think Aeduan is probably my favourite character from this entire series because he is still a bit of a mystery; he's complex and interesting. I can't wait for more of him.
My biggest concern with this novel though was the lack of Safi and Iseult scenes together. I know they are separate; and they weren't likely to reunite in this installment...but their friendship is the foundation of this novel. Book one was amazing because of those scenes; because of the banter of Safi with Merik. And it those elements were completely gone in this novel. Towards the very end Iseult learns how to communicate through her sleep; but we get a very brief few paragraphs about how they are filling each other as to what happened to each of them. I'm hoping that book three there will be more scenes of them actually communicating and working together.
I am going to continue on with the rest of this series; I still enjoyed this novel it just felt a lot slower and much different than novel one.
I have a feeling there is going to be a bit of a love triangle between Safi;Caden and Merik. She really got close to Caden during this novel. Not only do they have a bit of a sorted past together; but he really opened up to her. Caden showed her some secrets regarding the Hell-Bards. That was also really intriguing throughout this novel; why they have magic but Safi can't use her magic on them. I am hoping of more of the 3 musketeer Hell-Bards in the next novel.
This installment was definitely a roller-coaster of things I really appreciated and enjoyed; versus slow moving plot and lack luster characters.
I am still really excited to see where the next novel goes from here; I have my suspicions and what I want to happen. But I'll just have to wait and see! I'm hoping this novel is just has the second book slump-- and book 3 and the prequel get back to what was at the heart of Truthwitch
However; this novel was not what I was anticipating. Knowing that Merik is a Windwitch, I was thoroughly excited to read more from his point of view. He was one of my favourite characters in the first novel, his banter, his values and what he was trying to accomplish. I was behind it all.
But what was got in this novel was a destroyed and broken Merik that was angry and honestly boring. The only parts that I really enjoyed was towards the end with the Shadowman and finally the very end with his sister Vivia.
And Vivia had her own sections; and I found them very lack luster; until almost the very end. There was seriously no need to have that much of Vivia when all she was doing was swimming around and feeling sorry for herself. I will say I really enjoy that in this novel there is a very diverse cast of characters with different ethnicity, religions, sexual orientation, and personal perception. It's really fantastic to have all of that included in one series!
I will say that my most favourite part of this installment were the chapters of Iseult and Aeduan. Honestly, I've been shipping them from the start -- so it was very exciting and intriguing to see more scenes with just the two of them. I think Aeduan is probably my favourite character from this entire series because he is still a bit of a mystery; he's complex and interesting. I can't wait for more of him.
My biggest concern with this novel though was the lack of Safi and Iseult scenes together. I know they are separate; and they weren't likely to reunite in this installment...but their friendship is the foundation of this novel. Book one was amazing because of those scenes; because of the banter of Safi with Merik. And it those elements were completely gone in this novel. Towards the very end Iseult learns how to communicate through her sleep; but we get a very brief few paragraphs about how they are filling each other as to what happened to each of them. I'm hoping that book three there will be more scenes of them actually communicating and working together.
I am going to continue on with the rest of this series; I still enjoyed this novel it just felt a lot slower and much different than novel one.
I have a feeling there is going to be a bit of a love triangle between Safi;Caden and Merik. She really got close to Caden during this novel. Not only do they have a bit of a sorted past together; but he really opened up to her. Caden showed her some secrets regarding the Hell-Bards. That was also really intriguing throughout this novel; why they have magic but Safi can't use her magic on them. I am hoping of more of the 3 musketeer Hell-Bards in the next novel.
This installment was definitely a roller-coaster of things I really appreciated and enjoyed; versus slow moving plot and lack luster characters.
I am still really excited to see where the next novel goes from here; I have my suspicions and what I want to happen. But I'll just have to wait and see! I'm hoping this novel is just has the second book slump-- and book 3 and the prequel get back to what was at the heart of Truthwitch