A review by nolemdaer
This Coven Won't Break by Isabel Sterling
1.0
A pain to get through. The main character is completely intolerable and reckless—it seems each chapter she's making another stupid decision that leads to a character getting killed or getting their magic removed (and yet the only character she seems to care about is her girlfriend, and their relationship is so nonexistent, flimsy, and uncompelling that I'm sure two Barbies that sat on a store shelf for a few months would have a more interesting bond). Her complete disregard of her mother's grief and her obsession with putting herself in danger again and again was sickening—I couldn't imagine being so callous to a loved one.
It's this immaturity, along with the complete emotional absence of the only relationship that seems to matter to the MC (that of her "girlfriend"—again, laziest and most tell-don't-show romance I've seen in a long while, that while nominally sapphic is actually the type of cisheterosexual fare I'm disappointed to see. It is completely devoid of any actual connection besides us being told they love each other), that makes the book excruciating. I'm utterly let down by this paper-thin continuation, although not entirely surprised, as the plot is riddled with dumb character decisions and choices.
It's this immaturity, along with the complete emotional absence of the only relationship that seems to matter to the MC (that of her "girlfriend"—again, laziest and most tell-don't-show romance I've seen in a long while, that while nominally sapphic is actually the type of cisheterosexual fare I'm disappointed to see. It is completely devoid of any actual connection besides us being told they love each other), that makes the book excruciating. I'm utterly let down by this paper-thin continuation, although not entirely surprised, as the plot is riddled with dumb character decisions and choices.