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A review by catpingu
Windwitch by Susan Dennard
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Am I done? YAY I'M DONE. This book was so unstimulating. How did this book feel like more exposition than the first book?! The short chapters set-up is working against the story, hard.
Iseult and Safi are still separated; one is being pursued by a Bloodwitch, and one is being pursued by an entire empire. One runs through forests dreaming of Cleaved witches, and one is captured by a foreign empress. Yet somehow, all roads lead back to a dark force rising in the north, and dead men aren't really dead; nor are Cleaved really cleaving. Merik and Vivia are finding this truth out for themselves, as they uncover more and more Nubrevnan secrets.
We're involved with a bunch of characters now, and the chapters are short and within the subsections still shorter. How are the chapters even divided at this point? It doesn't feel like there's a particular rhyme or reason, and all it serves to do is break off the story once something even vaguely cool happens.
The ending better be worth it. Because the only interesting things that even happened in this book is enemies-to-lovers (maybe?!?!?!) I'm hard shipping Iseult with Aeduan because they're both kinda bringing the best out of each other. And Safi...Safi's off doing her own thing and growing up. And Merik is a jerk. And Vivia is older-sister-struggling here. Oh yeah, and likeKullen is maybe "alive" because I think his threads are being pulled by that Weaverwitch. So Iseult maybe is a Voidwitch, and she's learning to do the same things now too .
Hmmm, I think this might just be all that happened. Oh yeah mysterious shadowy guy with weird vibes. And a mysterious kidnapped girl who can control mountain bats. There's so much exposition in this series.
Iseult and Safi are still separated; one is being pursued by a Bloodwitch, and one is being pursued by an entire empire. One runs through forests dreaming of Cleaved witches, and one is captured by a foreign empress. Yet somehow, all roads lead back to a dark force rising in the north, and dead men aren't really dead; nor are Cleaved really cleaving. Merik and Vivia are finding this truth out for themselves, as they uncover more and more Nubrevnan secrets.
We're involved with a bunch of characters now, and the chapters are short and within the subsections still shorter. How are the chapters even divided at this point? It doesn't feel like there's a particular rhyme or reason, and all it serves to do is break off the story once something even vaguely cool happens.
The ending better be worth it. Because the only interesting things that even happened in this book is enemies-to-lovers (maybe?!?!?!) I'm hard shipping Iseult with Aeduan because they're both kinda bringing the best out of each other. And Safi...Safi's off doing her own thing and growing up. And Merik is a jerk. And Vivia is older-sister-struggling here. Oh yeah, and like
Hmmm, I think this might just be all that happened. Oh yeah mysterious shadowy guy with weird vibes. And a mysterious kidnapped girl who can control mountain bats. There's so much exposition in this series.