by: Susan Dennard
Rating: 5/5 stars
High in a snowy mountain range, a monastery that holds more than just faith clings to the side of a cliff. Below, thwarted by a lake, a bloodthirsty horde of raiders await the coming of winter and the frozen path to destroy the sanctuary and its secrets.
The Bloodwitch Aeduan has teamed up with the Threadwitch Iseult and the magical girl Owl to stop the destruction. But to do so, he must confront his own father, and his past.
My Review:
This book was the frosty little dessert I did not know I needed! So delicious and multi layered it was like a creamy little sugar filled treat I could not help but devour!!
I mean Susan Dennard’s world building is next level. Her characters are all very complex and multilayered but on top of that the multiple sceneries and countries that are described, their political systems, the way each one has a different flavor or way of tasting/ visualizing when you read them.... ahhh it was like falling into another universe whenever I turned the page.
This book was by far my favorite in this entire series. This was partially because it focused mainly on my two favorite characters (my little slow burn romance candies that I LOVE and adore) (also my favorite characters from book 1 ;);)
“She stole his breath now, and he had no breath to spare.”
Aeduan is such an interesting and gripping character to read. You feel like you have him all figured out but than his cold and more distant side will come out and you will sink into the feelings of surprise all over again. Iseult was also another huge favorite on mine. In fact she may be my all time favorite?!? For some reason I just really connect to her character on another level *shrugs* *looks adoringly at book* I always got happier when I flipped the page to find a chapter narrated by these two!
“He was caught, like the man from the tale who wanted to feed his family during a blizzard, but could not bear to kill the lamb. In the end, everyone died of starvation, including the lamb. For Lady Fate makes all men choose eventually. Even Bloodwitches.”
ALSO THE SLOW BURN SPICE THAT IS THROWN INTO THIS BOOK IS EQUAL PARTS TORTURE AND PURE BLISS!! I feel like I’m falling into a vast of autumn spices these two are so richly in depth with their feelings but there fears and walls are built so impossibly high that at times you just want to SCREAM at them!!
“I trust you as if my soul were yours.”
I also felt the whole flow of this book was much stronger than her second book, Windwitch. I thought the plot twists and adventures were a lot more gripping and cliff hangery which I quite enjoyed.
I really liked the weird but somehow makes total sense plot-line Merik was expierencing. Totally made for a great set up for the next couple of books. Safi was also kickass and always and I found myself falling into their POV’s and storylines much easier than I did in book two.
Vivia also got a bit more of my respect as a character. At first I did not like her at ALL in book two (I was like another POV *que eye roll*) but again the world-building was really impressive!!
Like seriously this book is filled with blood thirsty fights, assassination attempts, people are not who you think they are --- like waaaat level betrayals. Also lots of magic, huge winged protective bats, heart stopping, gut wrenching EMOTIONS that will make you say DAMNN.... this book is gooood.
“People with different aims could always be pitted against one another.”
Overall Aeduan and Iseult are my favorite (the scenes with these two were all I wanted and more!! and yet I still want MORE!!) but the whole book was really well done!! A delicious bubbly five star fantasy read that I highly recommend throwing your whole heart into regardless that it will most likely get trampled on (your welcome) Highly recommend this fantasy series my reading friends!!
So what do you guys think? Read this one before? Willing to give this series a read? Got any good fantasy series I can binge while I wait for the next book? LMK in the comments below!!
-BubblyBooks
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