“I wish had known that for every choice I didn’t make, there would be someone who would make it for me.”
Welcome to the Colds, where monsters are at every side you look at, and bandits are trying to steal that nothing you have. Do you wish for some warm weather and an easy vacation? Then this book is not read for you.
The Witch and the Wicked follows the path of Rune, an exiled criminal from the kingdom Aristus. She is also a wicked person or being whose blood contains magic. We will meet monsters of The Colds (a place between kingdoms where the sun doesn’t shine and is ruled by eternal winter). When running from one hidden colony, she meets Sanders, her old friend, and they will be brought to their new commune after encountering one of the monsters. Rune will meet here witch Keineres, who seems to bring light to her dark life.
Will Rune find redemption and peace in a commune of criminals? Will she find the courage to find love and follow her heart? You need to read this book till the end to find out.
Review
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The Witch and The Wicked was not my cup of tea or coffee.
It is not that I don’t like a story. But the first half of the book was so slow-paced and boring that 90% of the time, I needed to force myself to read it. But I am glad I did. After hitting the 50% mark in my ebook, the pacing got better, and the plot started to get interesting.
The idea of wickeds was nicely done. Based on the book blurb, I was really interested in reading about it. If the first half of the book was shortened to maybe 20%, this book would get a much better review from me.
The second issue I had with the book was its inconsistent writing style. At one moment, I was reading flowery wording that seemed that the author could write old poetry, and a few chapters later, it felt like street language. I am not much for flowery writing, so that skip was actually nice, but then we were back, and this skipping from one tone to another really pulled me out of the book.
The next part contains spoilers.
For the plot, as it was found, the family trope was done nicely, but I did not feel for the characters; even the main characters left me cold. I just could not find a reason to feel for them. They were bland and missing a deeper emotional connection to each other. One exception was Sanders, whose cheery personality made me smile.
The villain of the book was present only at the ending and would be great, but their occurrence was so short that I did not have time to properly hate him before he ended 😀
I liked the banter between FMC and MMC, but it was so rare and somehow felt out of character for them. Did not feel natural for them.
Even the saved princess was unlikable from my point of view. But I appreciate that the author tried to be true to the emotions of someone who lost their whole family due to an assassin, even when it was not her intention.
The Strongest part of this book was how the breadcrumbs we got throughout the book fit together at the end. I love it when a book connects all the dots.
Spice in this book was short and okay. It used flowery language that felt weird to me, but that is subjective. There are only two scenes in the book, so you can skip it without issues if you do not like it.
This book is heavy on fantasy, and romance is just a subplot, so be aware of it if you want to read romantasy.