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4/5 Stars!
Spice: 1/5 - it’s YA folksPlot: 4/5...I went into this book totally blind. Didn’t read the blurb, didn’t read reviews, nothing. All I knew was that it involved a witch and a witch hunter and the cover was gorgeous lol. Thankfully, Bookstagram didn’t let me down!First off, the world building in this story was so fantastic! It’s very much magical realism in what feels like the Georgian or Victorian era. Think Pride and Prejudice or Bridgerton with more women’s rights but add witches and witch trials and some pretty bad practices. I go absolutely feral for historical romance and anything witchy, so this was exactly my cup of whiskey.Second, I found our characters surprisingly unique in a very good way. We’ve got Rune, our high society heiress who’s living a very high stakes double life. During the day she’s your typical shallow socialite but at night she’s this badass vigilante who’s fighting to save witches from being purged. Then we have Gideon, our soldier and witch hunter who desperately wants to capture this vigilante, be rid of witches once and for all and keep his brother protected. He’s not exactly what I would have expected from this character and I think that’s what made me like him so much. He’s got this soft side and this really unique hidden quality that I wouldn’t have thought would be so attractive but I ended up totally swooning over it lol. So of course Rune and Gideon end up with their lives intertwined and we begin a game of cat and mouse. The question is, who’s the cat and who’s the mouse?The writing in this was beautiful. It was easy to read, but not dull at all. The plot was really well thought out and kept me guessing, plus it had some really fantastic twists. It does end on a cliffhanger that I didn’t see coming and actually really surprised me. The romance was just angsty enough and took a couple turns that left me really distressed lol. Turns out I’m totally emotionally invested in Rune and Gideon now, so I’d call that a win.The only reason I’m rating this a 4 and not a 5 was that I would have liked the enemies to lovers to have been drawn out just a little bit more.I will absolutely be reading the second book in this duology when it’s released and I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys magical realism and historical romance!Xo- J
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Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2024
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Reviewed in Canada on March 2, 2024
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Spice: 1/5 - it’s YA folks
Plot: 4/5
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I went into this book totally blind. Didn’t read the blurb, didn’t read reviews, nothing. All I knew was that it involved a witch and a witch hunter and the cover was gorgeous lol. Thankfully, Bookstagram didn’t let me down!
First off, the world building in this story was so fantastic! It’s very much magical realism in what feels like the Georgian or Victorian era. Think Pride and Prejudice or Bridgerton with more women’s rights but add witches and witch trials and some pretty bad practices. I go absolutely feral for historical romance and anything witchy, so this was exactly my cup of whiskey.
Second, I found our characters surprisingly unique in a very good way. We’ve got Rune, our high society heiress who’s living a very high stakes double life. During the day she’s your typical shallow socialite but at night she’s this badass vigilante who’s fighting to save witches from being purged. Then we have Gideon, our soldier and witch hunter who desperately wants to capture this vigilante, be rid of witches once and for all and keep his brother protected. He’s not exactly what I would have expected from this character and I think that’s what made me like him so much. He’s got this soft side and this really unique hidden quality that I wouldn’t have thought would be so attractive but I ended up totally swooning over it lol. So of course Rune and Gideon end up with their lives intertwined and we begin a game of cat and mouse. The question is, who’s the cat and who’s the mouse?
The writing in this was beautiful. It was easy to read, but not dull at all. The plot was really well thought out and kept me guessing, plus it had some really fantastic twists. It does end on a cliffhanger that I didn’t see coming and actually really surprised me. The romance was just angsty enough and took a couple turns that left me really distressed lol. Turns out I’m totally emotionally invested in Rune and Gideon now, so I’d call that a win.
The only reason I’m rating this a 4 and not a 5 was that I would have liked the enemies to lovers to have been drawn out just a little bit more.
I will absolutely be reading the second book in this duology when it’s released and I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys magical realism and historical romance!
Xo
- J
Plot: 4/5
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I went into this book totally blind. Didn’t read the blurb, didn’t read reviews, nothing. All I knew was that it involved a witch and a witch hunter and the cover was gorgeous lol. Thankfully, Bookstagram didn’t let me down!
First off, the world building in this story was so fantastic! It’s very much magical realism in what feels like the Georgian or Victorian era. Think Pride and Prejudice or Bridgerton with more women’s rights but add witches and witch trials and some pretty bad practices. I go absolutely feral for historical romance and anything witchy, so this was exactly my cup of whiskey.
Second, I found our characters surprisingly unique in a very good way. We’ve got Rune, our high society heiress who’s living a very high stakes double life. During the day she’s your typical shallow socialite but at night she’s this badass vigilante who’s fighting to save witches from being purged. Then we have Gideon, our soldier and witch hunter who desperately wants to capture this vigilante, be rid of witches once and for all and keep his brother protected. He’s not exactly what I would have expected from this character and I think that’s what made me like him so much. He’s got this soft side and this really unique hidden quality that I wouldn’t have thought would be so attractive but I ended up totally swooning over it lol. So of course Rune and Gideon end up with their lives intertwined and we begin a game of cat and mouse. The question is, who’s the cat and who’s the mouse?
The writing in this was beautiful. It was easy to read, but not dull at all. The plot was really well thought out and kept me guessing, plus it had some really fantastic twists. It does end on a cliffhanger that I didn’t see coming and actually really surprised me. The romance was just angsty enough and took a couple turns that left me really distressed lol. Turns out I’m totally emotionally invested in Rune and Gideon now, so I’d call that a win.
The only reason I’m rating this a 4 and not a 5 was that I would have liked the enemies to lovers to have been drawn out just a little bit more.
I will absolutely be reading the second book in this duology when it’s released and I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys magical realism and historical romance!
Xo
- J
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Reviewed in Canada on July 8, 2024
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Dione
Excelente
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Jessica Ann
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2024
|This is one of the most captivating stories I have read in a very long time. And it is also the ultimate enemies to lovers, a witch and a witch hunter, delicious!|
↻ ◁ II ▷ ↺ -- Songs that make me think of this book.
🎧ʀᴜᴇʟʟᴇ - ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴀʟ
🎧ꜰʟᴇᴜʀɪᴇ - ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀʀ
🎧ʜᴏᴢɪᴇʀ - ɴꜰᴡᴍʙ
🎧ʙɪsʜᴏᴘ ʙʀɪɢɢs - ᴅᴀʀᴋ sɪᴅᴇ
➼「“𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔.”」
╰┈➤𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪
This story follows Rune, who at first glance looks just like any other wealthy socialite, except she has a secret that she is hiding from everybody except her two closest friends, she is a witch. In a land where being a witch is a death sentence. Gideon, is a witch hunter and has been looking for one witch in particular, the Crimson Moth, who has been freeing witches they have caught and making them disappear. The crimson moth, who happens to be Rune herself. This is an ultimate enemies to lovers tale set in a renaissance period.
╰┈➤𝕄𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤.
I was enchanted by this story from the first few chapters. I loved the world building and the time period the book is set in. The plot kept me on the edge of my seat and that plot twist near the end? While I had my suspicions, it was still shocking to actually find everything out. The chemistry between Rune and Gideon is SCORCHING and it was such a well done slow burn. The friendships between Rune and Alex and Rune and Verity I absolutely adored. That cliffhanger? Shut up and give me the next book right now. The sobs that exited my body those last few chapters. This book is a masterpiece and I will be unwell until the next book is in my hand.
➼「“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓.”」
✩𝕄𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕡𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪✩
💐Third person pov
💐Dual pov, Rune and Gideon
💐Renaissance period
💐Enemies to lovers
💐Slow burn
💐Witches and witch hunters
💐Suspense and plot twists
Overall, if you love witches and love a good fantasy book with tension, angst, and twists and turns, you will love this book!
➼「“𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. “𝑰𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒑.” 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒆’𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅. 𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆.”」
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i loved this!
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