Alejandra
Considering how much I loved The Society of Irregular Witches I wanted to love this book more than I did. I just didn't connect to the characters as well and also I was really thrown off because these witches seem to be completely different from Mandanna's first book (like in the first book witches are automatically orphans within a few years of being born, and witches are generally discouraged from congregating as it causes issues with magic, but in this book witches come from long family lines and have no issues in groups) but seem to have similar soft magic systems. I know this book is technically not a sequel but it just feels strange to have a book with big, plot relevant rules about witches then shifting gears in your next book also about witches that ignore those rules. Maybe they should have called them a different kind of magic user like sorcerers and that would have smoothed it over.
Considering how much I loved The Society of Irregular Witches I wanted to love this book more than I did. I just didn't connect to the characters as well and also I was really thrown off because these witches seem to be completely different from Mandanna's first book (like in the first book witches are automatically orphans within a few years of being born, and witches are generally discouraged from congregating as it causes issues with magic, but in this book witches come from long family lines and have no issues in groups) but seem to have similar soft magic systems. I know this book is technically not a sequel but it just feels strange to have a book with big, plot relevant rules about witches then shifting gears in your next book also about witches that ignore those rules. Maybe they should have called them a different kind of magic user like sorcerers and that would have smoothed it over.