The WitchSlayer
2022
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When Amalia's cat brought home a strange flying lizard during a terrible storm, she had no idea that it was a Dragon. Or that he would save her from burning at the stake, only to imprison her in his lair when she saw his human face. Now she is stuck in this cave with a moody, hot-tempered, and arrogant warrior - one who has killed her kind by the dozens.She expected to feel trapped, but he somehow makes her feel unbelievably... safe.Rurik's only goal is to kill the Dark Witch, Strolguil the Vast. He never expected to find himself in a White Witch's home in need of healing, or that she would be completely oblivious about his kind, or her own. He intends to abandon her, a lowly Witch, to her fiery fate, but he can't ignore his blood-debt after she saves him.Nor can he ignore the fierce desire that she grows in him when she roams free inside his lair.However, there are Dark Witches afoot, and Rurik isn't sure if he can shed years of hatred to trust the enchanting woman he has in his keeping.**Author Note: This book contains a tr*gger that may be unsettling for some readers. Please read the w*rning at the beginning of the book.**
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The dialogue was unrealistically formal and I found the writing to be a little juvenile, it was hard to immerse myself when that was all I could focus on. There was also a moment when Amalia said, “women are often petty and stupid” and that really rubbed the wrong way. Nothing I hate more than a FMC with internalised misogyny.
Rurik's feelings towards his own son was another thing for me, in the epilogue he spoke about how he loved him but could barely tolerate him and “he often wanted to throw him across the room for trying to be more dominant than him.” He also said that he didn't find his own son cute because he is a male. I just found that to be a little weird and off putting.
One thing I did really like was the action, the book starts out relatively slow but the action was fast paced and exciting, I enjoyed it. I do think the story was a just a tad long and could've been 100 pages shorter, but I did appreciate the slow burn.
