Witches Steeped in Gold

Caribbean Witches. Sound so cool

I've never wished I'd DNFed a book so bad.

This was a slog to get through. I struggled with the Prose, to understanding the characters and apart from the few times where Ira made herself a badass and snarky, both the Main Characters were the same, mediocre, the only one I almost liked was Ira, and then it was in small bursts

The conflict was predictable, sometimes forced. Jazmynne was boring, stupid. Ira slightly better with more of a drive. The side characters were Meh.
The hint of the love interest came about with a drastic change to one of the main characters and I hated it.

The choices that were made were foolish, at times forced for plot reasons. And the Plot... predictable, boring. If you like a long slow burn plot, with an average climax, then this book is for you. But it wasn't for me. This book isn't driven, not a lot happens, it doesn't have a lot of character and while the world was interesting, it failed to engage me.

What I do wish is that the worldbuilding has more of an explanation. I was confused for most of the time until I ignored the world entirely, by far this books strongest point.

0.5 stars.