![]() ![]() I barely understood what was happening in the battle climax, and I wish the ending had an additional 10K to flesh out the story. Everything happens in the last 10%, and the final battle isn’t given enough time to breathe. Nothing really happens in the first 30%, but this didn’t bore me as I was engaged by Miles’s first person narration and the world-building.Īs I mentioned, the slow pacing in the beginning didn’t bother me, but the rushed ending did. Surprise romantic elements are always welcome to me, and the adorableness between Tristan and Miles allowed me to forgive any pacing issues.Įvery time Miles swooned internally over Tristan (who’s a little too perfect but I liked it!), I swooned as well. Reading Witchmark, an Edwardian-reminiscent fantasy, produced the exact opposite feeling: unadulterated joy. ![]() Okay, you know that feeling when you pick up a romance novel but it turns out that it’s really not a romance novel and the publicity/blurb tricked you? It’s apocalyptic rage. I was right and wrong: Witchmark does have all those things, but it also has a delightful and unexpected romantic relationship at the heart of the story. I expected a run-of-the-mill fantasy with magical shenanigans, toppling of the elitist status quo, and interesting worldbuilding. ![]() I picked up Witchmark for my SFF book club and read it without any prior knowledge (I didn’t even read the blurb!). ![]()
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