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When Wishes Bleed
by Casey L. Bond
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5 stars
Thank you to the author for providing me with an eARC of this book via BookOfMatchesMedia in exchange for an honest review!
When Wishes Bleed is a Cinderella retelling with a forbidden romance, magic and witches added into the mix.
I am an absolute sucker for retellings, and Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast are my favourite (also the most common ones haha). While I knew it was a retelling some time before I started reading the book, I had forgotten this while I started reading the book. I have to say, looking back I can see some similarities but it is not really noticeable it is a retelling. I actually like this more, as it somehow gives the book a more unique feel.
The book starts of very interesting, in sector 13 where the witches live. The sectors have me a bit of The Hunger Games vibe, which I liked. The idea that the witches had their own sector, the four houses and how Fate played a role really set the tone from the very beginning. I was super intrigued and wanted to keep on reading! I also got quite strong The Selection vibes with the prince who holds a competition to chose a wife and queen.
The worldbuiling could’ve been a bit more, but I didn’t mind how not everything was known or just small details were given. I did wonder how big or small the country was, since it was shaped as a shell with the different sectors. It seemed a bit small, but with how it was written the country actually felt really big and vast.
Sable was a really interesting character to follow. She had a really strong personality from the beginning, which I really liked. She didn’t really grow a lot, but I didn’t really mind as she was already a pretty amazing character from the beginning. Tauren was also someone I liked! He knew what the wanted and just went for it haha. The side characters were also really complimenting the flow of the story and the main characters, which I really liked!
The romance was written so well in this book!! Not to fast-paced or insta-love like. It gradually grew as the story continued. The chemistry was really noticeable and I was rooting for the two from the very beginning until the end! I especially love how deeply their love for each other went at the end of this story.
Overall, I really loved this book in spite of the similarities with other books. It was funny, intriguing and had an amazing cast of characters.
Thank you to the author for providing me with an eARC of this book via BookOfMatchesMedia in exchange for an honest review!
When Wishes Bleed is a Cinderella retelling with a forbidden romance, magic and witches added into the mix.
I am an absolute sucker for retellings, and Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast are my favourite (also the most common ones haha). While I knew it was a retelling some time before I started reading the book, I had forgotten this while I started reading the book. I have to say, looking back I can see some similarities but it is not really noticeable it is a retelling. I actually like this more, as it somehow gives the book a more unique feel.
The book starts of very interesting, in sector 13 where the witches live. The sectors have me a bit of The Hunger Games vibe, which I liked. The idea that the witches had their own sector, the four houses and how Fate played a role really set the tone from the very beginning. I was super intrigued and wanted to keep on reading! I also got quite strong The Selection vibes with the prince who holds a competition to chose a wife and queen.
The worldbuiling could’ve been a bit more, but I didn’t mind how not everything was known or just small details were given. I did wonder how big or small the country was, since it was shaped as a shell with the different sectors. It seemed a bit small, but with how it was written the country actually felt really big and vast.
Sable was a really interesting character to follow. She had a really strong personality from the beginning, which I really liked. She didn’t really grow a lot, but I didn’t really mind as she was already a pretty amazing character from the beginning. Tauren was also someone I liked! He knew what the wanted and just went for it haha. The side characters were also really complimenting the flow of the story and the main characters, which I really liked!
The romance was written so well in this book!! Not to fast-paced or insta-love like. It gradually grew as the story continued. The chemistry was really noticeable and I was rooting for the two from the very beginning until the end! I especially love how deeply their love for each other went at the end of this story.
Overall, I really loved this book in spite of the similarities with other books. It was funny, intriguing and had an amazing cast of characters.