DNF at 25%

My first DNF of 2020. That sucks to say really. It wasn’t that I hated ‘Truthwitch’ it just was a bad written novel, and here is why.

• Truthwitch is a YA fantasy novel following the ‘sisters’ Safiya’ (Safi) and ‘Isuelt’ as they run away from people throughout their continent/empire, while still making time for romance?

• One of the main reasons I have given this book one star is because of the world building. Or the lack of it. Their is only a segment in the book that talks about a 20 year agreement of some sort (which I couldn’t care enough about to remember) and that their are 3 empires. THAT’S IT. That’s bad world building. A lot of others say the world building gets better throughout the books, but you need to give your reader a basic understanding of the world. Me not understanding the world set me out of the story.

• Their isn’t really a plot either. I started the audiobook last night (because I was sorting my bookshelves and I wanted something to listen to) but I found myself seeing NO plot. All we have is two girls running away from guards for reasons totally unknown to us and falling in love with pirate princes? I just couldn’t find myself to see a plot.

• Plus we have a romance that we can see from 10 miles away. From the moment we met princeling, I KNEW he would Safi’s love interest and one true love. It was bound to happen and their was literally no build up. Many people I heard were calling this a “hate to love romance”. Bitch I think tf not! It’s a instalove to ultra instalove romance! Their is no tension, no hate, and no questioning the other person. You can’t tell me that’s a hate to love romance. I’ve read plenty in my time, and hate to love is when two characters actually have a mutual hatred (or strong dislike) for the other and their is big tension. The ‘hate to love’ was poorly portrayed, and not put together.

• The characters also have NO personality, and nothing special or interesting enough about them for me to care a single bit. Our ‘special one’ Safi is a Truthwitch. But she had no interesting qualities, and nothing remotely interesting to make me like her. Iseult is the exact same way (except she’s not a witch). Also our main love interest (who’s name I forgot because I could give 0 shits) is all ‘my sister is evil, my family is evil, but I’m good’ trope thing. God give me a damn break.

• And the fact that people would kill Safi if they knew her secret...yet somehow everyone knows? Plot holes. It doesn’t make sense to me. Their running from some guy that can’t be killed (and he has red eyes), yet somehow everyone else just magically knows Safi is a Truthwitch. It doesn’t make any sense.

Overall this wasn’t a good book. It has poor world building, boring characters, a bad hate to love romance, uninteresting and nonexistent plot, and plot holes.


-Another trash review from yours truly , the rat

-it’s the year of the rat after all