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Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer
3.0

I had some difficulty with this one. The concept was what pulled me in. Plus, you see that killer cover and title? I was extremely hyped to read it and that may have been part of its undoing for me.

There were so many povs. Now, normally I don't mind that so long as I have had time to get to know our main characters intimately in earlier books, but this was the first book, so it was difficult to remember who was who and keep up with what was going on by jumping around so much. I never once felt connected to one of the characters.

The plot itself, well, I felt like nothing much really happened for a good chunk of the book, and when the twists did start being revealed, they really weren't all that earth-shattering. I kinda just rolled on with it like it was no big deal.

I'm not trying to say that this book was bad. It wasn't. It was a fairly enjoyable read, but again, I think I had set the bar way higher than it needed to be before jumping into this book. One of the the things I did really like was getting to know more celtic mythology. I am a huge fan of mythologies of all types and culture, so this has really got me looking to find more books based in it.

Thank you to NetGalley for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review!