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The Nature of Witches
by Rachel Griffin
WONDERFUL DEBUT.
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I enjoyed this so dang much!
First off, the romance was so sweet. Like sugary syrup sweet. I couldn’t get enough of Clara and Sang together. There was passion and new experiences. Learning to lean on each other and the support Sang gave Clara was off the charts. Some swoony kissing scenes that really nailed this relationship for me.
I love the character growth in Clara over the year. She had to work through a lot of emotions and truths she had lead herself to believe for too long. Clara was pushed outside of her comfort zone and forced to face past relationships and trials too. By the end she had made some beautiful strides in owning her magic and herself.
There was a little bit of a repetitive nature to the story. Each season Clara would tackle a rogue weather pattern and then do that again and again. They did push Clara’s character forward, but it became extremely formulaic for me. And something that didn’t affect my rating, but that I did struggle with was how high my anxiety got reading this. Since climate change is front and center it caused my dooms-day anxiety to spike and made it tough to read at times (and this was a me thing, but wanted to mention to others who might be wary too).
I’m really excited to see what Griffin writes next. This was a witch book that I adored, and those are hard to come by for me.
Overall Audience Notes:
- YA Paranormal
- Language: a little
- Romance: kisses to closed door
- Violence: minor physical altercations
- Trigger/Content Warnings: grief and loss depiction, death of a parent and best friend, extreme weather patterns
BLOG || INSTAGRAM
I enjoyed this so dang much!
First off, the romance was so sweet. Like sugary syrup sweet. I couldn’t get enough of Clara and Sang together. There was passion and new experiences. Learning to lean on each other and the support Sang gave Clara was off the charts. Some swoony kissing scenes that really nailed this relationship for me.
I love the character growth in Clara over the year. She had to work through a lot of emotions and truths she had lead herself to believe for too long. Clara was pushed outside of her comfort zone and forced to face past relationships and trials too. By the end she had made some beautiful strides in owning her magic and herself.
There was a little bit of a repetitive nature to the story. Each season Clara would tackle a rogue weather pattern and then do that again and again. They did push Clara’s character forward, but it became extremely formulaic for me. And something that didn’t affect my rating, but that I did struggle with was how high my anxiety got reading this. Since climate change is front and center it caused my dooms-day anxiety to spike and made it tough to read at times (and this was a me thing, but wanted to mention to others who might be wary too).
I’m really excited to see what Griffin writes next. This was a witch book that I adored, and those are hard to come by for me.
Overall Audience Notes:
- YA Paranormal
- Language: a little
- Romance: kisses to closed door
- Violence: minor physical altercations
- Trigger/Content Warnings: grief and loss depiction, death of a parent and best friend, extreme weather patterns