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A Circle of Uncommon Witches by Paige Crutcher
5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
This one was just wow. I expected the usual "break the curse" story, but this was so much more! The setting is creepy, haunting, gives you chills while still being light and making room for all the banter between Doreen and Ambrose🀭 The plot mixed with the romance SO well! I was constantly needing to know what they would uncover next, then be giggling over their bickering.

β€œπ‘Ύπ’† 𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’˜π’†π’‚π’“ π’Žπ’‚π’π’š 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’Šπ’•β€™π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 π’Šπ’π’”π’Šπ’…π’† 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’˜π’† 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 π’Žπ’π’”π’•.

I loved the multiple POVs. They weren't given in a way that said "Doreen POV" or "Ada POV". It was a little confusing the first couple of times, but was super easy and immersive once I got the hang of it. There's so much going on in the present, the past, and with everyone else that if it were delivered any other way I feel like it wouldn't of hit as hard. 

β€π‘Ύπ’Šπ’•π’„π’‰π’†π’” 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† π’‡π’π’π’˜π’†π’“π’”; 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’π’”π’• 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’Žπ’‚π’ˆπ’Šπ’„. π‘»π’‰π’†π’š 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’•π’“π’š 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒓 π’„π’‰π’‚π’π’ˆπ’† 𝒐𝒓 π’ˆπ’–π’Šπ’…π’†; π’•π’‰π’†π’š π’”π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’π’š π’ƒπ’π’π’π’Ž.”

The character relationships and development? Top notch. This was a love story torn from a generational curse caused by forbidden love. There were no bad guys, not really and when I tell you I CRIED😭 And that ending?! I was SCREAMINGGGG

β€œπ‘»π’ 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 π’ƒπ’‚π’„π’Œ, π’Šπ’ π’Œπ’Šπ’π’…, π’Žπ’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕 π’‡π’π’“π’Ž 𝒐𝒇 π’Žπ’‚π’ˆπ’Šπ’„ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’†π’™π’Šπ’”π’•π’”.”

A Circle of Uncommon Witches has made me put all of Paige's books on my TBR. I'm absolutely in love with her writing style nowπŸ–€ Thank you so much to the author, NetGalley, and St. Martin's for the gifted copy!