Truthwitch

THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

For the first book in her series I'm mildly impressed with the overall quality of the story. I've decided to break my review up into three sections: the good, the bad, and what I'd like to see next.

The Good: Overall the story developed really well once it got into the swing of things. I liked to see the development of the main characters and their relationships towards one another. I really like the idea of witchery and the different classification of witches. I feel like while I was reading I could almost see Susan becoming and developing as an author. The progression of the story shows he growth.

The Bad: The first 50 pages were brutal and almost unbearable. I'm pretty sure Safi's name was printed every other word (no really) and it made that part of the book really hard to get through. I was left wanting when it came to the end as well. I know it is going to be a series, but the ending didn't really leave me excited for the next book. I also think that there were some concepts that Susan wrote about that she didn't fully address such as threadsisters/brother, heart threads, or heretic witches. I hope to see more in the next book because I feel like I'm assuming a lot about this world she created.

Next: I really want to see more character development, I feel like certain things were rushed to tie up the end of the book. I really want to see this world expanded upon so I can feel a deeper connection to it and the characters in it.

Again not a bad book by any means and I'll definitely read the next one when it comes out.