Wandfasted
Ratings13
Average rating4.3
I liked this! Vale and Tessla were such a good characters. Also this made me want to reread the series to pay attention more and also for jules.
I know a lot of people don't like novellas, but I enjoyed this one. I love seeing where the author takes the journey outside of the main books. Wandfasted gives a great look into the background and beginnings of the main books.
Wandfasted tilts heavily toward a romance novel, which I don't think The Black Witch did – there was romance and love interests, but it was more about prejudice and the resistance. Wandfasted is essentially the story of Elloren's (from The Black Witch) parents meeting and the rise of The Black Witch, who was Elloren's grandmother. At the time of this book, the Gardnerians were the underdog, and as we know from the novel, they eventually rose to power, and learned nothing from their oppression other than to punish others.
Anyhow, there was some really smutty hand holding. No, not kidding. You'll know it when you read it. As long as you go in knowing this is largely a romance novel, this isn't bad. It's interesting to speculate on what happens next with Elloren's parents since Elloren thinks they were on board with her grandmother, which is not what Wandfasted reveals.