Windwitch

Susan Dennard

2016 • 416 pages

Ratings43

Average rating3.9

Sometimes our enemies are also our only allies…

After an explosion destroys his ship, the world believes Prince Merik, Windwitch, is dead. Scarred yet alive, Merik is determined to prove his sister’s treachery. Upon reaching the royal capital, crowded with refugees, he haunts the streets, fighting for the weak—which leads to whispers of a disfigured demigod, the Fury, who brings justice to the oppressed.

When the Bloodwitch Aeduan discovers a bounty on Iseult, he makes sure to be the first to find her—yet in a surprise twist, Iseult offers him a deal. She will return money stolen from him, if he locates Safi. Now they must work together to cross the Witchlands, while constantly wondering, who will betray whom first?

After a surprise attack and shipwreck, Safi and the Empress of Marstok barely escape with their lives. Alone in a land of pirates, every moment balances on a knife’s edge—especially when the pirates’ next move could unleash war upon the Witchlands.

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#2 in The Witchlands

The Witchlands is a 5-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Susan Dennard.

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Nichole

3.75 Stars

I'm really struggling with this one. On the one hand, I really care for these characters. I love reading about them and their lives. On the other hand this book was major filler and seemed disjointed at times. Truthwitch was this amazing story of “soul-sisters” on a mission together and there were a few other characters around them for the journey. Windwitch obviously focuses on Merik since he is a windwitch, but we still had POVs of Safi, Iseult, Aeduan, and Merik. Susan Dennard even added a fifth POV with Vivia. I think this is where the disjointedness came from. You have 5 different POVs that are all separate with very little interaction between the various POVs. This means you are sometimes waiting 20+ pages before you are back to a specific character's story.

The pacing for this book was also off for me. Truthwitch was so action-packed and exciting, but I feel like Windwitch ended much the same as Truthwitch did in terms of where we stand for end series. In terms of plot through I do see where Susan Dennard took the time to set things up for future books, I just wish we had had some kind of closure or small plot to tie up in this book to keep in moving forward.

The writing style and the characters continued to be as expected and there was some character development with a few characters, I just wish we had had more. Even though I'm disappointed with this installment, I cannot wait for Bloodwitch especially because it sounds like it will be an Aeduan-centric book!

May 29, 2017

Debbie

Windwitch didn't go in the direction I was expecting. I was positive I knew who would go to where and when they met up it would be CURTAINS FOR EVERYONE. No. I am not complaining. This book had a different dymanic than Truthwitch and if you're wanting what you got from the first book you'll find yourself disliking this one. I'm okay with letting the author lead down their path instead of the one I have preplanned in my head ( WE'VE ALL DONE IT SO DON'T EVEN LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT).

This is Merik's book. I like Merik. Merik had a lot to learn and this book kicked his ass. This book kicked everyone's ass. Not necessarily in the physical sense. Safi, Iseult, Vaness, Aeduan (AEDUAN MY BABY CAKES GIMME GIMME). Finding out truths about yourself, what you thought was fact, who's really your enemy and who's really not, and that your truth isn't THE truth can knock you back farther back than a fist straight to the middle of your face.

If you're looking for romance you won't get that here. Love, absolutely.

May 17, 2020