In a continent on the edge of war, two witches hold its fate in their hands.
Young witches Safiya and Iseult have a habit of finding trouble. After clashing with a powerful Guildmaster and his ruthless Bloodwitch bodyguard, the friends are forced to flee their home.
Safi must avoid capture at all costs as she's a rare Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lies. Many would kill for her magic, so Safi must keep it hidden - lest she be used in the struggle between empires. And Iseult's true powers are hidden even from herself.
In a chance encounter at Court, Safi meets Prince Merik and makes him a reluctant ally. However, his help may not slow down the Bloodwitch now hot on the girls' heels. All Safi and Iseult want is their freedom, but danger lies ahead. With war coming, treaties breaking and a magical contagion sweeping the land, the friends will have to fight emperors and mercenaries alike. For some will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.
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I BECAME A TRUTHWITCH
FANGIRL.
There are Truthwitch
reviews everywhere, so I wasn’t going to write one. BUT I wanted to shout out
how much I loved this book. So I’ll go with this: I became a Truthwitch
fangirl.
And this is why:
I’m a misfit and a daydreamer: If you’re following Susan then you know what this is. If you don’t
know: The misfits and the daydreamers is how Susan calls her readers and how
she divides her newsletters.
Well, I haven’t read Something Strange and Deadly, though I own the
three books. And I’ve been following Susan’s For Writers posts for a while now. This means that I knew a little
about Truthwitch even before there were ARCs, because sometimes Susan used
Truthwitch as example for her writing tips. I knew Iseult when she was named
Sorsha. I knew Aeduan when Susan wrote about COOKIES and her writing cookie
was: Aeduan, my love. (I love those posts so I have them bookmarked).
I’ve been dying to read
this book since then, but you know, my wallet wouldn’t let me buy it before.
The Friendship makes me wonder…
I love Safi and Iseult’s
friendship so much. They are badass together. And that’s why I’m wondering if
they are going to drift apart someday. Maybe not enemies but go on different
sides. Or maybe they’ll be together to the end. That friendship alone makes me
want to read the next books.
I want Aeduan and Iseult to be together. Badly.
This is silly, and I don’t
“ship” couples. But there is something about these characters… oh boy, I
really, really want at least one kiss between them.
I loved Merik and Safi trying to kill each other. Every single time.
Oh, the romance between
these two. I don’t know if this was hate-to-love or love-to-hate-to-love. They
are wild so perfect together!
I loved the magical system and the myths inside the world.
The Origin Wells, the Cahr
Awen, the Cleaved, the Puppeteer, I loved them all.
I loved Susan Dennard’s neat writing.
Susan is brilliant. And
since I’ve read how hard she’s been working on this series, now I know that it
was worth it.
And that’s it. Of course,
I love many more things, but these are my favorites. Now, if YOU haven’t read
this book or subscribe to Susan’s newsletter, do it now!
Yayy!! I love all your reasons but extra love goes to this one: "I want Aeduan and Iseult to be together." YES!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to know I'm not the only one wishing for it. Since I've been scared of spoilers I didn't know about the "ships"
DeleteI'm so happy you liked this book! I love it. I only wish I'd waited a bit longer before reading it... There are still so many months until 2017 and the 2nd book.
ReplyDeleteI love Aeduan and Iseult. I seriously ship them 100% they're just so perfect together. I might cry if they don't end up together.
And the friendship is beautiful. It's probably one of the best written friendships in YA literature.
Great review!
Yeees! 2017 is so far away! That's the only good thing about reading a book after everyone else.
DeleteI loved the friendship to pieces, too!
Im so glad you loved this one! I definitely need to read it myself and see what all the fuss is about. It sounds totally up my alley too. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you can read it soon... and love it!
DeleteI have not read Truthwitch yet but I am dying to get my hands on it. *glares at empty pockets* I am a shipper and I do want to ship these couples you mentioned. I feel like loving new characters and I know that I will love the ones found in this one. ❤
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