I was also surprised just by how easily a lot of characters seem to switch between both sides in such a short timeframe… It made me doubt their credibility. I found the story to be very black and white, with the whole good versus evil references in the Talents and Banes as well as the characters.
Nothing wrong with that, but it’s never my cup of tea and while things were subtle in the beginning, things sure escalated towards the end. What I didn’t realize before I started reading (and something that would probably would have stopped me from doing so), is that Wishtress is actually Christian fiction. But the magic with its Talents and Banes was great fun to read about. Do I wish the worldbuilding would have been more elaborate? Absolutely. Even so, this wasn’t the only reason why this story failed to hit the mark for me.įirst of all, I do have to say that I still love the sound of the premise and the idea behind the high fantasy world and its magic. I guess I should have investigated further, because I didn’t realize that this book was actually Christian fiction and that religion would play such a big role in the plot. I confess that it was cover love at first sight when I first heard about Wishtress… And while I don’t read YA fantasy often anymore, I decided to give this story a go anyway both because I loved the sound of the blurb and because I had a great time reading one of the author’s other titles a few years ago ( Romanov). *** A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and Thomas Nelson in exchange for an honest review.
“It’s the struggle of this world: to have to choose between Bane and Talent, except the fight will be that much harder since few of us have Talents and Banes are being forced on all.” 2023 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.2017 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.
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