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A review by chaptersofmads
The Hedgewitch of Foxhall by Anna Bright
3.0
"I am a witch of Foxhall
And I've come to beg a boon...."
If this was a review for the cover, 5,000,000 stars. Immediately. No questions asked.
Unfortunately, this is not a review of the cover so I will not spend the next few paragraphs waxing poetic about the artistry of this book's physical design and will instead be forced to say how dull the interior was.
I'm not entirely sure how a cottagecore-esque book about witches and Welsh folklore and mythical creatures (including dragons, supposedly) could be this boring, but boring it was. I can't think of another way to put it other than to say that this book felt empty and lifeless, like the idea for the book was there but the heart was not.
I want to be clear: this was not a bad book. I didn't find any enjoyment in my reading experience, but it was not bad. It was just very... okay. Very much a three star book.
Also, I think I may be judgmental lately but so many male love interests (particularly in YA) are driving me nuts. They are the most insipid, spoiled, possessive, petty, vapid, subtly misogynistic little twerps I have ever read about. It gets to the point that even their trauma doesn't make me feel for them, because I'm already so annoyed.
Follow up to that point: I actually like love triangles (when done well) and found this one to be insufferable. There was absolutely no reason for that to even slightly happen. It only existed to create the kind of conflict that even my childhood Barbies would have found cheap.
I keep sounding like this is a terrible book so I want to repeat again: it is not a bad book. I just didn't like anything about it. At all. I can acknowledge that the story is probably perfect for some people, but quality wise I don't think this is all that great - it just isn't bad.
I do agree with the blurb suggesting this for fans of Allison Saft. I wasn't the biggest fan of A Far Wilder Magic and I do think if you liked that one, you might enjoy this one as well.
Overall, I'm really bummed that I didn't care for this. I wish I could have loved it as much as I was hoping to, but unfortunately this was not meant to be.
And I've come to beg a boon...."
If this was a review for the cover, 5,000,000 stars. Immediately. No questions asked.
Unfortunately, this is not a review of the cover so I will not spend the next few paragraphs waxing poetic about the artistry of this book's physical design and will instead be forced to say how dull the interior was.
I'm not entirely sure how a cottagecore-esque book about witches and Welsh folklore and mythical creatures (including dragons, supposedly) could be this boring, but boring it was. I can't think of another way to put it other than to say that this book felt empty and lifeless, like the idea for the book was there but the heart was not.
I want to be clear: this was not a bad book. I didn't find any enjoyment in my reading experience, but it was not bad. It was just very... okay. Very much a three star book.
Also, I think I may be judgmental lately but so many male love interests (particularly in YA) are driving me nuts. They are the most insipid, spoiled, possessive, petty, vapid, subtly misogynistic little twerps I have ever read about. It gets to the point that even their trauma doesn't make me feel for them, because I'm already so annoyed.
Follow up to that point: I actually like love triangles (when done well) and found this one to be insufferable. There was absolutely no reason for that to even slightly happen. It only existed to create the kind of conflict that even my childhood Barbies would have found cheap.
I keep sounding like this is a terrible book so I want to repeat again: it is not a bad book. I just didn't like anything about it. At all. I can acknowledge that the story is probably perfect for some people, but quality wise I don't think this is all that great - it just isn't bad.
I do agree with the blurb suggesting this for fans of Allison Saft. I wasn't the biggest fan of A Far Wilder Magic and I do think if you liked that one, you might enjoy this one as well.
Overall, I'm really bummed that I didn't care for this. I wish I could have loved it as much as I was hoping to, but unfortunately this was not meant to be.