Reviews

The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores

bookish1's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.0

I called the major plot twist within the first 50 pages, and i predicted the ending before 50%. It was an enjoyable book, but I have to ding some star rating points for sheer predictability. 

nightworldlove's review

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

samsbookcase's review against another edition

2.0

Finished on May 18th, 2023
I think this was one of my most anticipated reads for the year 2023. It was advertised as a sapphic rapunzel retelling and I crave more sapphic fantasy book this read. But unfortunately it wasn't a story that really pulled me in, I feel like I struggled from the start until the ending with connecting to the characters and placing myself in the world of this book. This was mostly due to the fact that I just couldn't get the worldbuilding clear inside of my head.
I was mostly incredibly sad that the enemies to lovers trope just wasn't executed well enough for me. Enemies to lovers is one of my favourite tropes in the Fantasy genre and to have that in a sapphic book was one of the reasons why it was one of my anticipated reads of the year.

books_and_mushrooms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

mrsmack20's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

renmo_97's review against another edition

A bit to ya for me and the pacing was a bit slow for my taste in books. I’m sure a younger me would have enjoyed it :)

arialien's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

julalbert56's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved this book! It was a lot of fun and the romantic tension was perfect. My only gripes were that the writing was a little lacking and

I felt that the ending was very abrupt. How was Kaye not having more of an existential crisis after being turned?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Death, and Confinement

klm_wl's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

katie_2711's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0