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The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec

9 reviews

elorathesun's review

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Murder, War, Grief, Self harm, and Gore

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Self harm, Animal death, Trafficking, Transphobia, Torture, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Slavery, and Panic attacks/disorders

softanimal's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and I love Gronichec's writing but it didn't grab me as much as the Witch's Heart. I couldn't help comparing the two unfortunately. But still a wonderful story and telling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Outing

Minor: Outing, Vomit, Slavery, and Rape

aformeracceleratedreader's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

As someone who loved The Witch's Heart, I had high hopes for this. It unfortunately doesn't come close to how much I loved the author's previous work, but I still really enjoyed it. Love that one character is explicitly demi-sexual with stating how they can't do intimacy without really knowing someone first (love the ace/aro rep) and one character is trans. Overall loved the story and the little twists/reveals. The main characters are good as well even though they frustrated me at times throughout. Many of the minor characters were great though.
I will say there are a lot of slow spots for me and I didn't have the same intense emotions reading it as the authors previous book, and those are big reasons it wasn't a 5star read like The Witch's Heart for me. I will still totally look forward to any books or work this author does in the future!
Check trigger/content warnings although nothing was super graphic stuff was still detailed and mentioned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Vomit

mzgeee53's review

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Animal death, Blood, War, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Slavery, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Murder, Child abuse, Alcohol, Transphobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Medical content, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, and Medical trauma

netanya_shira's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Blood, Sexual assault, Slavery, Animal death, Rape, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Violence, Grief, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexual content, and War

kenley11's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Trafficking and Sexual content

sarasreading's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

This book was great! At first I was worried it was going to be a bit slow, with too many characters, but it wasn't. The book picked up right away and I was never bored. I used to really enjoy the show Vikings, and the cultural elements in this were vivid to me as I could already picture so many aspects of Nordic life. 

The magic system and world building were great, and I was really invested in the characters' relationships, and surprise representation I wasn't expecting. 

After also loving The Witch's Heart by this author, I think they've become an auto-read for me now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Animal death

Moderate: Transphobia, Murder, Trafficking, and Medical content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

bree_of_the_woods's review

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Animal death

Moderate: War

Minor: Slavery and Sexual assault

curiosityp's review

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

While Genevieve Gornichec's novel "The witch's heart" has been on my TBR for a while, reading "The weaver and the witch queen" has motivated me to read "The witch's heart" and perhaps her other titles this year.

This novel is gripping, fascinating, adventurous, and humorous.  At one point, the action was so well described that I could see this being adapted for the screen.

I loved the characters, especially the inclusion of a trans character.  I enjoyed how strong and independent the women were.  I loved the snarky retorts and relationship between Gunnhild and Eirik.  I loved the mythology and the historical setting.  I enjoyed the ending's conclusion yet openness for more.

Although I haven't read or watched any Game of Thrones, I would still recommend this to anyone who likes the series and/or the Viking era.

 Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read the ARC! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and War

Minor: Slavery