A review by aworldshapedbybooks
Wayward Magic by Majanka Verstraete, Tiffany Shand, Lee French, Erik Kort, L.C. Ireland, Anela Deen, H.M. Jones, Joynell Schultz, Stephen Wallace, Alesha Escobar, Barbara Letson, H.B. Lyne, C.S. Johnson, A.R. Johnston, C.K. Rieke, Devorah Fox, Leah W. Van Dinther, Krista Ames, Toasha Jiordano, Melinda Kucsera, William C. Cronk, Raven Oak, Gwendolyn Woodschild

4.0

I hate cliffhangers but like I love them at the same time- heads up, this one is another cliffhanger but luckily they're released so frequently that we don't have to wait long. I received an arc of Anela Deen's segment of Wayward Magic in exchange for an honest review- this is my honest review.

Since this is a book of novellas, I'm reviewing only When Day Fades into Night, the story of Simith and Jessa. Simith is a pixie, not the cute small kind or the kind from Fairly Odd Parents, but an intense soldier pixie enslaved in a war that he has no real reason to be in. Jessa is a normal human who is struggling with an unexpected pregnancy and now the consequences of the battle of the last novella.

The shortness of it is great since you can easily read this in one sitting, but it's so frustrating because this world could go so much further. It kind of has A Court of Thorns and Roses vibes for me, a human journeys into the realm of magic in order to save someone she has an inexplicable bond with, though it's by no means a replica. I would recommend it for fans of that subset of books though. Another problem with the shortness is that I'm afraid to review any more elements of it without spoiling the intricacies of the plot. So I'll just say go and read this one and the first one for yourself, it'll be fast and you won't regret getting involved in the universe!

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