Caitlin Foley

Hold on to your hats, you're about to get pounded

Reviewed: 04-14-21

A himbo teams up with a possibly evil witch for fun, profit, and survival?? And friendship. That too. But seriously the relationship between the two main characters was fun, flirty, and reeks of dumbassery. Like????? Y'all cute af, but also I like how Novik paced out their relationship bc this is a girl who hasn't had any other positive relationships with her peers. Like she's all "wow I can sit at a table without people trying to kill me????" Ostracism is really a stellar way to keep people from being evil mhm. Also there's the almost omnipresent threat of imminent death around the corner. Think Harry Potter, but really not, and if the kids were literally slitting each other's ankles in order to fight for their survival half the time. Fantasy Lord of the flies where your survival might just count on your grades. Also, it deals with the problem of inherent privilege beautifully. Brilliant world building over here y'all. I'm going to go pre-order the next book, then cry a shit ton from my book hangover ok thx byeeeeeeeee.
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