I have seen this on TikTok BookTok recommended by a few people but it was laurens.little.library that got me wanting to read it from hearing her thoughts on the book. She rated it five stars and as her and I are both people who do not rate five stars to any book.
My thoughts are a little bit different. Now I don't know what to expect when I went into reading this book. This was a buddy read with a friend of mine as we both like to read and she always like books to read for a gift for Christmas. So I bought her a copy and myself a copy and this was one enjoyable read to read with a friend. Especially when we are provinces apart.
Now lets dive into my thoughts.
First off, I didn't really know that it was like back in what felt like the 1700 or 1800s. That was they time frame I got from it and it was an interesting take. Oblya is an city that is on hard times. Most of its residents if not all are just only scraping by with barely any rubles that they make. Marlinchen, Rose, and Undine are three witches who live with their father who is the only true and great wizard left in Oblya. Now Marlinchen is the one who tells the story and I have never in my whole bookworm life, related so strongly to a character than Marlinchen. Being abused emotionally and mentally by her father, manipulated by both her sisters and her father to do their bidding, and constantly being called simple-minded and plain faced. Her father, Zimy, explains he bewitched her to be simple-minded and plain faced so that she never attracts the love of any man and will always believe what is said to her so she never leaves. Yet it is Marlinchen who is not simple-minded as they all seem. Who is able to out smart all of them and able to pick-up on the clues and piece them all together.
The love for Sevas helped Marlinchen break free from the spell that her father kept casting across her the whole life. Sevas, who Marlinchen thought was only in love with her with belief it was from Black Magic from herself but turns out to be actual true love.
Now when I say that I was able to relate to Marlinchen, I mean that I was able to feel how she felt. I was angry that she kept going back to her father and her sister after all the hurt they put her through. I won't go much into as I don't want to much of my personal out there but I will say, whenever her sister who she thought loved her, betrayed her or turned cold towards Marlinchen, I know the hurt, betrayal, and the feeling that she is there to just be a tool not to be part of the family. I know that feeling a little to well.
If you want a book that gives you great emotional roller-coaster and a great story then go to your nearest place where all books are sold and get your hands on this book. Visit your local library and find yourself a copy. You would not regret it.
My thoughts are a little bit different. Now I don't know what to expect when I went into reading this book. This was a buddy read with a friend of mine as we both like to read and she always like books to read for a gift for Christmas. So I bought her a copy and myself a copy and this was one enjoyable read to read with a friend. Especially when we are provinces apart.
Now lets dive into my thoughts.
First off, I didn't really know that it was like back in what felt like the 1700 or 1800s. That was they time frame I got from it and it was an interesting take. Oblya is an city that is on hard times. Most of its residents if not all are just only scraping by with barely any rubles that they make. Marlinchen, Rose, and Undine are three witches who live with their father who is the only true and great wizard left in Oblya. Now Marlinchen is the one who tells the story and I have never in my whole bookworm life, related so strongly to a character than Marlinchen. Being abused emotionally and mentally by her father, manipulated by both her sisters and her father to do their bidding, and constantly being called simple-minded and plain faced. Her father, Zimy, explains he bewitched her to be simple-minded and plain faced so that she never attracts the love of any man and will always believe what is said to her so she never leaves. Yet it is Marlinchen who is not simple-minded as they all seem. Who is able to out smart all of them and able to pick-up on the clues and piece them all together.
The love for Sevas helped Marlinchen break free from the spell that her father kept casting across her the whole life. Sevas, who Marlinchen thought was only in love with her with belief it was from Black Magic from herself but turns out to be actual true love.
Now when I say that I was able to relate to Marlinchen, I mean that I was able to feel how she felt. I was angry that she kept going back to her father and her sister after all the hurt they put her through. I won't go much into as I don't want to much of my personal out there but I will say, whenever her sister who she thought loved her, betrayed her or turned cold towards Marlinchen, I know the hurt, betrayal, and the feeling that she is there to just be a tool not to be part of the family. I know that feeling a little to well.
If you want a book that gives you great emotional roller-coaster and a great story then go to your nearest place where all books are sold and get your hands on this book. Visit your local library and find yourself a copy. You would not regret it.