The Useless Witch

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

The Useless Witch (The Darkwing Duet #1)

by Savannah Lee

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★.5

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 283

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ October 4th, 2024

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ⇝ Shadow Dragon Shifter • Anxiety/Trauma Rep • Slow Burn w/ Spice • Forced Proximity • Forbidden Love • Magicless FMC

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 (included at the end)

✧༺♥︎༻∞༺♥︎༻✧༺♥︎༻∞༺♥︎༻✧

📚 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥 ⇝ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟗𝟒 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟎𝟎

✧༺♥︎༻∞༺♥︎༻✧༺♥︎༻∞༺♥︎༻✧

🖤 𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🖤

“To those who learned the hard way that the worst monsters in life are real.”

💀 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 💀

“I should have protected you. I will tear him apart from the inside out for what he’s done to you.” - Vane

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

Is there any book that doesn’t include abusive, shitty parents?? My feelings about this book are all over the place. I hated the weakness from the FMC, the way she gave in knowing that some things were just not in her best interest. Her sister forcing her to go to her ceremony knowing that she didn’t want to go back to the castle didn’t sit right with me. No respect for boundaries. Typical from the favorite younger child.

“𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭… 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”

Why is it that when they betray you they immediately go for “I thought I was protecting you”? Like that makes their betrayal any less of a betrayal. And why is it always a random man that thinks that the FMC needs saving/protecting as if she doesn’t already have someone on her side? (He’s not exactly random, he’s a prince and they’re somewhat friends, but still)

The ending left me with so many questions…

𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤? ⇝ eh, not unless asked for something like this.

𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝? ⇝ Yes

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Explicit sexual content • Adult language • Violence • Blood • Gore • Descriptive self-harm • Bouts of depression • On-page physical assault by a parent to an adult child • Mentioned physical violence on a child • On-page attempted sexual assault

🖤 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 🖤

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you to Savannah Lee and Sunny Babe PR for the ARC opportunity!

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. (via Netgalley)

I enjoyed this enough to read in one sitting lol. The pacing was good and I enjoyed the characters. Definitely on the darker side at times. The spice is mild but I liked the relationship between Saoirse and Vane. I'm curious to see where the next one goes!