The Witch and the Vampire
Ratings6
Average rating3.3
This feels like it was created to spawn fanfiction. Like yes go off, old best friends who feel betrayed by each other and who each are deeply tormented and have powerful magicks! Now kiss!
I liked the core idea of the different kinds of witchcraft but the larger worldbuilding was kinda...shruggy. It definitely felt like the author wanted to give just enough detail in order to fuel the tortured magical lovers but not enough for the world to feel lived in?
Also like I had a sense that it was like kinda generic Old Fantasy Times but then there's like a one-off mention of a “freezer” like did you mean an icebox or do these bitches have electricity???
Also all the combat was clunky and boring. Also having this be a “Rapunzel retelling” on top of also being about witches, vampires, and vampire-witches is kind of like putting a hat on a hat. A wig on a wig. On a witch hat.
IDK check it out if ya horny for vampire witches I guess, and no shade if you are. There's definitely a market for this book, I'm just not it. But my guess is that you could be better served by reading Vampire Diaries fanfiction.
This review is just to help me remember key points about the book. If you find it helpful or relatable that's cool too.
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“We can't both fall apart, or we're dead.Well, she'll be dead. I'll just be deader.”
Five Stars ⭐️
This was such a nice cosy read with short chapters it's easily a single day read. I didn't feel strongly towards the characters but they weren't badly written, they just didn't particularly resonate with me. The magic system is kept pretty simple but able to be built upon further if there are more books. The vampires are much like all other vampires in pop culture so no comment there. I love how the forest is described as being alive and as having its own vengeful intelligence. I love sentient plant trope, keep throwing them at me!
