Hello
happy readers! I hope you all are ready
for the weekend I know I am. One I’m
off. Two, Ready Player One is out and I am excited to see it later today and
I have a gathering tomorrow I’m excited for.
So lots of fun. Today I have a
review for a novella that is said to set the stage to book three in the series
and is a lot of fun all on its own too, Sightwitch
(The Witchlands #0.5) by Susan
Dennard. I received a chapter sampler
from NetGalley, for which I was thankful for, but I hadn’t realized at the time
it was a sampler and I wanted more.
Rating: 4 Stars
A
year prior to Truthwitch & Windwitch which I already reviewed we go
back to Ryber Fortiza and her journal.
She is a Sightwitch Sister in the secluded and forgotten convent working
and waiting to be called into the mountain by the goddess to receive the gift
of Sight. There is no rhyme or reason as
to who is called to receive the gift but soon Ryber finds herself not only the
only Sister without the Sight unchosen but those called have not returned. And when those with the Sight are called back
she is left alone. Now it is up to Ryber
to find a way inside without being called and find a way to save her Sisters
even without the gift of Sight. The road
is filled with many obstacles and is not easy but the fate of the Witchlands
could be on the line.
This
story is told in both Ryber’s journal and that of another Sightwitch of days
past. While I read the first few
chapters in the sampler and saw it was full of illustrations and photos that
really brought it to life I did miss that in the audiobook when I finished up
there. I look forward to getting my
physical copy and going back through to enjoy the illustrations soon
though. Still the story itself was a
novella but it told a full and rich story.
I was intrigued by how different the world was in at the convent. Through the journal we also got to see a time
way before to the original start of the Witchlands and the way the power we
know came to be. I liked the way it went
back and forth and how it all flowed so nicely.
Ryber
is an interesting character. She goes
through a lot emotionally and I am excited to see where this unfolds in book
three. I also got quite a kick out of “The
Rook” even though one scene when he didn’t agree I was flinching because birds
(of any type) are not my friend and them clawing/pecking freaks me out. I enjoyed the introduction to the Captain and
the interactions they shared. I liked
all the characters really including the years past story that had me captivated
and hopeful. Overall I find this to be a
very entertaining story and I can’t wait to see how it will play into the next
release which I should say I want now…
Until
next time…
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