Book: Spells, Strings, and Forgotten Things by Breanne Randall
Reviewed by Your_bookish_fantasy
Rating: 3/5
The story of the 3 sisters is an easy read, magic, predudice, love, and hate all come together in a small picturesque town on the edge of a forbofing forest.
There's lots of real witchcraft in this story which personally i LOVED! Along with the more high fantasy 'click your fingers and appear in another location' type of magic which I also enjoy. I think this story must have been re-editted since most of the reviews were about editing problems.s and mentions of frozen or something, but I didn't find any of the things people complained about at all which is great.
it had cozy world building, solid magic lore, great characters including a non binary person named Danny who is a great side character by the way- again all great things written well.
I will definitely read the next one and I did enjoy reading this but it just feels like something is missing from it, there's a lot of repeating going on about summers spent with their mother on the beach in milo - I lost track how many times this was brought up and the exact same words /even sentences were repeated too which annoyed me. the main theme of the book is how magic comes with a price- they have to sacrifice a memory in exchange for all the magic they do. so I understand why memories were being brought up all the time, but it was just too much.
This book had me up and down, back and forth on whether I wanted to read it or get jobs done... I enjoyed it, but it didn't grab me and hook me into turning the next page, is what I suppose I'm getting at. some parts were really well written, and I had to read 'just one more chapter', but it wasn't like that all the way through. Overall I did enjoy it as I like cozy reads, fantasy, high fantasy, pagan/witchcraft and romantasy so it fit in my wheelhouse just fine. And our shadow daddy was scrumptious!
I won't openly recomend this book to everyone HOWEVER I would absolutely recommend it to anyone wanting an easy/ fun read, it is comforting to read with a little tension and drama thrown in, and there's a little spice (2 scenes), lots of banter and lots of family bonding so if you love a witchy read like I do or your a mood reader looking for a simple book that still has some anticipation, a little fight and some underlying issues to get over then this is your cup of tea! And you'll enjoy it! but if you're after a high fantasy, will they won't they, battle of wills and wits, challenge for power type of read then move along.