But also because of the kind of story it tells. Because the writing is beautiful, yes it’s very poetic, it’s charming, it’s like those fairy tales your parents used to read you when you were a kid, only so much better. Review also on Reads Rainbow.įirst word that comes to mind when trying to describe Sweet & Bitter Magic is: beautiful. I would absolutely read a spin-off if she ever wanted to revisit this world again.Īn ARC was given to me for a honest review.ĪRC provided by the publisher. While this book was a standalone and not part of a series, this world Tooley has created is fun and interesting. The book is very readable with well written main characters that hook you into the story. This was less action and excitement and more character driven than I expected, but I still enjoyed it.
You could see how the potential of love changed both main characters and it was fun to watch. While this is a very PG rated YA romance, I thought it was heartfelt and I believed in their connection.
I’m happy to say that I thought the romance was super cute and sweet. When I like the main characters of a book, chances are that I will enjoy the romance too. Tooley did a really good job on her main characters. In my mind, a good morally grey character should give you mixed feelings but then absolutely win you over before the book ends. There were times that I had problems with her and flat out didn’t like her, but by the end of the book she was my favorite character. I thought Tamsin especially was really well written. And then we have Tamsin, our witch, who is definitely a morally grey character. Wren, who is kind and caring and wants to be adventurous and brave. I was really happy with both main characters. It seemed like it was forgotten some as the book went on. I wanted to see more magic beings and/or have more fairytale interaction. My one problem is that this started so well, but kind of faded as the book went on. This part was really well done and I was hooked on this magical world. Wren, a poor village girl, would often talk about people she heard of that could spin straw into gold or that put a curse on an apple. I loved how the setting was in a world filled of magical creatures’ right out of fairytales. There was nothing wrong with these differences so I quickly grew to enjoy the overall feel of the book. And while I expected the book to be a bit more action based, it felt like a character study more than I expected. While the romance started out as enemies to lovers, it didn’t really last that way. This book had a slightly different feel than I was expecting. I didn’t love this like I was hoping to, but I did really like it so I can’t complain too much.
However, I do think my high expectations might have affected my enjoyment a little bit. Sapphic-YA-fantasy will get me just about every time. This book was actually on my list of most anticipated reads of 2021.
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