Review: Witherward

Witherward by Hannah Mathewson
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

DNF at 28%.

Yet another book which sounds great on paper. Ilsa is a secret shapeshifter, earning her living as a magician's assistant in what feels like Victorian London. Then one night someone catches her performance and realises who/what she is and drags her into the Witherward, an alternative London filled with six warring magical groups and a destiny she could never imagine.

There was a lot of posturing adolescents, talk about dresses and wandering about in the gardens, a missing Changeling Alpha and this just felt like The Princess Diaries meets Vampire Diaries. I feel that there was loads happening but not a lot of plot development, just running around waving swords and being sulky. I'm clearly in a bit of a book strop at the moment but I just couldn't bring myself to read any further.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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