Week 44 Review: The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass

From Goodreads:
Even teenage assassins have dreams.

Eli isn't just a teenage girl — she's a made-thing the witches created to hunt down ghosts in the human world. Trained to kill with her seven magical blades, Eli is a flawless machine, a deadly assassin. But when an assignment goes wrong, Eli starts to question everything she was taught about both worlds, the Coven, and her tyrannical witch-mother.

Worried that she'll be unmade for her mistake, Eli gets caught up with a group of human and witch renegades, and is given the most difficult and dangerous task in the worlds: capture the Heart of the Coven. With the help of two humans, one motorcycle, and a girl who smells like the sea, Eli is going to get answers — and earn her freedom.

My Review:
This book was a pretty good read. I was really intrigued by the synopsis, and I was excited to read this book. Unfortunately, this book didn't live up to that potential. It's hard to say why, but what I've come up with is a mixture of the writing mixed with the worldbuilding-it would mention something, and I'd be, what the heck is that? Things just weren't explained half the time, so I didn't fully understand what was going on. So it's something that could be improved for the sequel, but I'm apprehensive bout it. 

I read this book when I did because I got lowest rated. And I can get why it is lowest rated, I didn't enjoy it as much as I usually enjoy books. And it's such a shame, because I only rarely rate books 4 stars or less on Goodreads. Like, less than 20 books in the 9 years on Goodreads. 

I was really intrigued by the concept, and I did enjoy watching it all play out, watching Eli find out that she's been lied to, meet the humans who help her on her journey, and all that. I enjoyed reading about Eli, the witch-made creature that she is! 

That ending though! I'm not sure what to believe, like, did the one betrayer actually switch sides or what? They did give that one hint...I'm interested to see where things go from here. Especially with that epilogue, that's a game changer!

This book was a pretty good book, if flawed, and I'm interested in reading the sequel! 

Author: Adan Jerreat-Poole
Series: The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass #1
Read: October 24th, 2020
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a DAC Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2020 Book!
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: October 6th 2020

4/5 Hearts

0/5 Books

0/5 Stars