Witches of Ash and Ruin

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I ship Meiner and Dayna, but this book leaves a loooooot unanswered. Hoping for a sequel, because there were several interesting plotlines that were just…dropped. Also, I would consider this book urban fantasy (throwing spells with one hand and texting with the other) but the cover gives me historical fiction vibes lol.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/witches-of-ash-and-ruin.

#lgbt #witches #magic #celtic

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SilverShanica

Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer

I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 162.
#bookstoread
#tbrpile
#bookstagram

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian

Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer

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Wow, my second DNF today! At least I'm getting books off my TBR? I thought the premise of this #YA sounded great: set in a small Irish town where a teen witch in training has been outed as bisexual. A murder leads her coven to work with another that has a reputation for dark magic. Unfortunately at 50 pages in I am bored. The setting feels superficial and inauthentic, characters are bland, and I don't see the point of the constantly changing POVs.

CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian Also: who designed this terrible cover and insisted on this super generic YA title? 5y

CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian #QueerBooks #BisexualBooks #LGBTQBooks #LGBTQ 5y

Clare-Dragonfly Sometimes I think publishers take those “generate your YA fantasy title” memes too seriously. Too bad, too—if it weren‘t for how cringely generic it is, I would think the title sounds right up my alley. 5y

CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian @Clare-Dragonfly Yeah, I thought so too, which is why I initially ignored the title and tried the book out. Unfortunately it did not defy the expectations the title set 🙁 5y

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CareBear

Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer

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I finished my first book for #readathon! I really enjoyed it but I thought it was a stand-alone but based on the cliffhanger looks like nope and that‘s frustrating to me. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

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CareBear

Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer

My stack for #deweys #readathon this weekend! Currently reading the bottom two ... hoping to finish those and make a serious dent in the rest of the pile!

Loving the tagged book!

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Schlinkles

Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer

And now for something completely different...
Still working on that backlog of ARCs

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the.bookish.valkyrie

Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer

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This was everything I'd hoped for and more!

What I hoped to see:

Bad ass witches.
Cannibals.
Monstrous gods.
Great LGBTQ+ rep.
Romance.
Great mental health rep.
Excellently written story.

Latimer checked all those boxes! With the added bonuses of:

Karmic bitch slaps.
Ominous omens.
A captivating story told in a compelling and satisfying way.
A beautiful start to what I hope will be a long and glorious series.

InBooksILive Ohh I need to read this asap!! 5y

raeintheworld Karmic bitch slaps!!! 5y

CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian I have a review copy of this, glad to hear you liked it! 5y

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the.bookish.valkyrie

Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer

With this releasing at the same time as SJM's House of Earth and Blood, (I pre-ordered both!) I had a real struggle deciding which to read first, but this one won out in the end and I'm not regretting it one bit! As much as I fangirl for SJM, E. Latimer has some serious storytelling chops! Also, bad ass witches will always win over bad ass faeries for me!

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