The Nature of Witches

Sadly, it was one of those stories which felt frustratingely empty in its core and was pretty much repetitive throughout (e.x. all the thoughts of the main character about being "stripped" from her powers because of her guilt complex...). The premise had hooked me, but neither writing nor characters lived up to a minimum standard for me. ...weiterlesen

The nature of witches is the debut of Rachel Griffin. I always love stories about witches and therefore I just had to read this one. The book takes place on earth and in our world with the exception that there are witches whose powers are connected to the season. The witches try to work on the state the world is in, but that gets harder and harder each day. Our protagonist Clara is an everwitch who has the power of all seasons and she changes with them. This is very rare and she could be the key to solve all the problems. But she isn’t trained and can’t really control her powers. She adapts to situations very quickly and tries to make the best out of them. And while Clara is a good protagonist a lot of people took advantage of her and manipulated and belittled her. This was really sad and I wish she would have followed her own path more. She should have time to grow and instead she is forced to do things by the people around her. Sang is the other person we learn the most about and he trains Clara. He is also a love interest, however the romance is very brief and I didn’t really feel it. But often the characters stay very flat and they are only reduced to their magic and not their personalities. The story is mainly set in the school where the witches are trained. The training methods are often very forced and sometimes unnecessarily brutal and only aim to awaken Claras power no matter who else could get hurt. Otherwise, there was the mention of a world beyond that, but sadly you don’t get to see that. There was also not really a major plot line and sometimes it slowly moved on with no real aim or destination. Something I did really like were the wisdoms A season for everything at the beginning of each chapter and they were very memorable and inspirational. Overall, The nature of witches is a book with a very modern and environmentally conscious approach to witches and I really liked it. But there were also some aspects I didn’t fully like and therefore this books gets 3 stars. ...weiterlesen