TRUTHWITCH (The Witchlands, #1)
Publication Date: January 5, 2016
Publisher: Tor Teen
SYNOPSIS
On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery”, a magical skill that sets them apart from others.
In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well.
Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.
Iseult, a Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the lives around her—but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart. Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast into one of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to Safi’s hotheaded impulsiveness.
Safi and Iseult just want to be free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With the help of the cunning Prince Merik (a Windwitch and ship’s captain) and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.
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If
you’re on Twitter, Goodreads and follow book bloggers around the world, surely
you’ve encountered posts about Truthwitch by Susan Dennard already. There was
so much hype surrounding this book leading up to its release date, January 5th.
I even remember reading tweets from people who attended BEA ’15 lining up and
sprinting just to snag an ARC of it. With my Twitter-BEA experience, I could
definitely say that Truthwitch was one of the “It” books during that event.
Next
thing I know, early reviews started to pop out and more people were raving
about it. The hype’s continuously building and also having my hopes up that it
would turn out so great, just like what they’re saying. But then all of us
experienced reading an over-hyped book and ended up thinking that, “meh it didn’t live up to its hype”. So
that factor made me quite nervous to read this one and also the reason why I
decided to stop checking out reviews. I don’t what to build it up more in my
head.
Well
as I’m typing in this review, I understood now why the early readers of this
book are gushing about it. All those excitement-feely tweets/posts, I
understand you now guys. Oh hell-gates,
Truthwitch is such an impressive series starter. There are just so many
elements of the story that people needs to get excited about and go for it.
Read it.
