A Resistance of Witches
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Stubborn, plain-spoken and from an unimpressive family, Lydia Polk never expected to be accepted into the Royal Academy of Witches. Now, with Hitler’s army rampaging across Europe, the witches of Britain have joined the war effort, and Lydia is key to the cause: she must use her magic to track down magical relics before Hitler and his sycophants can. Then a Nazi witch infiltrates the Academy with heart-breaking consequences, leaving the coven shaken, exposed and divided: the elder British witches have no interest in further loss of coven life in service of a government that has forced them into hiding for decades, no matter the consequences to the world. But with the discovery of the Grimorium Bellum, an ancient book that leaves a trail of death and destruction wherever it goes—one the Nazi coven is desperate to get their hands on—Lydia’s mission has never been more urgent.
Alone and woefully outnumbered, Lydia makes her way to the heart of occupied France, where she finds allies in Rebecca Gagne—a fierce French resistance fighter chockful of secrets—and Henry Boudreaux—a handsome Haitian-American art historian with a little magic of his own. Together, they traverse the country, stalked by the natural and supernatural alike, in search of the grimoire. But, as Lydia soon discovers, finding the book is only half the battle—the Grimorium Bellum has a dark agenda all its own. Lydia must subdue it before the Witches of the Third Reich can use it—but she’ll have to survive the book herself, first.
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With this book I'm a little torn to be honest. The writing is great, eloquent, clever, engaging. That characters are lovely, relatable, diverse, with interesting backstories. I especially liked Henry a lot and the inclusion of culturally diverse magical practices, based off mythology, traditions and cultural and ethnical backgrounds. The magic system in general is intriguing, although it's not explained in great detail, and even though the conflict is not new, it's definitely carried out well and brought to a fitting conclusion. At times it's a lot more brutal than I expected, but it's war-times after all, so I guess that makes sense. I could easily see this made into a movie because it's very cinematographic and would transfer beautifully onto the big screen. I think my issue is that at some points there are glimmers of what it might have been with a little more daring and complexity and a little less good vs bad. Don't get me wrong, this is a very very solid book, especially for a debut novel, I just think there was a lot more potential in many aspects, so I'm curious to see what the author comes up with in her next book! Thanks to Random House UK and Netgalley for the e-arc!
Description
Stubborn, plain-spoken and from an unimpressive family, Lydia Polk never expected to be accepted into the Royal Academy of Witches. Now, with Hitler’s army rampaging across Europe, the witches of Britain have joined the war effort, and Lydia is key to the cause: she must use her magic to track down magical relics before Hitler and his sycophants can. Then a Nazi witch infiltrates the Academy with heart-breaking consequences, leaving the coven shaken, exposed and divided: the elder British witches have no interest in further loss of coven life in service of a government that has forced them into hiding for decades, no matter the consequences to the world. But with the discovery of the Grimorium Bellum, an ancient book that leaves a trail of death and destruction wherever it goes—one the Nazi coven is desperate to get their hands on—Lydia’s mission has never been more urgent.
Alone and woefully outnumbered, Lydia makes her way to the heart of occupied France, where she finds allies in Rebecca Gagne—a fierce French resistance fighter chockful of secrets—and Henry Boudreaux—a handsome Haitian-American art historian with a little magic of his own. Together, they traverse the country, stalked by the natural and supernatural alike, in search of the grimoire. But, as Lydia soon discovers, finding the book is only half the battle—the Grimorium Bellum has a dark agenda all its own. Lydia must subdue it before the Witches of the Third Reich can use it—but she’ll have to survive the book herself, first.
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Posts
With this book I'm a little torn to be honest. The writing is great, eloquent, clever, engaging. That characters are lovely, relatable, diverse, with interesting backstories. I especially liked Henry a lot and the inclusion of culturally diverse magical practices, based off mythology, traditions and cultural and ethnical backgrounds. The magic system in general is intriguing, although it's not explained in great detail, and even though the conflict is not new, it's definitely carried out well and brought to a fitting conclusion. At times it's a lot more brutal than I expected, but it's war-times after all, so I guess that makes sense. I could easily see this made into a movie because it's very cinematographic and would transfer beautifully onto the big screen. I think my issue is that at some points there are glimmers of what it might have been with a little more daring and complexity and a little less good vs bad. Don't get me wrong, this is a very very solid book, especially for a debut novel, I just think there was a lot more potential in many aspects, so I'm curious to see what the author comes up with in her next book! Thanks to Random House UK and Netgalley for the e-arc!