The Nature of Witches

Beautiful

Tintenweberin aus Dahlen am 28.05.2021
Bewertungsnummer: 1500039
Bewertet: Buch (Gebundene Ausgabe)

Rachel Griffins debut "The Nature of Witches" is an extremely gripping and beautifully written novel. While reading it, it felt like Rachel put all my thoughts about the seasons, everything I feel during summer, autumn, winter and spring into words. I connected very strongly with protagonist Clara Densmore. She is an Everwitch and is tied to all four seasons, It is a very rare kind of witch and Clara is the first one in about 200 years. Everyone expects something of her but she struggles to control her magic. It tends to kill the people she loves most, so she isolates herself as best as she can to prevent such things from happening. But the shaders (normal people who are no witches) destroyed the earth so much that an Everwith is needed to maintain the climate as best as possible. So Clara must learn to control her magic. I loved every single chapter in this book so so much. There are a lot of feelings between the words. Clara feels extremely lonely and struggles to love magic or even herself. Her power did nothing good to her, so it is perfectly comprehensible why she hates it so much. After a tragic accident her training schedule is changed and a Sang, a student from another school takes over her trainig. Clara begins to trust him and their relationship is so beautiful. It made me feel all the feels. I loved Sang as a character, because he is kind, he loves botany and he never puts Clara under pressure. Step by step, she learns to accept herself. But of course her feelings for Sang are growing and she knows that her magic always seeks out the ones closest to her. The story is full of emotion. Claras feelings for Sang, her feelings for her ex-girlfriend Paige and all the self-loath. But it is also filled with the beauty of nature. Griffin captures the seasons so precisely. I felt really understood in my love for nature. I also just love the concept of witches who are tied to one of the four seasons and need to help maintain the climate. The book is also very relevant regarding climate change and all the things we do to destroy the earth. I loved everything about this story. It has an amazing main character, who really grows throughout the story, a sweet lovestory, beautiful writing and a gripping plot, that really flows naturally. "the Nature of Witches" definitely became a new favourite for me.

A book about witches and how they...

Bewertung am 10.12.2022
Bewertungsnummer: 1841162
Bewertet: Buch (Gebundene Ausgabe)

A book about witches and how they and humans have to work together to save their home. Each witch is assigned to one season. And even if you only ever loved only one specific season, in the end you will love them all.