#Bloodwitch

[tealeavesand-roses]

Status: read Rating: 4.5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟✨

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard (The Witchlands, #1) 🗡️👁️📜🫴🏻🧵 It's a travesty that I was unaware of this series until recently. I just finished the first book, and I'm hooked—wow. Dennard's world-building in the Witchland Series is intricate, beautiful, and, above all, magical.

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard is the first book in the Witchlands series. It is a story about two unregistered witches, Safiyah, a truthwitch, and Iseult, a threadwitch, who are on the run from various opposers, such as empires and mercenaries. Both Safi and Iseult must navigate a tense and scary political landscape. Along the way, they encounter allies and foes, including Prince Merik, a windwitch, and the bloodwitch Aeduen.

To give a little backstory, I had begun rewatching Avatar: The Last Airbender, and as with every rewatch of Avatar, my heart swooned for Zutara. Listen, the first season came out when I was 13; I fell hard for Zuko and never looked back. I also immediately questioned why he and Katara didn't end up together once the series concluded, as their chemistry and scenes were *chef's kiss* 🤌🏼. Moving on, I wanted to know if any books/series exuded similar ATLA attributes/were identical in any way. I ended up finding A Clockwork Reader's BookTube video that recommended books for fans of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series. Thus, I was introduced to the Witchlands series. 🌬️ Side note, I love that A Clockwork Reader is a shameless fan of Zutara like myself, and she mentioned how she got a chance to chat with the author, Susan Dennard, and apparently, two characters in the series were inspired by the dynamic between Katara and Zuko, which of course piqued my interest even more.

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Overall, I loved this book! I haven't read a YA fantasy in a while, but it's such a good read. I'm starting book two next week; I'm swamped with homework, so I need to put that first 🙃 Also, um, I'm sorry, the phrase Aeduan said to Iseult in her native tongue quite literally tugged at my heartstrings and nearly brought me to my knees. Like-are you kidding me?! I gasped when she divulged what the phrase meant, like...that's something heartmates say to each other, not a girl you swore you'd kill the next time you'd cross paths. Lmao. They've had such minimal interactions, but I'm obsessed with them.

[dark-giver]

Safi and Iseult, our amazing thread sisters to the end! Art by me and my sister!

[fiorebudino]

witchland nation...how we feeling?

iseult and Aeduan wip

[siroldisfertig]

girls don’t want men, girls want bloodwitch on vinyl

[the-crafty-vamp]

Beware the blood witch of the Valdarian woods...

[inkandecho]

How was your Day of Ash little Lamb?

[h4z4rdusflu1d]

i can't tell you how much i love this character

[mhevarujta]

I love the way Merik Nihar is written. I love that he starts as someone who IS well intended, but who is also too focused on their own worldview. I love that while he didn't target Iseult at any point he was not devoid of casual racism that had been part of his culture for a long time (calling the No A-matsis '’Matsis') . I love that he doesn't immediately think of Cam as a boy but it's something that he has to grow into.

Merik comes into so many realisations about himself and his way of thinking. And despite his flaws he learns to listen and becomes open to being educated. He becomes a much better and more compassionate person throughout the series.

[musicwithoutborders]

Bloodwitch, Fly I I Am Not Okay With This (Music from the Netflix Original Series), 2020

[lottiesoka]

Iseult variations ft. Aeduan and Owl

[dark-giver]

Did you, guys, see this masterpiece from Susan's story?!?!

🗣️🎤: Witchlands nation, how we feelin'?

[cloudwastewater]

Playlist Shenannigans

Organising a playlist so that it makes a degree of potentially poetic sense when you read the song titles and there are my two most recent moments.

[charliethinks]

I still don't understand why Netflix decided to cancel ianowt. like the show even had its own band and all, it's an amazing show. why cancel it ?

[major-gilneass]

Going through the entirety of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes books. Just finished the Maeve’ra series, gonna restart the Den of Shadows (I’ve read the original quartet, but not the extended series), then the Kiesha’ra series…and I just ordered the Mancer series from ThriftBooks, so YAY.

[opal-tea]

where are my kiesha'ra/maeve'ra baddies at

[catnniba1]

This band to needs more recognition