The personality of Jazmyne did a complete 180 turn on its head, to a point I wondered if she was being mind controlled or something. I also think many of the characters completely acted out of character in the last few chapters. My issue is the two POV's are incredibly similar and I often forgot who I was reading about. It wasn't a tale of revenge and blood and witches who are willing to get revenge at whatever cost. While this book isn't that bad, it lacked everything I wanted from it. 'Trouble doesn't give signs like rain, so we must always be ready for it.'Īnd I guess that's on my most anticipated releases not being good lmao.

May be fine for international audiences but doesn’t stack up with the lived experience of Jamaican or Caribbean mythology Wouldn't recommend if you’re looking for Jamaican Fantasy or Caribbean Fantasy. The book has a good plot, but the execution leaves much to desire. In Jamaica, you have various types of patios spoken by the people and you actually have a version that is typically used by persons where standard English (the Queens English) is their first language that is pretty sanitized and easy to understand that could've been used throughout the novel. I felt like this was majorly a clinical version of patios for international audiences and that is fine but the way it is implemented is very clunky which is strange. I want to be clear, you can't sprinkle the word 'mon' into sentences like parsley, and call it patois. The language of this book bothers me, the phrases used, the way patois is integrated is strange. I can't tell what this book is trying to be, it feels like a punishment, the worlding building is a slugfest, the characters thus far uninspiring and uninteresting. I didn't finish the book, I am going to try to but I find this book so offensive as a Jamaican, born and raised in Jamaica that it's hard to read. I desperately wanted to like this book, and yet, I don't. witches fighting together against a common foe. The premise sounds amazing, right? Jamaican.

Owlcrate witches steeped in gold