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received a copy of The Hawkweed Prophecy in exchange for an honest review, Many thanks to Hachette and Netgalley,

Poppy Hooper has always been an outcast, Unpopular and spooky, cats follow her wherever she goes and spiders weave beautiful webs in her honour,

Ember Hawkweed, too, doesnt fit in, Shes a pitiful excuse for a witch and the secluded group of women and girls she lives with tolerate her at best,

Throw in a hotlycontested prophesy and a throne up for grabs and theres the making of a dark, twisty fairy tale,

I quite enjoyed this story about two babies, switched at birth, growing into young women who are at odds in the societies they live in.
Poppy was a very strong character intelligent and capable, but vulnerable, too, Ember was okay, too, but possibly a bit too drifty and away with the fairies for me, There were parts where I kind of wanted to give her a good shake, However, I liked how they interacted with each other and I thought they both got a good ending,

This book also had some really interesting ideas about what about us is nature and what is nurture, Both girls tried desperately to fit into the families they had been born into and their desire to find a place where they would be accepted for who they were is a theme we see a lot in contemporary YA, so it was interesting to see it being given a magic realism twist.


The plot meandered around a bit as Poppy and Ember worked out who their true families were and both got involved with Leo.
I really liked the back story of the witches coven how theyd managed to stay hidden for centuries, Their history and practises were quite dark and creepy, as was the jostling for power around the prophesy and the throne,

I didnt really get on board with the romance side of things, I thought Poppy was far too strong a character to get so moony over a boy although I could totally see

Ember drifting off into InstaloveLand.
Also, Sorrel. She fell for him, too, What was it about this boy that he had three girls dying of love for him He must have been one attractive homeless guy,

So, yeah. I think this book might have actually worked better without a romance element, The idea of a story where a bunch of fiercely strong women literally beating the shit out of each other with magic is fairly compelling.


All in all, a pretty good read,

This and other reviews can be found on my blog : sitelinkBook Blog Bird Streng genommen müssten es,Sterne sein, denn trotz meiner Begeisterung für die Story nervt nach wie vor das "Mädchenbild", dem Ember "instinktiv" entspricht.

Meine Meinung
sitelink deiren Switched at birth, Poppy and Ember end up meeting in person and becoming friends, They both feel like outcasts from the society they have been placed in, Poppy feels like the troubled child, unable to control her magical power among her classmates and home life, Ember has no magical ability while living in a coven of witches, The two friends learn that they can understand each other, and help one another in a way that their society can't, That is, until a boy comes between them,

The Hawkweed Prophecy was really good in some aspects, but also kind of dull and boring at other parts,

Poppy and Ember are both really interesting main characters, and while I liked them, I didn't necessarily love them, I personally couldn't relate to them as I typically do with characters I love, which is one of the downsides in this book for me.
Poppy is extremely strong and smart, although she can be very naive at times and doesn't necessarily do the right thing, Ember is such a sweetheart, she's really caring and kind but she's not the brightest, I'm hoping that the future books have a lot more character development,

There wasn't a lot of action at the beginning of the story, and while it was somewhat entertaining learning about the two girls, I would have loved to see more action to keep the reader entertained and more engaged in the story.
The action definitely picked up after the half way point, and at this point I finished the book in one sitting, It's a fairly short and easy read,

Overall, I really did like this book, but unfortunately I just couldn't bring myself to love the characters and be fully engaged in the story.
I'm hoping the next book has more character development and more exciting plot, maybe with a few twists,

Happy Reading,
Aneta I was actually quite enjoying this book in the beginning, I found Irena's prose to be engaging and interesting, and I was super intrigued by the concept and the magic,

But, cat murder is a trigger for me, It's not something I want to read about, And this book went on and on and ON about it, in detail, for eleven pages before I just couldn't take it anymore.
I was bawling when poor little Minx was brutally murdered, My heart can't take it, I don't even care how stupid that sounds to anyone else, I DO NOT WANT TO READ ABOUT IT, Period.

After the mutilation I tried to continue, I did. But every time I picked it back up and it was mentioned yet AGAIN, I got upset all over again, I'm putting details in spoilers because I wouldn't want to read them if I hadn't already had to, First, the cat was carried off squirming, Then Poppy found her "ripped apart, her stomach and chest exposed so that Poppy could see right inside of her, " The cat had waited hours for Poppy to come, "lying there in agony, " Then she died, bleeding out and whimpering, in Poppy's arms, Then, when you think it's over, Raven muses about how she killed Minx, and "the little ginger cat's pathetic attempt to defend her mistress, " And so on and so forth seriously, ELEVEN, PAGES. Reading about how the cat cried out for her owner all night long while she laid dying a slow painful death was a last straw for me.
,quasi. Un bellissimo libro sul potere Delle relazioni, amicizia e amore, Peccato che alla fine rimanga spezzato e abbastanza inconcludente, Tuttavia spero nel seguito ovviamente, perché possa soddisfare a pieno le mie aspettative, "Ze was zo moe, alsof ze ouder was geworden en haar jeugd als een veertje in de wind vervloog om nooit meer terug te komen.
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Wat heb ik van dit boek genoten!!! Irena Brignull heeft een hele fijne manier van schrijven, waarbij ze jou als lezer echt in het verhaal weet te trekken.


Als lezer word je direct betrokken bij een groot geheim, waarvan maarpersoon op de hoogte is, maar die van invloed is voor heel veel mensen.
Ik vond het fijn om als lezer dit al te weten, terwijl de personages gedurende het verhaal langzaam aan meer komen te weten, Het maakt het verhaal niet minder spannend, maar geeft het juist net dat beetje meer,

Zodra je kennis maakt met Poppy en Ember heb je met de meisjes een band, Beide zo anders, maar dragen dezelfde eenzaamheid, Je ziet hoe vriendschap in eenvoud bloeit, De een vlucht uit een maatschappij vol onbegrip, de ander verlangt naar het "normale" leven, En in elkaar vinden ze de kennis en ervaring waar ze zelf zo naar verlangen,

Leo, de ultimate Bookcrush, die het hart van beide meisjes weet te veroveren alleen maar door te zijn, Die zelf al genoeg bagage met zich mee sleept, maar er niets over los zal laten, Wie is die mysterieuze jongen die de harten op hol weet te brengen

En een heksenverhaal is natuurlijk niet compleet zonder boze heks.
De jaloerse zus Raven, die ondanks de grote liefde voor haar zus, niet kan aanzien dat Klaver net dat ene zal hebben wat zij nooit zal krijgen.
Kan je het lot aanpassen, door te doen alsof iets nooit is gebeurd Kan je een geheim dragen zonder dat iemand daar ooit achter komt, en zo de voorspelling naar eigen hand zetten

Echt een geweldig boek voor iedereen die houdt van YA, heksen, magie, liefde en vriendschap I picked up The Hawkweed Prophecy on a total whim at ALA.
Id seen the cover and put it in Cover Snark, but otherwise Id heard absolutely nothing about this book, which probably relates to the fact that Ive never heard of this publisher.
Still, a fantasy with three strong heroines Sounded good to me,

On a lot of levels, The Hawkweed Prophecy very much delivers, and Im glad that I took a chance on it, Irena Brignulls writing is lovely, Its not every book where I start reading and really give thought to how beautiful the actual prose is, The plot, though simple and predictable, is largely pleasing, I like how strongly female the cast is, and that Ember never gets shamed by the book itself for not being magical,

However, the romance in this book really sucks, That may sound harsh but honestly, Theres one teen boy of note in the book, a homeless hottie named Leo, Poppy meets him first and immediately falls in love, Then Poppy introduces him to Ember, who immediately falls in love, Sorrel follows Ember and spots Leo, and she too immediately falls in love or at least obsession with him, Seriously And then the girls spend the whole book subtly fighting for him, To make matters worse, he ends up with Ember, even though he wanted Poppy.
Lets just give the guy as a consolation prize to the one girl without magic, Lets totally disregard that shes his second choice, Such romantic!

Id love to know what this book could have been without Leo as a character, Or, perhaps, if there had been a romance between Poppy and Ember, with Sorrel getting the guy, As it is, its a pretty fantasy and worth a try if youre into witchy books, .