Review: Windwitch by Susan Dennard

Windwitch by Susan Dennard
Narrated by Cassandra Campbell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This review is long overdue.  I recently listened to Sightwitch,which prompted me to finally get this posted.  That review will be up soon.  Cassandra Campbell is quickly becoming one of my go to audio narrators.  I really enjoy her voice acting in this series, and highly recommend anything she narrates. 

This picks up shortly after Truthwitch leaves off. Safi has gone off with the Empress of Marstock to try to use her powers to make a difference. Iseult is alone and determined to find Safi no matter what. The bloodwitch Aeduan is very present and makes an unlikely ally to Iseult.And then there is Merik, everyone is led to believe that the prince is dead leaving his sister Vivia to tend to the people of Nubrevna. There are so many twists and turns that you aren't sure who to trust and who is really on the side of good and evil in this tale. It was quite a ride. I very much enjoyed it.

We follow each of the main characters on their very different journeys as they are all on different adventures. Merik must heal after a devestating accident that leads to his supposed death. He is trying to uncover the darkness that is invading his city and save his people. He knows that there has been a great betrayal, but it may not be at the hands of those he initially suspected. He takes on the persona of the Fury, a merciless god in their culture who rights wrongs. He is aided by Cam, one of the few of his crew to survive the accident at sea. In the meantime, Vivia is on the same path to save the people of Nubrevna, though she struggles to find purchase in a world dominated by men. She is fierce and powerful, but she lacks the respect in the political arena.

Isuelt and Aeduan find themselves partnering through many action packed situations. They are both dealing with internal struggles. Isuelt is learning more about her threadwitch powers and learns that she is not a traditional threadwitch like her mother. She must find herself without Safi, and really comes into her own. Safi is always on her mind, and she never forgets that her goal is to find her threadsister and help her. Aeduan meanwhile is remembering things from his past as he must continue on his mission while also aiding Isuelt who happens to be part of his mission. There are hints at a possible romantic relationship in the future between them, but nothing happens in this book. There is pretty much no romance in this book. If you remember in Truthwitch there is a pretty explosive romance between Safi and Merik toward the end of the book. They spend the entire book pining for each other but driven by duty in Windwitch. They want to get back to each other, but romance will have to take a backseat.

Safi is on her own adventure with the Empress of Marstock. Their ship is attacked they are captured by the Hellbards. Hellbards are kind of like witch police, they can bind a witch's powers and are typically employed by royalty to do their dirty work. Safi is still full of attitude and spunk. She never gives up, but she also grows up quite a bit in this book.

Overall, there is a lot going on here with several different plot lines going on at the same time. I really enjoyed the different plot lines and I felt like they came together really well in the end. Clearly there is more story to tell, and I'm excited to see where Susan Dennard takes us on this adventure. The writing was excellent in my opinion and I've grown to love the characters.  I'm bummed that Bloodwitch won't be out until January 2019.

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