Jai M {Cat Crazy Dragon }'s Reviews > Traitor Witch

Not what I hoped for.

This wasn’t bad.
In fact, it was really well written.

However, for my personal tastes, it didn’t quite work.
I like a slow burn, especially when it’s developing the relationship and personalities.
This wasn’t doing that though. It was more hinting at things to come, arguing, and creating fillers.
Plus, the plot itself was a total slow burn. We spent an entire book, just making it barely a third of the way through.
Action scenes were very few, brief, and very lightly detailed.

The world building is another very low build, dragging things out more than necessary, and making parts confusing [clearly meant to be mysterious and suspenseful, but just frustrating and aggravating for me].

The world is filled with those who lack empathy or any real sense of compassion. Which doesn’t add, considering the whole ideology behind their belief system.

Moreover, a few plot holes I suspect are planned to be resolved [I hope], in upcoming books. But leave me wanting to shout at the story, or swear at how it doesn’t make sense.

Basically, I found the whole experience an unending exercise in frustration.

I liked the story idea, but not the execution.
I loved the writing, but not how slow it all was.
I liked the suspenseful parts, but there wasn’t enough.
I liked so much about the characters, but large chunks seemed missing.
I liked the flashes of humour, but again, not enough.

This is a really good book, but I think, just not for me.

Spoiler Alert 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Just addressing some other review comments that may confuse….

She hides her identity because Solar witches are well loved, thus most are more inclined to help them.
Luna witches are often feared, plus the authorities are looking for a ‘Luna’ witch. She doesn’t know the pirates, or if they can be trusted.

She transforms bits of the ship, because she wasn’t provided most of the basics, only a hammock minus coverings, in a storage room, despite agreeing to work for her passage [including feeding the vamp].

She’s jaded as she was orphaned at age 6, isolated by her status as an assassin at 9yrs, and made to first kill at age 16.

She isn’t trained as a fighter, but an assassin. She isn’t going to be kick-ass, because these are 2 very different techniques.
Plus, being overwhelmed by large numbers, is hardly having your ass handed to you.

The plot holes I mentioned - the Moon goddess affects the ageing of one witch to control her actions, but not the others betraying their deities? Okay, they’re either part or whole Solar witches, but still…Sun Goddess what gives?
Also why can’t Moonie control-affect the Luna powers being used?