A review by lilyrooke
The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

2.0

I really thought I would love The Nature of Witches. The premise of seasonally-affected witches attempting to avert climate catastrophe was so intriguing, and I was so excited to learn about Clara as an Everwitch and get invested in her journey. Unfortunately, it fell flat for me, particularly in terms of plot, characterisation, and worldbuilding. Most of TNOW felt like a prelude to a much more exciting and thematically powerful story. I kept waiting for something more to happen, since the stakes were theoretically so high, but it never really did. The characters and worldbuilding felt somewhat shallow, in the sense I've forgotten most of them already. It's a shame because I felt like there was so much potential in this story, but it just wasn't for me.