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Witches of Ash and Ruin
Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer
8 posts | 8 read | 22 to read
Modern witchcraft blends with ancient Celtic mythology in an epic clash of witches and gods, perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic trilogy and CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA. Seventeen-year-old Dayna Walsh is struggling to cope with her somatic OCD; the aftermath of being outed as bisexual in her conservative Irish town; and the return of her long-absent mother, who barely seems like a parent. But all that really matters to her is ascending and finally, finally becoming a full witch-plans that are complicated when another coven, rumored to have a sordid history with black magic, arrives in town with premonitions of death. Dayna immediately finds herself at odds with the bewitchingly frustrating Meiner King, the granddaughter of their coven leader. And then a witch turns up murdered at a local sacred site, along with the blood symbol of the Butcher of Manchester-an infamous serial killer whose trail has long gone cold. The killer's motives are enmeshed in a complex web of witches and gods, and Dayna and Meiner soon find themselves at the center of it all. If they don't stop the Butcher, one of them will be next. With razor-sharp prose and achingly real characters, E. Latimer crafts a sweeping, mesmerizing story of dark magic and brutal mythology set against a backdrop of contemporary Ireland that's impossible to put down.
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MsRadioSilence
MsRadioSilence
Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer
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I ship Meiner and Dayna, but this book leaves a loooooot unanswered. Hoping for a sequel, because there were several interesting plotlines that were just…dropped. Also, I would consider this book urban fantasy (throwing spells with one hand and texting with the other) but the cover gives me historical fiction vibes lol.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/witches-of-ash-and-ruin.

#lgbt #witches #magic #celtic

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SilverShanica
SilverShanica
Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer
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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 162.
#bookstoread
#tbrpile
#bookstagram

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer
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Wow, my second DNF today! At least I'm getting books off my TBR? I thought the premise of this #YA sounded great: set in a small Irish town where a teen witch in training has been outed as bisexual. A murder leads her coven to work with another that has a reputation for dark magic. Unfortunately at 50 pages in I am bored. The setting feels superficial and inauthentic, characters are bland, and I don't see the point of the constantly changing POVs.

CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian Also: who designed this terrible cover and insisted on this super generic YA title? 4y
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian #QueerBooks #BisexualBooks #LGBTQBooks #LGBTQ 4y
Clare-Dragonfly Sometimes I think publishers take those “generate your YA fantasy title” memes too seriously. Too bad, too—if it weren‘t for how cringely generic it is, I would think the title sounds right up my alley. 4y
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian @Clare-Dragonfly Yeah, I thought so too, which is why I initially ignored the title and tried the book out. Unfortunately it did not defy the expectations the title set 🙁 4y
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CareBear
CareBear
Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer
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Pickpick

I finished my first book for #readathon! I really enjoyed it but I thought it was a stand-alone but based on the cliffhanger looks like nope and that‘s frustrating to me. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

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CareBear
CareBear
Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer
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My stack for #deweys #readathon this weekend! Currently reading the bottom two ... hoping to finish those and make a serious dent in the rest of the pile!

Loving the tagged book!

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Schlinkles
Schlinkles
Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer
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And now for something completely different...
Still working on that backlog of ARCs

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the.bookish.valkyrie
the.bookish.valkyrie
Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer
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This was everything I'd hoped for and more!

What I hoped to see:

Bad ass witches.
Cannibals.
Monstrous gods.
Great LGBTQ+ rep.
Romance.
Great mental health rep.
Excellently written story.

Latimer checked all those boxes! With the added bonuses of:

Karmic bitch slaps.
Ominous omens.
A captivating story told in a compelling and satisfying way.
A beautiful start to what I hope will be a long and glorious series.

InBooksILive Ohh I need to read this asap!! 4y
raeintheworld Karmic bitch slaps!!! 4y
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian I have a review copy of this, glad to hear you liked it! 4y
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the.bookish.valkyrie
the.bookish.valkyrie
Witches of Ash and Ruin | E Latimer
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With this releasing at the same time as SJM's House of Earth and Blood, (I pre-ordered both!) I had a real struggle deciding which to read first, but this one won out in the end and I'm not regretting it one bit! As much as I fangirl for SJM, E. Latimer has some serious storytelling chops! Also, bad ass witches will always win over bad ass faeries for me!

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