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A review by megsbookishtwins
The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
content warnings: blood, illness, violence, gore, body horror, mutilations, murder, misogyny
rep: sapphic characters & sapphic relationship
The Invocations:had a really promising start - atmospheric & magic & a touch of dark academia. On a whole, this book is just so me - full of misandry! honestly, vibes. I loved all three of our girls too - jude, our lesbian menace who would do anything to cure herself of her botched tethering to a demon, zara, our intellectual nerd who is desperate to raise her sister from the dead to say sorry, and emer, our sapphic witch and cursewriter with a demon companion. All three end up working together to stop a witch hunter. The novel is about the inherent misogyny of men. Men who have everything - power & status and yet still want more. I absolutely adored the magic system - the invocations, soul magic, and blood magic. I think there were just times that it lost me a little, it wasn't always consistent pacing and also I think the gore and body horror was sometimes just a little overdone and a little gratuitous at times. But otherwise, a pretty solid witch novel.
rep: sapphic characters & sapphic relationship
The Invocations:had a really promising start - atmospheric & magic & a touch of dark academia. On a whole, this book is just so me - full of misandry! honestly, vibes. I loved all three of our girls too - jude, our lesbian menace who would do anything to cure herself of her botched tethering to a demon, zara, our intellectual nerd who is desperate to raise her sister from the dead to say sorry, and emer, our sapphic witch and cursewriter with a demon companion. All three end up working together to stop a witch hunter. The novel is about the inherent misogyny of men. Men who have everything - power & status and yet still want more. I absolutely adored the magic system - the invocations, soul magic, and blood magic. I think there were just times that it lost me a little, it wasn't always consistent pacing and also I think the gore and body horror was sometimes just a little overdone and a little gratuitous at times. But otherwise, a pretty solid witch novel.