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The Black Witch

por Laurie Forest

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Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:The New York Times bestselling series!
"Maximum suspense, unusual magicâ??a whole new, thrilling approach to fantasy!"
â??Tamora Pierce
, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Powerful magic. A deadly legacy. A world at the edge of war. Prepare to be spellbound by The Black Witch.
Elloren Gardner is the spitting image of her grandmother, who drove back the enemy forces in the last Realm War. But while her people believe she will follow in her grandmother's footsteps and become the next Black Witch of prophecy, Elloren is devoid of power in a society that prizes magical ability above all else.
When she is granted the opportunity to pursue her dream of becoming an apothecary, Elloren joins her brothers at Verpax University. But she soon realizes that the university may be the most treacherous place of all for the granddaughter of the Black Witch.
As evil looms and the pressure to live up to her heritage builds, Elloren's best hope of survival may be among a secret band of rebels...if only she can find the courage to trust those she's been taught to fear.
Critics are raving about Laurie Forest's incredible debut, The Black Witch:
"Forest uses a richly imagined magical world to offer an uncompromising condemnation of prejudice and injustice."
â??Booklist, starred review
"Exquisite character work, an elaborate mythology, and a spectacularly rendered universe make this a noteworthy debut, which argues passionately against fascism and xenophobia."
â??Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Briskly paced, tightly plotted...set in a rich alternative universe with a complicated history that can help us better understand our own."
â??Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Books in The Black Witch Chronicles:
The Black Witch
The Iron Flower
The Shadow Wand
The Demon Tide
Wandfasted (ebook novella)*
Light Mage (ebook novella)*
* Also available in print in The Rebel M
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My friend likes this series so I gave it a shot, but I can't stand a naive/racist heroine whose journey involves the slow realization that bigotry is bad.

I think the School Library Journal review nailed it:

"Teens will have to get through hundreds of pages of stereotypical characterizations of marginalized groups (non-Gardnerians are hateful and ultraviolent, their blood is "polluted," they mate like animals, the non-Gardnerian women are trying to steal Gardnerian men, etc.) before Elloren begins to recognize that maybe Gardnerians are the bad guys in her realm. Although unlearning prejudices is a timely theme in YA, Forest handles this issue clumsily." ( )
  LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |
Don’t let the 1-star reviews scare you away. Read this book and decide for yourself what the author is trying to do. Are there racial rants in the book? Yes, there certainly are in an attempt to show a world where hatred, lies, and mistaken beliefs mar relationships between different species. If anything, the problems in this world seemed uncomfortably similar to our own current world situation.

Saying that this book promotes racial hatred is like saying that Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle promotes unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry. Literature is at its most powerful when it confronts difficult issues, and this book certainly succeeded in starting a discussion.

I am looking forward to seeing what the author does with this world in volume two.
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  DebCushman | Aug 25, 2022 |
Pretty standard YA fantasy -- a little over-dramatic at times, some entertaining new worlds, and a giant dark chosen-one kind of secret hanging over the main character. I'm being unfair to review this now, because I didn't get the chance to do it right after I read it and I can't recall all of it that well. It's not terrible, there are kittens, Elloren learns a whole lot real fast about the world not being the sheltered place she grew up, and sometimes her naivete is grating.

Apparently there's a controversy about racist beliefs in the books -- yep, there's a lot of racial tension and a whole lot of mean talk and Elloren is kind of an idiot about it at first, but figures out that she wants no part of that kind of behavior and creates a group of friends. Too bad about the chicken -- that part was horrible, but it certainly illustrated a lesson.

Advanced reader's copy provided by Edelweiss. ( )
  jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |
June 2021

Another re-read of this in the books. THis is still one of my all-time favorite YA series and I can't wait for book 4 this year.

I am so happy i re-read this after finishing the novellas. Everything is fitting into place and I am ready for Iron Flower. ( )
  HarleyGambit | Nov 25, 2021 |
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Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:The New York Times bestselling series!
"Maximum suspense, unusual magicâ??a whole new, thrilling approach to fantasy!"
â??Tamora Pierce
, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Powerful magic. A deadly legacy. A world at the edge of war. Prepare to be spellbound by The Black Witch.
Elloren Gardner is the spitting image of her grandmother, who drove back the enemy forces in the last Realm War. But while her people believe she will follow in her grandmother's footsteps and become the next Black Witch of prophecy, Elloren is devoid of power in a society that prizes magical ability above all else.
When she is granted the opportunity to pursue her dream of becoming an apothecary, Elloren joins her brothers at Verpax University. But she soon realizes that the university may be the most treacherous place of all for the granddaughter of the Black Witch.
As evil looms and the pressure to live up to her heritage builds, Elloren's best hope of survival may be among a secret band of rebels...if only she can find the courage to trust those she's been taught to fear.
Critics are raving about Laurie Forest's incredible debut, The Black Witch:
"Forest uses a richly imagined magical world to offer an uncompromising condemnation of prejudice and injustice."
â??Booklist, starred review
"Exquisite character work, an elaborate mythology, and a spectacularly rendered universe make this a noteworthy debut, which argues passionately against fascism and xenophobia."
â??Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Briskly paced, tightly plotted...set in a rich alternative universe with a complicated history that can help us better understand our own."
â??Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Books in The Black Witch Chronicles:
The Black Witch
The Iron Flower
The Shadow Wand
The Demon Tide
Wandfasted (ebook novella)*
Light Mage (ebook novella)*
* Also available in print in The Rebel M

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