This is an absolutely riveting book that both adults and teens can enjoy. The rest of the content is fairly mild for teen-focused fare: a few kisses and some inflammatory rumors about lupine mating behavior. Other animals are abused, too: A dragon is shown after a heavy beating, barely alive (with talk that dragons are broken by letting them bond to a baby dragon and then killing that dragon in front of them and a beloved pet chicken is found hung. A selkie (seal/human-like shape-shifter) is abused by a man who held her captive, with talk of selkies being rounded up and sold as sex slaves for men. When Gardnerians get injured - with broken bones and stabbings - they are magically healed. Prepare for a few bloody moments, mostly with creatures like dragons and Icaral assassins stabbed through the heart with swords or getting their heads twisted off. Through this world on the brink of a race war between Gardnerians (the closest to humans, with all the power), lupines, the brightly colored Urisk, elves, selkies, and bird/human-like Icarals, debut author Laurie Forest examines prejudice, privilege, and even how to study history - from many perspectives beyond the dominant culture's take.
Parents need to know that The Black Witch is the first book in a thought-provoking fantasy series. Get started Closeĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. One story of a fae (fairy) toddler being slammed into a wall in a prison.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Talk of the main character's family dying in the war, and many stories of mass killings of different races during wars: all the boys and men from one group, while enslaving all the women, and children suffering working as slave laborers. Some skirmishes with wand magic, slapping, with racial slurs and threats yelled. Other animals abused: A dragon is shown after a heavy beating, barely alive (with talk that dragons are broken by letting them bond to a baby dragon and then killing that dragon in front of them), and a beloved pet chicken is found hung.
A selkie (seal/human-like shape-shifter) is abused by a man who held her captive (whip marks all over her body) with talk of selkies being rounded up and sold as sex slaves for men. When Gardnerians (closest to humans) get injured - broken bones and stabbings - they are magically healed. Some bloody moments, mostly with creatures like dragons and bird/human-hybrid-like Icaral assassins stabbed through the heart with swords or getting their heads twisted off.
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