Overall, I was disappointed in the sequel and conclusion to this duology. First, I loved the research that went into both books. They were well researched and I adored that attention to historical accuracy. However, I felt Otto underwent a change in character that made him more timid and reluctant that just wasn’t believable for a warrior. Finally, the book was slow at crucial and pivotal parts and sped through parts that really needed to be fleshed out more.

The Fate of Magic picks up after book 1 Night of the Witch with our two main characters, Fritzi and Otto about to be joined in a bonding ceremony. Fritzi is now the champion of one of the magical goddesses of the world and Otto has been chosen as her protective warrior.
Unfortunately, the evil that is Fritzi’s brother wasn’t quite as unalived as they had hoped at the end of book 1 and now they must prevent him from gathering three stones and destroying the magical tree that keeps wild magic from being unleashed.
Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the opportunity to read and review this book in exchange for my honest review. While I did enjoy the first book more this book gets 3.5⭐️ from me.
My favorite aspect of this duology is the relationship between Otto and Fritz’s. Unfortunately the actual plot of save the tree control the magic didn’t really do much for me and the stakes in this didn’t seem high enough for me to actually care what happened.
I did in general enjoy this series and love that the first book paperback with sprayed edges was just released but this isn’t enough for me to buy copies of these two books for my home library. I encourage these books as get them from your local library only.

A remarkable conclusion to the Witch and Hunter duology! I absolutely loved how the authors used true events as inspiration for their original fantasy world.

While this sequel was much more reactive than Night of the Witch, I really enjoyed the slower pace as Fritzi and Otto learned how to embrace their roles as champion and warrior. The characters in this book are all extremely well-written and Liesel continued to be my favorite.

I am amazed at the amount of complexity Raasch and Revis packed into this duology - with dynamics between witches and hexenjägers, brother and sister, goddess and champion, wild magic and the origin tree, new and old. Ultimately, this series highlights the importance of choice - connecting 16th century events with present day strife and reminding us of the magic we are all capable of making.

Thank you to Netgalley and Sourcebooks Fire for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

This book was a great sequel. The action was nonstop and I remained engaged and invested in the characters the whole time.

I got an early review copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I was lucky enough to get to read both of these books early and now I am so sad that they are over! This book starts with Fritzi and Otto becoming witch and warrior. Fritzi continues to hide that she uses wild magic from the rest of the witches while they contemplate their next steps. Unfortunately, they discover that Dieter is in fact not dead like they thought and is looking for one of the three stones. Armed with knowledge directly from Holda herself, the team heads into Trier to attempt to stop Dieter.

I am grateful this was a duology as I feel we are inundated with book series but as I finished, I felt I did not want to leave the characters yet. These books are the first I’ve read from either author and now I feel I need to dive into their backlog to catch up. If you’re like me and love witches, I think you will greatly appreciate this book. Plenty of magic. A horrible evil brother. A little romance. And it’s short and sweet.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for my early copy to read and review. All thoughts are my own.

I think this was a great ending to this duology. The only thing I would’ve maybe changed is more scenes between her and her brother. I feel like the main point was to make sure he was gone and to destroy Dieter but I don’t feel like there were many scenes showing their fights/being against each other.

I love Otto, obviously, but I feel like he should’ve been doing a bit more too. The side characters were great and I had many laughs during this book. Brigitta was hilarious.

Side note: I cried when J died. Tore me apart.

Book one was so action packed and just wowed me. While I enjoyed this one, I selfishly just wanted more I think. This was still an awesome read and I’ll definitely be buying a physical copy.

4 stars!

"The Fate of Magic" concludes the "Witch and Hunter" duology, bringing many of the strengths of the first novel, while leaving me wanting more. Much like the first installment, the action picks up pretty quickly and rarely slows down. I still love the world of magic Raasch and Revis have created, and some new "elements" added higher stakes this time around. There was exciting tension as our heroes faced off against a daunting enemy, however the resolution came rather swiftly and maybe a bit too easily. I almost wish the story had been a little longer or even split into a 3rd book to let the story breathe a bit more. But I enjoyed the ride!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

I literally finished book 1, The Night of the Witch, earlier this morning and loved every second of it; however, its sequel, The Fate of Magic, fell somewhat flat.

The Night of the Witch was action packed and explored many complex themes, such as how oftentimes the face of evil is apathy. In comparison, The Fate of Magic had a slow start and centered more around the characters and their relationships with one another than the fight of good vs. evil.

I spent the majority of this book waiting for something to happen. I still liked the characters and it was good to see how they embraced their destines (or rather how they created their own), but there wasn’t any real feeling around them. In the first book, I felt Fritzi’s fear and her rage; I felt her losses and her grief; I felt her hope and her drive to survive and to create a better world for everyone in it. However, I wasn’t able to emotionally connect to her or the other characters in this book. Something was missing.

There was also far too much giggling.

I did enjoy the interactions between characters, though, and I was pleased to see more of Cornelia and Brigitta; I liked that they were more involved in the story this time around. I also appreciated the insight Fritzi developed as she conferred with the goddesses, but I can’t say more about that without giving away spoilers.

Overall, it was a solid enough conclusion to a duology that had a very strong start. I just didn’t love it as much as I did the first book.

Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

At this point I feel like I should’ve kept a running tally of all the 2024 most anticipated sequels that truly disappointed. Because I’m afraid to admit The Fate of Magic fell in that category for me. Now don’t get me wrong I still overall enjoyed this duology but book 2 left me wanting more.

I have to admit if I’m being honest, I completely forgot what had happened in the first book. It took me at least 5 chapters to snap back into it. Thankfully the book from that point on did a good job of filling in the blanks. As the book went on I definitely got more invested, the romance and the action scenes did not disappoint.

However I felt like most of the problems our characters faced had solutions arise way too quickly. I also wish we could’ve dove deeper into wild Magic elements of the story. Plus while the ending was satisfying it also felt extremely rushed. I wish we could’ve had more to the epilogue than what we did.

Overall I do recommend this series as a whole. And I can’t wait for the world to read the conclusion later this fall. Big Thanks to Netgally and Sourcebooks Fire for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Wow, what to say about this book!!?? I'm so incredibly sad to be done with the duology. I loved both books SO much and was not ready to say goodbye to Otto and Fritzi.

I loved getting to see Otto and Fritzi's love continue to grow as well as getting glimpses of other love stories throughout. Liesel's "check-ins" were also very cute! Dieter was still just has horrifying.

This second book was just as dark (if not more than) the first one. There is some possession in it that is very unsettling. I will say that for a duology, I did expect this book to be much more fast paced. I felt a sense of "racing against the clock" in book one, but this one didn't have that same pacing for me. I didn't mind it per se, but I do think that it made the ending feel a bit rushed. Everything felt wrapped up too easily and quickly. I also would have loved to get more of a glimpse into Otto and Fritzi's future. *Fingers crossed* for a future novella!

Overall, I loved this book so much and am so glad I was able to be an early reader!

my rating: 4.5/5 stars (rounded up to 5)

cw: possession, bodily harm, blood/gore, death

All in all, this story was good. I found it to actually be very slow paced but that might be because I truly couldn’t get into the story. I struggled with that for the first book as well.

Fritzi and Otto become bonded and continue to fight against the evil Dieter represents. They both aren’t focused on the instant love connection that they had going on during the first book and whether or not those feelings were unrequited, but I felt like their relationship was lacking. I can’t pinpoint it and I’ve been trying to while reading this book but something is not lining up, like they don’t truly connect. That’s probably not the right way to phrase it, but that’s the best way
I can describe it at the moment. Liesel is still my overall favorite character and wish we got to see even more of her throughout the story.

I felt like Fritzi’s main focus changed a little too much throughout the story. She’s Holda’s chosen and is supposed to make wild magic “acceptable” or the main norm, despite most around the Well disagreeing on that philosophy. That focus shifts due to the events of the story and what they encounter, which I understand, but even with how this ends I feel like part of that was unresolved. Of course, things turn out better in the end, at least one hopes, but I felt a little bit of a disconnect there.

I also felt like some obstacles were solved too easily or quickly. Each obstacle could have been more of adventure.

I received an eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book flew by but not in a bad way. It was very fast paced with no dull moments and every chapter was moving the plot along. Being honest, I had forgotten what had happened in the first book and it took me a moment to remember how the first ended and was thankful for the few moments that recapped what happened. I think that sort of hurt me being fully engaged and attached to these characters.

As the book went on I got more invested and was shocked to look down and see how little I had left in the book. I was hoping there’d be at least one more because I think there’s more to this story. I’d would have loved to spend more time understanding wild magic and how the rest of the world was handling their access to magic.

The ending was very rushed but also satisfying. I liked the glimpse we get from each goddess and more history of this time period and the connection between magic and Christianity. Because of the history we get, I’d call it a historical fantasy, which is a genre I love.

Thank you to NetGalley and published for the eARC!

*Posted to Goodreads and StoryGraph. Will post similar review on pub day*

i liked the themes and the character development. the story moved fast and the world building was beautiful. it was easy to get lost in your imagination during this read.

Big thank you NetGalley and to the publisher for the chance to review this book pre-release. The Fate of Magic was SUCH a great end of the duology. It took me a couple of chapters to get completely invested, but once I broke past that part, I really flew through the whole thing. The ending wrapped up nicely, and nothing felt rushed at the end, which I feel like happens often in duology's. A more formal review will be available on my IG/TikTok and Goodreads.

yep. this is how you do a fantasy sequel. after enjoying the first one last year, i was so excited to receive the arc of this one as well and it absolutely held up! more lush in plot and development of the world, i loved every second of being back with these characters again and already want more from them and this series

This was a wonderful conclusion to a great duology! The first few chapters felt a bit rushed, but once we got into the meat of the story I was completely swept away. I loved the characters and romance!

*Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers of this book for an ARC in exchange for my honest thoughts! These are entirely my own.*

I will start off by saying I did DNF the book. HOWEVER, that is only because I was crazy busy with work. From what I did read, I loved how distinct the main characters were. This is dual-POV, and the POVs were definitely easily distinguishable. I loved the writing style!

It also seemed to be a pretty clean book (again, from what I was able to read before I ran out of time). The plot wasn't my jam, but that's just a personal opinion. It had nothing to do with the author; for lack of better terms, the vibes of the plot just weren't for me. And that's ay-okay!

I think I would have really enjoyed it had I had the time, but I just didn't this time around.

I really enjoyed this duology; it is cleverly written, blending history with fantasy. The Fate of Magic begins not too long after the action in Night of the Witch. Fritzi and Otto are in the Well, working to solidify their connection so they can be bonded as champion and warrior. As a reader, we know that Dieter's threat has not been eliminated so we wait for him to make his move. I enjoyed the journey that Fritzi, Otto and the other witches go on to try to find and defend the stones. I felt like the battle in the Well and at the tree was a little anti-climatic. I wish we had more insight into how Dieter knew about the stones, found the water stone, and breached the Well's defenses. I also wish there was more Leisel in this book because I love her dynamic with both Fritzi and Otto! Overall, this was a satisfying conclusion to the duology and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys historical fiction with magic on the side!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of this book.

It took a while to get reoriented to the story from where the first book left off but this ended up being a very strong finish to the duology. Dieter was one of the most vile villains I’ve ever encountered. There still seemed to be some loose ends or pieces of the magic that weren’t fully explained but the character development and over all message made this a solid 4 star read for me.

Thanks to Netgally and Sourcebooks Fire for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

thanks to NetGalley for the eARC!

⭐️=4.25 | 😘=3 | 🤬=2.5 | ⚔️=5 | 15/16+

summary: Night of the Witch book two

thoughts: this is WAY better than the first book. exponentially, weirdly better. I liked the characters more, and the MCs were more interesting when they weren’t worried about whether the other person liked them or not. it’s so much better for them to just be in love and make out and there weren’t any stupid miscommunications with their feelings or whatever. and there were some great themes woven into the fantasy element! and it was well-paced!! not necessarily worth it to get through book one so you can read this, but it was pretty dang good!