The best thing about this book is the cover. The stilted and at times cringey dialogue, repetitive words, and quite frankly poor writing made it an immediate bore to read.
Where to even begin? The Honey Witch is being marketed as a cozy sapphic fantasy, but I have never had more trouble trying to get through a book. And I bought a copy, so it is RARE for me to just waste money like this.
The book opens up and right away we are treated to the main character being not like other girls. Dear read, I adore strong badass fmc, especially if they hate men and society. (The Invocations for instances, angry sapphic witches and feminism)

"She waves goodbye and then takes off in a run, knowing that she will not allow herself to be tamed."
It's easy to see the character that the author wants to depict, wild, and different. But just the way it is written just made me kind of want to chuckle in a way, it felt difficult to take seriously.
Things quickly went downhill, and I realized I had no desire to finish this book.
There were so many repeated words and sentence structures, I wanted to bang my head against a wall, and ask where the editor had gone. I was subjected to such sentences such as these:

"Marigold gasps louder then she meant to." And not a few paragraphs later: "'Mother,' Marigold gasps." WHY IS SO MUCH GASPING HAPPENING? Mayhap the air be difficult to breathe?

We continue. With lots of yelling. This all takes place within the same opened pages.

"'She is not like you, Mother,' her mother yells." and then we get: "'Spared me?' She yells as she stands."

Lots of interrupting now:

"'If this is true,' her mother interrupts..." and then close after: "Desperate for answers, Marigold interrupts and says..." Perhaps it is a family affliction.

We get such gems such as these:

"'Oh please,' her mother says as she rolls her eyes and regards Althea with disgust."

Oh, and there is a problem with Marigold's jaw, sucks they don't have a dentist I guess.

"Marigold's jaw drops as she..."

"Marigold's jaw falls to the floor."


Also there is the mention of Marigold "stiffening" several different times over the chapter. Like we get it. She's stiff. The condition is then passed to Althea who starts stiffening as well.

I could go on. But I won't. Because I do not wish me to subject myself further to such a book. Bless anyone who actually made it through this.

I did a deep dive into this book and reviews after giving up, and came to the conclusion that apparently what is a large plot point of the book doesn't even make sense or is necessary. So I am truly glad I gave up.

I feel lied to in a way. It seems everyone and their mother is reading this right now and liking it. And I just can't help but feel like I read a different book then everyone else. Just because it is
sapphic, does not give it a pass for being an utter slog to read. I didn't want to savor or devour this book, it just gave me a stomach ache and nearly sent me into a book slump.
I do NOT recommend this book whatsoever, no matter your tastes. And that, dear reader, is rare for me to say.