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Rain Witch
Civil war ravages the kingdom of Tellus, with gods waging battle among mortals as a fledgling revolution struggles to hold fractured lands together.
At the center stands Lyanna Tempestas. After successfully aiding the Earth Mother and dealing a monumental blow to the crown in the process, Lyanna finds herself imprisoned by the king she defied. Cut off from her allies and subject to the volatile whims of the goddess she gave everything to save, Lyanna struggles to keep herself alive. Across the continent, Lord Cassius Coronis wages a brutal campaign to free her, entering into an alliance with the King of the Gods with devastating consequences.
For Lyanna and Cassius, securing her freedom is only the beginning. As rival revolutionary factions turn on each other and dangerous secrets rise to the surface, they both must decide what they are willing to sacrifice—not just to win the war, but to rebuild the kingdom.
Perfect for fans of The Dragon Republic and The Broken Earth Trilogy, Rain Witch is a sweeping romantasy that explores the psychological, political, environmental, and romantic fallout of the choices we make in service of revolution.
At the center stands Lyanna Tempestas. After successfully aiding the Earth Mother and dealing a monumental blow to the crown in the process, Lyanna finds herself imprisoned by the king she defied. Cut off from her allies and subject to the volatile whims of the goddess she gave everything to save, Lyanna struggles to keep herself alive. Across the continent, Lord Cassius Coronis wages a brutal campaign to free her, entering into an alliance with the King of the Gods with devastating consequences.
For Lyanna and Cassius, securing her freedom is only the beginning. As rival revolutionary factions turn on each other and dangerous secrets rise to the surface, they both must decide what they are willing to sacrifice—not just to win the war, but to rebuild the kingdom.
Perfect for fans of The Dragon Republic and The Broken Earth Trilogy, Rain Witch is a sweeping romantasy that explores the psychological, political, environmental, and romantic fallout of the choices we make in service of revolution.
- GenresFantasy
285 pages, Paperback
Published February 17, 2026
About the author
Alida Miranda-Wolff
5 books35 followersAlida Miranda-Wolff is the Amazon-bestselling author of two nonfiction books with HarperCollins Leadership and the debut fantasy novel A Raven in the Storm, the first in the Gods of Tellus quartet. Her writing has appeared in Salon, Writer’s Digest, Books by Women, and Hippocampus. A diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging practitioner and worker’s rights activist, Alida also hosts Care Work, a podcast about what it means to offer care for a living. She received the University of Chicago’s Early Career Achievement Award in 2021 and holds a degree in creative writing from the same institution. She lives in Chicago with her husband, their threenager, and a literal animal menagerie.
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Did Not Finish
February 8, 2026I'm still not amazing at DNF'ing books but I found that this one was taking a lot more energy than it was worth - I was forcing myself to read it on my commute to work, because reading it in the evenings after work was too depressing an action to compel myself to do it.
Admittedly this book likely would have been much better if I was more familiar with the first volume, so I'll admit this is partly self inflected, but as it stands I found the book very difficult to get through.
I feel as though the MMC was intended to be portrayed as morally grey but the emphasis of the point that he has killed THOUSANDS of innocent people in trying to rescue the FMC made the grey a shade darker with each mention, and the romance less compelling. Similarly, the few romance scenes I got to felt obscene! The FMC having sexual visions on the torture table to try comfort herself didn't give 'longing romantic' vibes but felt a bit disturbing.
I also didn't full get behind the fantasy set-up. I enjoyed the making of an ecological disaster based magic system but as the characters are very confused about the workings of their powers, it doesn't give the reader much to work with...
Admittedly this book likely would have been much better if I was more familiar with the first volume, so I'll admit this is partly self inflected, but as it stands I found the book very difficult to get through.
I feel as though the MMC was intended to be portrayed as morally grey but the emphasis of the point that he has killed THOUSANDS of innocent people in trying to rescue the FMC made the grey a shade darker with each mention, and the romance less compelling. Similarly, the few romance scenes I got to felt obscene! The FMC having sexual visions on the torture table to try comfort herself didn't give 'longing romantic' vibes but felt a bit disturbing.
I also didn't full get behind the fantasy set-up. I enjoyed the making of an ecological disaster based magic system but as the characters are very confused about the workings of their powers, it doesn't give the reader much to work with...
March 7, 2026
The series is very good. A resistance against a king and his tyrrany, the revolutionaries unspeakable horrors after being captured. One of them being the head of the resistance and the betrothed of a Godlike warrior. The betrothed a goddess like being herself. Between the two they begin a war to end the Reign of King Tellus and all he stands for. Never a dull moment in this book. A must read for sure.
August 24, 2026
I throughly enjoyed reading A Rain Witch. Once again (as with the first book) , I devoured this book in two days. I appreciated the dual view of both Cassius and Lynna. Again, super loved the political writing aspect of it. The emotional depth and bond between Lynna and Nemsis is beautiful. Felt like sisterhood. This book is like significantly steamier than the first book. My main criticism is that I found some of the battle planning/ scenes a little too detailed. Overall, I still love the first book more, but I’m so thrilled and excited for the next.
July 2, 2026
Book two in the series, it follows on from the ending of book one smoothly. Lyanna is learning more about her powers with water. It's a shame she has to hurt herself to get the means to summon her powers and rage. She needs a new way to do it!
Being able to create rain and storms, divert water streams and overall ease water rations would be good. I like Marius in this one too, he has more to his character and I wonder where the story will take us in book three.
Cassius and Lyanna's relationship progresses and Tellus is seemingly better for it but time will tell I suppose.
I feel another war is coming and we'll see how Lyanna, Cassius, Marius and maybe Nemesis will fare throughout. I also like Nemesis with her tea leaves tellings.
Being able to create rain and storms, divert water streams and overall ease water rations would be good. I like Marius in this one too, he has more to his character and I wonder where the story will take us in book three.
Cassius and Lyanna's relationship progresses and Tellus is seemingly better for it but time will tell I suppose.
I feel another war is coming and we'll see how Lyanna, Cassius, Marius and maybe Nemesis will fare throughout. I also like Nemesis with her tea leaves tellings.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
This starts exactly where we left off in book one. We follow Lyanna during her time being held captive by king Tellus and Cassius goes on a rampage to free her. This also ends with a cliffhanger and can't wait to find out what happens. I highly suggest reading this if you want a poppy wars vibe with a little romance.
My favorite quote "that's the thing about blessings, Nani. We're not meant to hold onto them for very long"
My favorite quote "that's the thing about blessings, Nani. We're not meant to hold onto them for very long"
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Rating: 3.5 stars (rounded to 4)
For Fans Of: And the Sky Bled, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, Cursebound, Kushiel's Dart, The Conquest of Bread, Jineologî
First, the cover: this is one of the rawest scenes in the book that sets the tone for Who Lyanna has become, and seeing the author's vision of it is so cool!
As with the first book this is highly political climate fiction, which especially shows up in the leftist infighting - this isn't just a story of rebellion and revolution but one that is grounded in a real-world history of philosophy and radical politics. It is an unexpected mirror to world-systems analysis discussions on the World Revolution of 1848, where magic and its disastrous effects on the environment join Moore's "seven cheaps" impacting the social network of, in this case not capitalism, but monarchy. And it's done well, I was fuming at Drusus and Romulus for their bourgeois betrayal of the people under the pretense that the mob cannot govern itself and needs the guidance of a rational intelligentsia. I wanted to crawl inside the book and strangle them both myself. Miranda-Wolff weaves some of the politics of Bookchin, Öcalan, and Jineologî into Lyanna and her relationship with the revolution: there can be no liberation without women's liberation and without liberation of the earth.
This book adds Cassius as a second PoV, which let the setting and story expand and in the first part especially give needed breaks from the horrors of Lyanna's imprisonment. Dividing this book into sections was the right choice, and I think the only thing that really made it work. While Lyanna's story followed an arc, Cassius' narrative felt like it was there just to explain what was going elsewhere - without sections, his would have just been one long slog between dynamic chapters. There wasn't character development so much as there were new things he did.
My favorite characters were Marius - who did have a character arc - and Nemesis, who is nothing if not charming. And when we finally meet Juno, she is everything I could have hoped for and more based on Lyanna's descriptions and reminiscing about her.
Like with the first book, the writing style might not appeal to everyone, with awkward transitions and some pacing issues throughout. The focus on leftist infighting sometimes creates whiplash between the more typical romantasy scenes (not just the spicy scenes, but the romantic conflict more typical of romantasy novels). Regardless, the world Miranda-Wolff has crafted is just cool. The fact that even Lyanna, who made a pact with the Storm God to protect the Earth Mother from extractivism, must contend with the effects of her magic on the environment ("I wondered whether my magic was generative or extractive. Specifically, was I making the rain? Or taking it from somewhere else?") is a clever inclusion. What she added to the world lore in this book left me curious for more, especially revelations about the king's development of raw magic into a usable form (and just the impact of raw magic on the environment and on people, it's not hard to see where she's drawing inspiration from; also BIG Omelas vibes).
Overall, I think this book was more difficult to read than the first one, but the author did provide clear trigger warnings for some of the things I found difficult. And of course there's no real trigger warning to give for "hey most of the men in this are terrible people," although her author's note about them was...enlightening, to say the least. I'll probably read the next one when it comes out, because on some level I don't think it's fair to judge whether the series itself is good or not when it's only just ramping up (book two of a four book series isn't supposed to have full resolutions).
Thank you to Rainflower Publishing and NetGalley for providing me with this ARC, these opinions are my own and I am leaving them by choice.
For Fans Of: And the Sky Bled, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, Cursebound, Kushiel's Dart, The Conquest of Bread, Jineologî
First, the cover: this is one of the rawest scenes in the book that sets the tone for Who Lyanna has become, and seeing the author's vision of it is so cool!
As with the first book this is highly political climate fiction, which especially shows up in the leftist infighting - this isn't just a story of rebellion and revolution but one that is grounded in a real-world history of philosophy and radical politics. It is an unexpected mirror to world-systems analysis discussions on the World Revolution of 1848, where magic and its disastrous effects on the environment join Moore's "seven cheaps" impacting the social network of, in this case not capitalism, but monarchy. And it's done well, I was fuming at Drusus and Romulus for their bourgeois betrayal of the people under the pretense that the mob cannot govern itself and needs the guidance of a rational intelligentsia. I wanted to crawl inside the book and strangle them both myself. Miranda-Wolff weaves some of the politics of Bookchin, Öcalan, and Jineologî into Lyanna and her relationship with the revolution: there can be no liberation without women's liberation and without liberation of the earth.
This book adds Cassius as a second PoV, which let the setting and story expand and in the first part especially give needed breaks from the horrors of Lyanna's imprisonment. Dividing this book into sections was the right choice, and I think the only thing that really made it work. While Lyanna's story followed an arc, Cassius' narrative felt like it was there just to explain what was going elsewhere - without sections, his would have just been one long slog between dynamic chapters. There wasn't character development so much as there were new things he did.
My favorite characters were Marius - who did have a character arc - and Nemesis, who is nothing if not charming. And when we finally meet Juno, she is everything I could have hoped for and more based on Lyanna's descriptions and reminiscing about her.
Like with the first book, the writing style might not appeal to everyone, with awkward transitions and some pacing issues throughout. The focus on leftist infighting sometimes creates whiplash between the more typical romantasy scenes (not just the spicy scenes, but the romantic conflict more typical of romantasy novels). Regardless, the world Miranda-Wolff has crafted is just cool. The fact that even Lyanna, who made a pact with the Storm God to protect the Earth Mother from extractivism, must contend with the effects of her magic on the environment ("I wondered whether my magic was generative or extractive. Specifically, was I making the rain? Or taking it from somewhere else?") is a clever inclusion. What she added to the world lore in this book left me curious for more, especially revelations about the king's development of raw magic into a usable form (and just the impact of raw magic on the environment and on people, it's not hard to see where she's drawing inspiration from; also BIG Omelas vibes).
Overall, I think this book was more difficult to read than the first one, but the author did provide clear trigger warnings for some of the things I found difficult. And of course there's no real trigger warning to give for "hey most of the men in this are terrible people," although her author's note about them was...enlightening, to say the least. I'll probably read the next one when it comes out, because on some level I don't think it's fair to judge whether the series itself is good or not when it's only just ramping up (book two of a four book series isn't supposed to have full resolutions).
Thank you to Rainflower Publishing and NetGalley for providing me with this ARC, these opinions are my own and I am leaving them by choice.
Review of advance copy
A grim, thoughtful bridge between catastrophe and consequence—less spectacle, more scars.
The Rain Witch continues where its predecessor left off, leaning hard into aftermath rather than escalation. This is very much a middle book: contained, bruising, and primarily concerned with what survival actually costs.
Lyanna’s imprisonment under King Tellus’s wards dominates the first half—harrowing interrogations, torture, and survival through small, human kindnesses from guards and a healer. It’s bleak, but never gratuitous, and firmly rooted in the book’s moral core.
Her escape is desperate rather than triumphant, aided by Cassius, who to even attempt freeing her made a pact with the sun god. That choice fractures them afterward: Lyanna grapples with violation and the earth mother’s betrayal, while Cassius retreats out of fear and guilt—predictably the worst possible decision. Their emotional distance feels painfully earned.
Nothing here aims for a grand climax. Instead, the novel deepens its themes: climate allegory, god-pacts with real costs, and a revolution bogged down by protocol-heavy leaders who talk far more than they act. The world-building remains excellent, and the stage is carefully set for the finale.
MMC note: Cassius still carries that cold, clean sea-air presence—but it’s dimmed now, scorched at the edges by sun-god fire and guilt.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Immaculate world-building, emotional weight, and moral complexity. A difficult but rewarding middle installment that earns its place by making everything that follows matter more.
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This is for you if you like:
• Contemporary, earthly problems (pollution, exploitation, resource abuse) reframed through fantasy
• A strong FMC who survives without being romanticized
• Revolutions run by committees colliding with reality
This is not for you if you can’t stand:
• On-page mistreatment and violation of women
• Blood sacrifice and large-scale human collateral damage
I received an e-arc for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
The Rain Witch continues where its predecessor left off, leaning hard into aftermath rather than escalation. This is very much a middle book: contained, bruising, and primarily concerned with what survival actually costs.
Lyanna’s imprisonment under King Tellus’s wards dominates the first half—harrowing interrogations, torture, and survival through small, human kindnesses from guards and a healer. It’s bleak, but never gratuitous, and firmly rooted in the book’s moral core.
Her escape is desperate rather than triumphant, aided by Cassius, who to even attempt freeing her made a pact with the sun god. That choice fractures them afterward: Lyanna grapples with violation and the earth mother’s betrayal, while Cassius retreats out of fear and guilt—predictably the worst possible decision. Their emotional distance feels painfully earned.
Nothing here aims for a grand climax. Instead, the novel deepens its themes: climate allegory, god-pacts with real costs, and a revolution bogged down by protocol-heavy leaders who talk far more than they act. The world-building remains excellent, and the stage is carefully set for the finale.
MMC note: Cassius still carries that cold, clean sea-air presence—but it’s dimmed now, scorched at the edges by sun-god fire and guilt.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Immaculate world-building, emotional weight, and moral complexity. A difficult but rewarding middle installment that earns its place by making everything that follows matter more.
⸻
This is for you if you like:
• Contemporary, earthly problems (pollution, exploitation, resource abuse) reframed through fantasy
• A strong FMC who survives without being romanticized
• Revolutions run by committees colliding with reality
This is not for you if you can’t stand:
• On-page mistreatment and violation of women
• Blood sacrifice and large-scale human collateral damage
I received an e-arc for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
January 31, 2026
2.5 Stars ⭐️
I really enjoyed the writing in this one, it felt more mature and thoughtful compared to book one, having different POVs was a great choice since Lyanna was unaware of many things most of the time during part one.
However, I did feel like the pacing was really slow and there were so many things happening but at the same time I felt like the plot didn’t really move along.
*Mild Spoilers ahead*
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I loved the political aspect of it and how Lyanna struggled to be accepted in the council, it actually made me angry anytime they were being sexist, but I also felt like this was repetitive and instead of being used as an opportunity for Lyanna’s character development I felt like it was happening so she could bite her tongue and have Cassius swoop in and defend her. I loved how she started speaking up but that being explained as something caused by external forces diminishes Lyanna’s right to be angry in my opinion.
I also felt like so many things were left unexplained/unexplored, I wish we got more information about the Earth Mother for example.
Overall, I really liked how the world was expanded and how after the ending of Book 1 we are seeing how difficult it is to sustain a revolution and enact change when there are so many voices chiming in protecting their own interests. After that epilogue I can’t help but feel intrigued about what comes next how it will affect Lyanna and Cassius’ magic.
Thanks to NetGalley and Rainflower Publishing for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I really enjoyed the writing in this one, it felt more mature and thoughtful compared to book one, having different POVs was a great choice since Lyanna was unaware of many things most of the time during part one.
However, I did feel like the pacing was really slow and there were so many things happening but at the same time I felt like the plot didn’t really move along.
*Mild Spoilers ahead*
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I loved the political aspect of it and how Lyanna struggled to be accepted in the council, it actually made me angry anytime they were being sexist, but I also felt like this was repetitive and instead of being used as an opportunity for Lyanna’s character development I felt like it was happening so she could bite her tongue and have Cassius swoop in and defend her. I loved how she started speaking up but that being explained as something caused by external forces diminishes Lyanna’s right to be angry in my opinion.
I also felt like so many things were left unexplained/unexplored, I wish we got more information about the Earth Mother for example.
Overall, I really liked how the world was expanded and how after the ending of Book 1 we are seeing how difficult it is to sustain a revolution and enact change when there are so many voices chiming in protecting their own interests. After that epilogue I can’t help but feel intrigued about what comes next how it will affect Lyanna and Cassius’ magic.
Thanks to NetGalley and Rainflower Publishing for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Book Review: Rain Witch by Alida Miranda-Wolff
Rain Witch picks up immediately after book one with Lyanna Tempestas captured by the king and spending much of the story surviving interrogation, drugs, and the uncomfortable realization that far too many powerful people are invested in her existence. Her role here is less action heroine and more endurance test, holding steady while everyone else plays politics around her.
Cassius is part of the rebellion continuing the civil war they helped ignite, and while he and Lyanna are reunited, their relationship exists under constant pressure. Between gods, kings, and an active war, being together doesn’t translate into safety or stability. Romance is present, but it’s threaded with tension and the persistent sense that everything could fall apart at any moment.
This is very clearly a middle installment. The plot moves, the stakes rise, the gods meddle, and the war escalates, but the story is focused on positioning rather than payoff. Lyanna survives, the relationship holds, and everything truly decisive is saved for the next book. If you enjoy sequels that deepen conflict and set the stage for bigger shifts later, this will work for you. If you’re hoping for clean resolutions, this one may feel more like a necessary pause than a crescendo.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. This is my honest and unbiased review.
Rain Witch picks up immediately after book one with Lyanna Tempestas captured by the king and spending much of the story surviving interrogation, drugs, and the uncomfortable realization that far too many powerful people are invested in her existence. Her role here is less action heroine and more endurance test, holding steady while everyone else plays politics around her.
Cassius is part of the rebellion continuing the civil war they helped ignite, and while he and Lyanna are reunited, their relationship exists under constant pressure. Between gods, kings, and an active war, being together doesn’t translate into safety or stability. Romance is present, but it’s threaded with tension and the persistent sense that everything could fall apart at any moment.
This is very clearly a middle installment. The plot moves, the stakes rise, the gods meddle, and the war escalates, but the story is focused on positioning rather than payoff. Lyanna survives, the relationship holds, and everything truly decisive is saved for the next book. If you enjoy sequels that deepen conflict and set the stage for bigger shifts later, this will work for you. If you’re hoping for clean resolutions, this one may feel more like a necessary pause than a crescendo.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. This is my honest and unbiased review.
February 28, 2026
Thank you NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for the eARC.
I’m torn on this one. In some ways, this was a very unique, atmospheric, moody, and magical read. In other ways, this was frustrating, slow, and didn’t have the spark that should make feel invested.
Let's talk about the characters. Lyanna continues to be someone that I have trouble rooting for because of her questionable behavior. I find her to be incredibly childish and it doesn’t seem like her character goes through any real growth. Cassius is incredibly FRUSTRATING in this, and I felt like their chemistry really kind of sizzled out for me. I hated almost all of the side characters, except for Marius. Marius is the GOAT.
This falls at 3 stars for me mostly because of how hard it was for me to feel invested. Similarly to the first book, we got a lot of explaining vs. experiencing and the really major events just felt so rushed and didn’t leave enough space for me to really anticipate what was going to happen.
Overall, this was by no means a bad book and I did enjoy it for the most part. I am looking forward to what the author continues to do with this story!
I’m torn on this one. In some ways, this was a very unique, atmospheric, moody, and magical read. In other ways, this was frustrating, slow, and didn’t have the spark that should make feel invested.
Let's talk about the characters. Lyanna continues to be someone that I have trouble rooting for because of her questionable behavior. I find her to be incredibly childish and it doesn’t seem like her character goes through any real growth. Cassius is incredibly FRUSTRATING in this, and I felt like their chemistry really kind of sizzled out for me. I hated almost all of the side characters, except for Marius. Marius is the GOAT.
This falls at 3 stars for me mostly because of how hard it was for me to feel invested. Similarly to the first book, we got a lot of explaining vs. experiencing and the really major events just felt so rushed and didn’t leave enough space for me to really anticipate what was going to happen.
Overall, this was by no means a bad book and I did enjoy it for the most part. I am looking forward to what the author continues to do with this story!
March 9, 2026
Rain Witch (Book 2) continued what I loved about the first book. I really enjoyed the dynamics between the characters and the different friendships, some expanded, some new. I'm the kind of person who tries to guess what will happen next, and with some fantasy books it can be very obvious, but I was pleasantly surprised at every turn.
What kept me hooked was how real Lyanna's experience felt. This book is really about her journey, the people around her, the friendships, and her genuine attempt to do right in such a complicated world. She's not making all the right choices for all the right reasons like in some books where "they all lived happily ever after," she struggles like we all do to figure things out. It's grounding to read such an honest and vulnerable POV, and I found myself really invested in the difficult choices she had to make.
Anyway, I flew through this one just as fast as the first.
What kept me hooked was how real Lyanna's experience felt. This book is really about her journey, the people around her, the friendships, and her genuine attempt to do right in such a complicated world. She's not making all the right choices for all the right reasons like in some books where "they all lived happily ever after," she struggles like we all do to figure things out. It's grounding to read such an honest and vulnerable POV, and I found myself really invested in the difficult choices she had to make.
Anyway, I flew through this one just as fast as the first.
April 1, 2026
The Rain Witch picks up right after Lyanna’s capture, focusing on her endurance under King Tellus rather than flashy action. Her escape, aided by Cassius, comes at a personal cost, highlighting the emotional and moral weight of survival. The book digs into political infighting, the consequences of magic, and environmental themes, making the revolution feel complex and grounded. I really appreciated the addition of Cassius’s perspective, it helped expand the world and gave relief from Lyanna’s darker struggles. The pacing is slower, and some character choices can frustrate, but the world-building, moral nuance, and emotional stakes kept me invested. Overall, it’s a grim, thoughtful middle installment that deepens the story and leaves you eager for the next book.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Review of advance copy
this was everything that I was looking for and enjoyed from a sequel in the Gods of Tellus series, it had that historical dark fantasy element that I was looking for and enjoyed about the first book. It does a great job in bringing the world back and continuing the story. The characters were so well written and was hooked from the first page, they worked well in the world that was set up and enjoyed getting back to the world. Alida Miranda-Wolff wrote this well and left me wanting to read more in this world and from the author.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
May 15, 2026
Rain Witch is a politically charged romantasy set against the backdrop of civil war, divine вмешilation, and fractured rebellion.
Alida Miranda Wolff builds a tense, high stakes world where loyalty, survival, and sacrifice constantly collide, especially through Lyanna’s imprisonment and Cassius’s increasingly costly efforts to save her.
A gripping read for fans of darker fantasy with romance, political intrigue, and gods walking among mortals.
Alida Miranda Wolff builds a tense, high stakes world where loyalty, survival, and sacrifice constantly collide, especially through Lyanna’s imprisonment and Cassius’s increasingly costly efforts to save her.
A gripping read for fans of darker fantasy with romance, political intrigue, and gods walking among mortals.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
I really enjoyed this book it was beautifully written and the character development was chef’s kiss.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
I really wanted to like this one and was excited to read it. It didn't hit the same notes. I know it's setting things up for the war, but that's all this story did. Set up the next one. But I will still gladly read the next one, because I know that their will be a lot going on.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Thank you to netgalley for the ARC for the honest review.
Spoilers:
This was ALMOST a DNF for me. The pacing was off. As much as I liked this stylistically, the torture of the FMC was over the top. To the author’s credit, it improved greatly at the 65% mark.
The author allowed the FMC a little bit of time to heal and the reader got to know her a bit better. It’s important for the author to understand that excitement doesn’t have to come from torture, it can be shown in other ways. The letters woven in are a nice way to world build without directly showing and telling.
This book really needed trigger warnings. The plot includes drugging of the main character, beheading of a family member, being buried alive, main character being SAed , body horror, and a little cannibalism (munching on fingers in a dream).
If you like your books dark and your MC tortured, this is your book.
I really enjoyed MFC, but she was tortured constantly. She was constantly recovering.
If you’re in to this series, you may love to see the FMC’s story arc. The writer has moments of brilliantly detailed writing. I would like to see what the writer can come up with after writing a bit more.
Spoilers:
This was ALMOST a DNF for me. The pacing was off. As much as I liked this stylistically, the torture of the FMC was over the top. To the author’s credit, it improved greatly at the 65% mark.
The author allowed the FMC a little bit of time to heal and the reader got to know her a bit better. It’s important for the author to understand that excitement doesn’t have to come from torture, it can be shown in other ways. The letters woven in are a nice way to world build without directly showing and telling.
This book really needed trigger warnings. The plot includes drugging of the main character, beheading of a family member, being buried alive, main character being SAed , body horror, and a little cannibalism (munching on fingers in a dream).
If you like your books dark and your MC tortured, this is your book.
I really enjoyed MFC, but she was tortured constantly. She was constantly recovering.
If you’re in to this series, you may love to see the FMC’s story arc. The writer has moments of brilliantly detailed writing. I would like to see what the writer can come up with after writing a bit more.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Review of advance copy
Very much enjoyed! I loved the growth, compromise, sacrifice, and changes that characters have undergone. This MMC!!! Who did this and Burn the world for her is his way of life!
Be prepared for a more disjointed feeling when reading. It makes sense once you understand what is happening, but it definitely caught me off guard initially.
I am excited to see if they can do what is discussed in the ending…. :)
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Be prepared for a more disjointed feeling when reading. It makes sense once you understand what is happening, but it definitely caught me off guard initially.
I am excited to see if they can do what is discussed in the ending…. :)
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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