Disclaimer: The author sent me an E-COP of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Winter's Curse follows a young girl named — yes, you guessed it right — Winter in her journey traversing the perplexing reason as to why her grandmother used her fertility, or rather, her womb, as a bet in a broom flying contest.
April L. Wood really did an astounding job with her world of witches. I absolutely adored the idea between the segregation of witches into factions (or clan) and each having their own special ability they are a master of. I am also amazed by how Wood separated humans to witches. Normally, witches call humans "humans" despite being human themselves just because of their capability to call forth the power of nature and such, but in this book, they really are completely different from humans.
Character-wise, I didn't really connect with anyone. Although I did like Cassia and Willow for their happy-go-lucky attitude and their spontaneity for adventure. And let me add Priestess Clover who is a bubble of kindness, but I wasn't particularly interested in the protagonist, Winter, and her love interest Turmeric. I think Winter is a powerful character, although she wasn't really clicking with me. As for Turmeric, I do not like him as a person at all. His kind of personality isn't really my thing. Let me add as well that this book has a trigger warning for instalove.
Moreover, I think the concept of the book is brilliant, but the plot was, to me at least, bland. I felt weirded out by the fact that the main storyline followed Winter's fertility curse and wasn't discovered why until 75% into the book. It would have been a wise choice given that the reasoning was great, but it was trivial. Certain events, though, are particularly enticing. Making me want to read through them.
Overall, I think the book could have been more full with a better idea on the plot, but otherwise, I loved the concept of witches so much so that it led me to the end of the story.