Fairytale for Wizards Vol. 1

마법사를 위한 동화 [Mabeobsareul Wihan Donghwa] (Novel) #1

by Soro Eun, Annalise L. (Editor), J.H. Lee (Translator)

For all her life Azriel knew nothing but the darkness. She could remember the words of her mother well when she was just a babe learning how to crawl. She was a disgusting thing, they told her; she should go die, they told her. The only source of light she had was her twin brother, Benhiram, but that too was short-lived. Not long after her village was razed to the ground and her parents perished along with it, her brother passed away, leaving her to fend for herself in this dark, solemn world.

Azriel was only ten years old; she didn't know any better. She was just an innocent girl who placed her trust in people, causing her to be taken advantage of. She became a branded slave, thrown around like a ragdoll from one noble after another until she found her permanent home as a whipping child for a noble family. Not a day would pass without red welts and purple bruises blooming on Azriel's back hidden beneath her shirt, and when she was not being beaten, she was made to run errands and do chores. Her once smooth hands turned rough, and her back grew coarse from the repeated scarring.

This was the life Azriel lived. She had no hope, no faith that someone would rescue her from the abyss. The once enduring faith that she would be saved slowly flickered out of existence, but little did she know that the hope she had long abandoned would return in a form far different than what she had ever imagined.

Genres: Fantasy, Light Novel

259 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 28, 2021

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Despite the cover and the title, this book is dark and comes with content warnings for child abuse. I very nearly stopped reading a few times, although ultimately stuck it out, possibly because I was reading it serialized chapter-by-chapter on the English publisher's website. If you like darker fantasy, this may work for you, but just be aware that when they say "fairy tale" they in no way mean Disney or any other purveyor of sanitized folklore.

[Samantha Riccio · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very interesting read!

TW for: attempted SA, abuse, violence, murder.

This was a very good read once you sit down and read it, it starts off slow in my opinion but it quickly picks up speed and does not stop.

Azreil and Rhenma's story is told in past and present POV and the more that you get of the past the more that the present makes sense. I would say the second half of the book is the best.

The characters in this were fantastic and I really hope that in the next book we get more information on Rhenma and his past. I think he was the most interesting part of this because we know close to nothing about him but I have a lot of thoughts about him and I'm looking forward to the answers!

Azriel is a sweet girl and I hope that at the end she gets to live peacefully, she does truly deserve all the good things Rhenma tries to give her.

[Val Alves · Rating 2 out of 5]

Queria que tivesse um aviso de conteúdo, porque eu não teria lido? Tem bastante violência e tô OK com isso, mas tentativa de estupro envolvendo uma criança (pulei essa parte e nem fiquei satisfeita com a resolução, já que a criança ficou mais traumatizada) e violência infantil já é demais para mim.

Honestamente, não curti e nem apoio o romance entre os protagonistas, porque vejo o ML mais como uma figura paterna do que romântica e isso me incomoda num nível absurdo.

Terminei de ler, porque achei a narrativa ótima, porém.

Vou ler o segundo? Dificilmente, mas se o e-book estiver numa promo louca, quem sabe?

[Dantegideon · Rating 2 out of 5]

All the characters are curiously unsympathetic.