She didn't ask to be the Wishtress. Myrthe was born with the ability to turn her tears into wishes. But when a granted wish goes wrong, she is cursed: the next tear she sheds will kill her. She must travel to the Well to break the curse before it claims her life—and before the king's militairen find her. To survive the journey, Myrthe must harden her heart to keep herself from crying even a single tear. He can stop time with a snap of his fingers. Bastiaan's powerful—and rare—Talent came in handy when he kidnapped the old king. Now the new king has a job for him: find the Wishtress and deliver her to the schloss. But Bastiaan needs a wish of his own. He gains Myrthe's trust by promising to take her to the Well, but once he gets what he needs, he'll turn her in. As long as his growing feelings for the girl with a stone heart don't compromise him. Their quest can end only one way: with her death. Everyone seems to need a wish—the king, Myrthe's cousin, the boy she thinks she loves. And they're ready to bully, beg, and betray her for it. No one knows that to grant even one wish, Myrthe would pay with her life. And if she tells them about the curse . . . they'll just kill her anyway.
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I really enjoyed the twists and turns of this novel but got tired of the decisions made by the main characters.
The wishtress is about Mrythe who has the power to give wishes. When she is killed for a bad accident she causes, her world falls down around her. Our male love interest Bastiaan has one of the best and interesting powers. He can stop time for as long as he wants. We are introduced to him so wonderfully that I was hooked instantly.
What I didn’t like about this book was that banes were “evil” and talents were “good” which was intriguing at first but when we reached the end when people come together and have choices, they still determine it as evil. For literally no reason. Myrthe had a full scene with the nightwell befriending it and still banes are seen as bad? It just got tiring and was such a let down in the end. I’m actually wondering if it’s an allegory for the good and evil inside warring you and u have to choose good to be good??? But the nightwell was never even bad it just gave people talents that benefitted them. It just doesn’t make sense and really ruined the ending for me. The people started off being looked down on if they had a bane and it ended that way.
This book is published as Christian fiction which is notorious for having battles of good and evil so I really think that that’s what is happening here now that i think about it LOL Which is quite disappointing. Why let religion dictate how u write your fantasy fiction?
Still a great read though just know the ending isn’t very satisfying! And don’t even get me started on the final scene and how selfish it was.
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