Here is the official description:
“In New York City where we lay our scene, two rival witch families fight to maintain control of their respective criminal ventures. On one side of the conflict are the Antonova sisters, each one beautiful, cunning, and ruthless, and their mother, the elusive supplier of premium intoxicants known only as Baba Yaga. On the other side, the influential Fedorov brothers serve their father, the crime boss known as Koschei the Deathless, whose community extortion ventures dominate the shadows of magical Manhattan.
After twelve years of tenuous
coexistence, a change in one family’s interests causes a rift in the existing
stalemate. When bad blood brings both families to the precipice of disaster,
fate intervenes with a chance encounter, and in the aftershocks of a resurrected
conflict, everyone must choose a side. As each of the siblings struggles to
stake their claim, fraying loyalties threaten to rot each side from the inside
out.
If, that is, the enmity between empires
doesn’t destroy them first.”
-(copied from GoodReads)
While the idea for this story can by no means be considered truly original, Blake almost immediately encapsulates readers despite the plot being repeatedly done. With ever-alluring intergenerational relationships, depicting the subtle horrors of entrapment within a self-inflicted cycle of failure, it becomes nearly impossible not to get swept up by the wonder and pure drama of the story. At first, seemingly only two sides are introduced to the decades-long conflict, but the farther one reads it's apparent that not only is each respective family drowning within secrets, but each generation as well. While the youngest members of both families are forced to become nothing more than collateral damage to their older sibling’s fight for a chance at redeeming their lives lost to familial duty, the matriarchs are forced to reassess whether they indeed acted correctly all those years ago. As the novel progresses, with everyone fighting for their own chance at a happy ending, characters ultimately reevaluate even the morals and loyalties which had previously governed their every decision. And though myself and many others find issues with the not fully developed magic system, or inconsistencies in plot near the end, I would still highly urge anyone looking for a well-written tragedy to consider One for My Enemy, as I entirely find it to be a wonderful book for entertainment.
-Karina
Berceanu
Hi Karina!! First off woah- this book sounds really action packed and engaging, I love how you explained in detail some of the appealing aspects of the actual writing and build an image for the reader to think about. I will definitely have to check out this book but overall breathtaking and outstanding blog post!😱😱😱
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds so interesting, I've always loved book that forces characters to question or grapple with their morals. I love the way you explained the way the author writes. Great blog post!
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds like it would have a lot of character development for all/most of the characters! I wonder what kind of insistencies there are in the plot at the end, but that doesn't make me want to read the book any less. I wonder what kind of rift occurs that changes everything. Anyways, this is a great post!
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