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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
*Thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for providing me with an early copy in exchange for an honest review.*
When I first came across this title and read the synopsis I immediately added it to my TBR.
When we first meet our protagonist, Lucky St. James, she is anything but lucky. Her mother is dead, she is responsible for caring for her grandmother Stella who has dimentia, and they're being evicted from their apartment. She is going through some of her mother's things when she comes across a small souvenier spoon with a picture of a witch and the word "Salem" on it. This discovery leads her to a group of witches who are trying to locate the final two women to complete their coven. Each new witch must be the one to locate the next, so now it's up to Lucky (with the help of her grandmother) to locate the final witch.
Overall I really enjoyed this book. I LOVED the LGBT+ and cultural representations of the other witches as well as the importance of feminism and women supporting women. I liked that we got some backstory for the other coven members, but I do wish we got more of them, either as they were entering the group or in present day. The end of this book definitely set up the potential for this to become a series, so I'm crossing my fingers that we get some more of these women!
My only real complaint about this book is that there was so much set up that the ending felt rushed. I'm not saying that the setup should have been condensed at all because it did a great job of showing us Lucky's personality as well as her dynamic with Stella, but I think this book could have used an extra ~50 pages to expand on some of the obstacles since everything was resolved pretty quickly. Each conflict throughout was resolved pretty easily, and the final battle in the book took up only one chapter (seventeen pages), so I never felt like the stakes were very high.
I would highly recommend this for fantasy lovers (or fantasy newbies, since the fantastical elements are still fairly rooted in reality) who are looking for a book with some great representation. I also have the ARC of "Funeral Songs for Dying Girls" by this author, so I can't wait to pick that one up as well!
When I first came across this title and read the synopsis I immediately added it to my TBR.
When we first meet our protagonist, Lucky St. James, she is anything but lucky. Her mother is dead, she is responsible for caring for her grandmother Stella who has dimentia, and they're being evicted from their apartment. She is going through some of her mother's things when she comes across a small souvenier spoon with a picture of a witch and the word "Salem" on it. This discovery leads her to a group of witches who are trying to locate the final two women to complete their coven. Each new witch must be the one to locate the next, so now it's up to Lucky (with the help of her grandmother) to locate the final witch.
Overall I really enjoyed this book. I LOVED the LGBT+ and cultural representations of the other witches as well as the importance of feminism and women supporting women. I liked that we got some backstory for the other coven members, but I do wish we got more of them, either as they were entering the group or in present day. The end of this book definitely set up the potential for this to become a series, so I'm crossing my fingers that we get some more of these women!
My only real complaint about this book is that there was so much set up that the ending felt rushed. I'm not saying that the setup should have been condensed at all because it did a great job of showing us Lucky's personality as well as her dynamic with Stella, but I think this book could have used an extra ~50 pages to expand on some of the obstacles since everything was resolved pretty quickly. Each conflict throughout was resolved pretty easily, and the final battle in the book took up only one chapter (seventeen pages), so I never felt like the stakes were very high.
I would highly recommend this for fantasy lovers (or fantasy newbies, since the fantastical elements are still fairly rooted in reality) who are looking for a book with some great representation. I also have the ARC of "Funeral Songs for Dying Girls" by this author, so I can't wait to pick that one up as well!
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Lucky St James is unhappy and dissatisfied with her life. She finds and is drawn to a silver spoon in a tunnel running under the apartment where she lives with her grandmother Stella. Strangely, the spoon is engraved with a stereotypical image of a witch, six pins and the word .’Salem’. Shortly afterwards, Lucky is approached by a Meena Good from Salem and offered a job. Meena is a powerful witch who works for VenCo, a company which helps women and puts them in areas of influence. Feeling as if her life is looking up, Lucky decides to accept, takes her grandmother and drives to Salem. Once there, Lucky meets Meena and four other women, learns that she is a witch and that she must now find the seventh witch to complete their coven. She has only 9 days to find the next witch and seventh spoon, to evade a dangerous witch hunter and to return to Salem. Only then can the coven be complete and restore women to their rightful power. Will she be able to complete this quest safely and in time?
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and did not want to put it down. It is well and cleverly written, depicts a modern view of witches, and has themes of feminism, strength and confidence building, and the importance of women’s relationships.. I would highly recommend it and look forward to a sequel.
Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for the ARC in return for an honest review.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and did not want to put it down. It is well and cleverly written, depicts a modern view of witches, and has themes of feminism, strength and confidence building, and the importance of women’s relationships.. I would highly recommend it and look forward to a sequel.
Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for the ARC in return for an honest review.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I heard a lot about this book, that it featured modern day witches in NOLA. Well, kinda. In the last 70 pages. Until then it a very confusing story of women trying to fight evil. I had a hard time staying interested in this book. I'm not sure it was worth finishing.
3.5 stars... feminist, modern, and imaginative. I wish it was just more fleshed out, particularly with the plot and the climax of the novel. It felt as though our indomitable villain was taken down so easily. The characters were so loveable, and the witchy road trip was fun. Also includes diverse witches from a variety of backgrounds and sexualities, as modern fantasy should.