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VenCo

Cherie Dimaline

3.84 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense 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
adventurous dark 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: No
adventurous emotional funny 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: Complicated

thesydda's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Boring and I got to the point where I couldn't keep the characters straight and I didn't care to figure out what was going on.
adventurous hopeful mysterious tense 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: Complicated
adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-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: No

It's always a good day to hex the patriarchy!
adventurous dark 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

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hopeful tense

VenCo is a book about witches and their plan to create a coven that will save the world.

And even though many ingredients were used in the story and could have made it perfect, the whole book felt half-baked, from start to finish. The story lacked pace, as the main character jumped into being a witch with no prior knowledge, training, or even explanation of who she is now and how to use her powers. Then she started moving from one place to another, seeking the seventh witch. Everything felt rushed and partial. Even that final showdown was rushed and convenient. Not to mention the ending which was more like the beginning of a second book, concluding into nothing.

Also, for a book about witches, it had no magic in it. The magic system was never explained and the plot points that the story raised were simply thrown into the mix and left there to sink in.

Finally, the villain was boring, and it was like he was forced to appeal as the 'bad guy'.