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Coven by Kit Seaton, Jennifer Dugan

5 reviews

wyllora's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

2.0

The art was fantastic. The story...not so much. Felt like it tried to tack on a "found family" idea where it didn't actually exist just to make the ending feel satisfying, and it didn't work.
She still left a loving girlfriend and best friend who came across the country to help her, and for what? Her latter interactions with her girlfriend were especially painful to read.
  Found the main character frustrating and it made the plot frustrating too. 
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abby_can_read's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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This was a fun read. The art was nice. I liked the characters and their relationships. The plot was alright, a little predictable. The rules of magic made enough sense. 
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robinks's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

I liked all the queerness and witchy magic. There were a lot of unanswered questions about the world though, and Emsy kind of annoyed me. 
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emily_mh's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I just felt annoyed reading this book. Everything seemed to get on my nerves and this review is an attempt at explaining why. 

It fell at the first hurdle with the main character, Emsy. I’m still appalled over that choice in name. I’m an Emily and have met plenty of Emilys and not one of them have called themselves Emsy! Emsy is like a jokey nickname your family calls you, not something to VOLUNTARILY attach to yourself. I couldn’t get past it the whole book. But my issue with the MC doesn’t stop at her name. She was super unlikeable. It wasn’t even her attitude to moving or her frustration with her girlfriend, both of which seemed understandable to me; I just did not like her. And this sentiment extended to pretty much all the characters. I usually don’t even mind unlikeable characters but for some reason this cast just did not work for me. A final note on Emsy (ick): her character development is not shown on page well;
she does a sudden switch between wanting to leave and wanting to stay
. 

In terms of plot, the mystery was intriguing enough to keep my hooked and reading and was perfectly fine for a YA graphic novel. However, the ending was so abrupt. There was no real resolution concerning
Emsy’s mum, girlfriend, or best friend
. Also, I found it totally unrealistic that
the adults would use the kids as bait without their knowledge, after all the fuss they kicked up over keeping them safe, and Ben having just gone through one of the most traumatic events that a human can. At the very least the adults could have clued the kids in on their involvement. But to be honest I find it unlikely that there wasn’t another way to flush the murderer out that didn’t have to involve the kids at all
. 

Finally, the art was mostly good but there were definitely some weird panels that didn’t look like they were meant to be the final version of themselves. So yeah, this book was not a hit with me. 
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purplepenning's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

This seemed like a good introduction to this witchy world and potentially compelling cast of young LGBTQ covenmates but fell short of being a satisfying story in its own right. The pacing was off for me, with too many panels committed to early angst and stubborn ignorance, leaving too few for later character development and story resolution. I'm not the target YA reader, though, so their mileage may vary. 
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