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alecccat's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
steel0rchid's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
alianimates22's review
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
3.0
mapeterson's review
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
tomczyk317's review against another edition
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
lordmatri's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
librarydosebykristy's review
4.0
Loved this very realistic story about a cyncial teen who lives in Salem, Ma and befriends a group of practicing teen witches. Eleanor is coming off a tough year— her mom has been sick and her relationship (both romantic and platonic) with her best friend imploded, culminating in a traumatic event that has left her depressed, lonely and smoking pot to get through almost every day to day activity of her life.
Then she meets Pix, a high schooler from the next town over who wanders into the store where Eleanor works bringing a magical mix of tarot, intuition and kindness into her world.
This is a great, very realistic story of the messiness of teen life, first love and friendships for wrong. Wonderfully done and a great read for high schoolers who might be dealing with their own friendship drama. I loved how @kate.scelsa really allows the character to hurt and heal from her traumatic experience but the story still manages to find its perfect balance between dark and light. The fact that it takes place in Salem, and is full of entertaining sarcasm about the witch industrial complex there makes it even better.
I really really liked this and would love to see it get more love and attention! Also, I want to join the coven of inclusive, cool, artsy young women in this book. Do you think I’m too old now?
Then she meets Pix, a high schooler from the next town over who wanders into the store where Eleanor works bringing a magical mix of tarot, intuition and kindness into her world.
This is a great, very realistic story of the messiness of teen life, first love and friendships for wrong. Wonderfully done and a great read for high schoolers who might be dealing with their own friendship drama. I loved how @kate.scelsa really allows the character to hurt and heal from her traumatic experience but the story still manages to find its perfect balance between dark and light. The fact that it takes place in Salem, and is full of entertaining sarcasm about the witch industrial complex there makes it even better.
I really really liked this and would love to see it get more love and attention! Also, I want to join the coven of inclusive, cool, artsy young women in this book. Do you think I’m too old now?
_hannahbo's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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
Cute, heartfelt journey about being a teenage girl. With a splash of the occult thrown in.
reinwolf19's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I liked all the Tarot info I got from this book, and Pix was a great character. The rest of the coven was fun to read about too.
BUT Elenor was SO ANNOYING OMG! how I could stand her for 320 pages I don’t even know. She had some real issues though not gonna lie.
You know that one self-deprecating friend you can’t stand sometimes because they’re I’m-going-to-complain-but-not-actually-do-anything-about-it attitude and “jokes” are really old after the first 5,000 times, yeah that’s Elenor. She just kept on complaining throughout the whole book about no one excepting her, how shitty she thinks the town is, her moms disease, etc.
Don’t rlly recommend unless you’re really reaching for those witchy vibes (that Elenor actually kills right after describing the atmosphere)
BUT Elenor was SO ANNOYING OMG! how I could stand her for 320 pages I don’t even know. She had some real issues though not gonna lie.
You know that one self-deprecating friend you can’t stand sometimes because they’re I’m-going-to-complain-but-not-actually-do-anything-about-it attitude and “jokes” are really old after the first 5,000 times, yeah that’s Elenor. She just kept on complaining throughout the whole book about no one excepting her, how shitty she thinks the town is, her moms disease, etc.
Don’t rlly recommend unless you’re really reaching for those witchy vibes (that Elenor actually kills right after describing the atmosphere)