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Coven by Jennifer Dugan
3.5
adventurous emotional 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

What I loved the most about this was the art, to be honest, though YA graphic novels seem to be slaying with the art lately. There are some really excellent panels throughout this book, helping to build the witchy community that Emsy finds herself in when her parents move her back to the east from California.

For the most part, the characters were well-developed, and we get a lot of diversity that's just there. Some of the side characters blend a little into the background, but the main characters do get chances to shine, even if they are teenagers who don't make the best choices. We've all been there.

The plot of the story was fairly easy to predict; the "twist" is pretty easy to see coming. I also kind of wished that we got a little more backstory from the coven. Emsy's parents were like, we had to leave for safety reasons, but the stakes didn't feel high enough for me? Besides the fact that the bad guys had killed an entire family. I wanted that aspect to be a little more fleshed out, to help add more of an urgency to the plot.

Despite that, I'm all for all of the queer witchy graphic novels currently coming out, so keep them coming! I will absolutely keep reading them.

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