Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Author: Kate Williams

Book Series: The Babysitters Coven Book 1

Rating: 5/5

Publication Date: September 17, 2019

Genre: YA Fantasy

Recommended Age: 14+ (some sex references, including to Harvey Weinstein, and some depression comments that might be a little triggering.)

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Pages: 368

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Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Esme Pearl has a babysitters club. She knows it's kinda lame, but what else is she supposed to do? Get a job? Gross. Besides, Esme likes babysitting, and she's good at it.

And lately Esme needs all the cash she can get, because it seems like destruction follows her wherever she goes. Let's just say she owes some people a new tree.

Enter Cassandra Heaven. She's Instagram-model hot, dresses like she found her clothes in a dumpster, and has a rebellious streak as gnarly as the cafeteria food. So why is Cassandra willing to do anything, even take on a potty-training two-year-old, to join Esme's babysitters club?

The answer lies in a mysterious note Cassandra's mother left her: "Find the babysitters. Love, Mom."

Turns out, Esme and Cassandra have more in common than they think, and they're about to discover what being a babysitter really means: a heroic lineage of superpowers, magic rituals, and saving the innocent from seriously terrifying evil. And all before the parents get home.

Review: Oh Lordy I loved this book! This was such a fun treat of a book! It had a fast pace and never a dull moment. The links/callbacks to the original babysitters club books were amazing, the characters were all wonderfully well developed, and the story was so unique! I loved the Buffy twist on babysitting and I can’t wait for the second book! Seriously, one of my favorite series of 2019!

My downside? I need book 2 NOW. Cliffhanger ending, I need more, I need to know what’s going to happen!

Verdict: GO READ THIS BOOK NOW!