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Adriana Mather: How to Hang a Witch (2018, Walker Books Ltd) 4 stars

After Sam's father is hospitalised, she has to move from New York to Salem with …

Pretty cute.

4 stars

I actually found this quite endearing? Perhaps because it reminded me so much of things like Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic. I liked a lot of the paranormal elements and a lot of the witchcraft. It was a good read for a couple days, honestly. Pretty engaging!

The things I shaved my rating down for include:

  1. I'm not a fan of the "I can do everything on my own" sorts of characters. Putting two people helping you the most TO SLEEP after they actually start really helping you, even if it's to "protect" them? I'm not so sure about that.

  2. Love triangle but with GHOST. I'm never a fan of how love triangles play out in most books; they always hit the wrong note for me, and they're hyper-predictable (regardless of how alive everyone in the triangle is). It's one of the tropes that I wish were less common in books because, while it's something that can be quite relatable? It's always played in such ridiculous ways.