The perfect autumn book. Witches, impeccable aesthetic, incredible artwork and a compelling story.
Although the plot ends with a bit of a chaotic but satisfying ending, the true star here is the artwork. From that very cover and its stunning design to every single page. The use of colour is magnificent and the aesthetic is so, so pleasing. I loved how it was a conclusive story and even if it's not the most innovative or surprising plot, instead being quite predictable, I still found myself devouring page after page until I got to the very end.
A timeless witchy book to read every Halloween.
Also, the production value of this book is astonishing. The full colour pages, with its incredible palette (translating this book to CMYK and printing it must have been a nightmare) and the quality of the paper, the chapter illustrations, the endpapers, every single aspect of the book design and production is incredible and for a great price (all that ink! Amazing). The only thing that bothers me is that we didn't get gold foil on the cover (at least on the paperback edition I have), which seems like a missed opportunity in my opinion.

I found the reveal at the end to be a bit lacking, like, we did not really know enough about the culprit for her crime to really make sense? The rest of the book was enjoyable enough, nice colours too.

I give this 4.5 stars. It has beautiful illustrations, and an interesting story.

4.5 Stars

This was so good. I really loved the story, and the illustrations are absolutely stunning. Such a perfect, atmospheric witchy read.

The art in this book is just gorgeous! The story isn't bad, but the art was what I really enjoyed most.

ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
One of my favorite settings for any type of media is magic schools. Maybe it's because I grew up a Harry Potter nerd and I've recently started rereading them, but there's something about the idea of young people learning how to use magic that's just absolutely irresistable and this graphic novel is no exception. We have magical school filled with young witches, a dangerous magical forest filled with demons, and a student that's gone missing. Obviously, this is a recipe for success.

The plot doesn't disappoint, but the main sell of this one is the art. Sweeney Boo is incredibly talented and the illustrations are absolutely to die for. I'm eagerly anticipating her future works because I absolutely could not get enough of the gorgeous art. Even the way she styled the checkered patterns on the skirts was so cool and I absolutely loved it.

5 stars for sure.

I’m actually gonna give this a 3.5. I thought the witchy vibes were pretty good and I did love the plot twist but I feel Ms.Good made no damn sense with her reasoning of turning her best friend into a monster. If she was considered family to you wouldn’t you be supporting every decision they make? Maybe I’m crazy but it just a stupid reasoning in my opinion. i found Noreen’s sympathy for Karla so sudden and weird considering what she had went through which was NOT pretty. However I do appreciate it because what Karla was trying to do should not have gotten her shunned. There is nothing wrong with finding who you are and where you from and I kinda wish this story went more in depth with that concept. I find it interesting that a lot of the witches don’t know their past which I think is worth learning more about in this story and could have been possible to discuss the idea of black people not knowing their history because of black American’s being moved in different countries cause of slavery. It’s a real issue and something that I struggled with for awhile and with Karla being black it would have tied together well in my opinion.