Kate Leth

I got one more read in for 2017 with 5 minutes to spare! This was a good one, and super fun. Three witches go on a roadtrip to reclaim items that were stolen from their home, and to find the culprit. It's both lighthearted, and at times oddly serious. Kick-ass women main characters, and it doesn't hurt that the ass they kick sometimes is misogyny.

Also, hell yeah, the Beast was way hotter before he got turned into the Prince. I'm 100% with Claire on this one.

Yeah, alright, sure Kate, tear out my heart and shred it. S'ok, I wasn't using it or anything...

Which is to say, this is brilliant. It's soft, and sweet, and nostalgic, and fun, and awkward, and hard, and complicated, and important, and devastating, and hopeful, and CUUUTTTTTEEEEEEE, and many more adjectives that I'm done thinking of.

Do yourself a favour and read this! Your library probably has a copy! If they don't, tell them they're wrong and request they get one.

The new Goth in town is tentative about finding her way into relationships at her new school, so the story takes its time unfolding, but its richness and nuance is very rewarding.

Good bisexual representation.

Bad toxic male inevitability. Can we just make it a rule? Never trust a guy who keeps a copy of Lolita close at hand and describes it as fun.

The ending feels a bit rushed and pat after the pacing of the preceding pages and moments of heaviness, but it is still satisfying and hopeful.

Hee! This was adorable and fluffy and perfect. Think Squirrel Girl but slightly more mature. Slightly. There are villains, who are more posturing than effective, and quips and awesome Marvel ladies galore, and the power of friendship, and a whole lot of comedy as Patsy hops from job to job trying to find something that fits her superheroine schedule and runs into the bad guys. I need to read more but I hear it’s either changed writers or gotten cancelled completely, which makes me show more sad.

Warnings: Not here!

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