The Coven
2023 • 298 pages

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Average rating3.5

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What did I read?

Nothing of the blurb gives away that this story is actually set in modern day New England, complete with smartphones and SUVs. Made me halt when I started reading. Then when she's at the school, there is no reason to think that we are in modern times (no mention of anything more modern than paper - including letter openers). So setting was already an issue for me that made no real sense. But I guess authors choice, whatever, fine.
Now characters. There wasn't much relation between characters from the FMC to others. Well, besides lusting over the age-old school director. Which in itself is already problematic.
And last, the plot. Um, what plot? Some revenge served with a side dish of, oh, the dirty deed. Maybe I was not paying enough attentional the „actual“ plotting and scheming but the finale came out of nowhere and I still don't know what happened. I was way too confused as to how it ended up as it is, and not in a good way.

January 5, 2025