Blog Tour - Review, Nail Art, & Giveaway: The Babysitters Coven by Kate Williams

Title: The Babysitters Coven

Series: The Babysitters Coven #1

Author: Kate Williams

Genre: YA, urban fantasy

Publication date: September 17th 2019

Published by: Delacorte Press

Source: eARC from publisher for blog tour

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Synopsis:

Adventures in Babysitting meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this funny, action-packed novel about a coven of witchy babysitters who realize their calling to protect the innocent and save the world from an onslaught of evil.

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.

My rating: ★★★★★
As soon as I came across this book and read the synopsis I knew I needed to have it in my brain asap! I mean, magical, protective, babysitters? Umm, yes please! And it did not disappoint! It was so much fun!

I really loved the idea of witchy, magical babysitters protecting their charges from evil. However, there wasn’t as much babysitting as I initially thought there would be—it was a lot of Esme coming into her powers and trying to figure them out. It’s not a bad thing though because I just loved following Esme and all the magical mishaps she ran into.

I, Esme Pearl, high school junior with a mediocre GPA, one friend, no driver’s license, chin acne, and zero college prospects, had special powers. Supernatural powers.

Speaking of Esme, I really loved the characters! They felt like actual, real teenagers and Esme was very relatable. She was also quite sassy and I loved that about her. This is her walking up to a house party, passing some guy puking in the bushes:

It was as grim a social scene as I’d ever encountered, and I missed everything that I’d left behind at home. I wondered what my nail polish collection was doing right now.

Literally me! Oh, she also loves to watch horror movies to scare the sadness out of her. If this is not me to a T then I don’t know who I am anymore. Lol.

Cassandra was very interesting. She’s new in town and she really wants to join the babysitters. Well, there’s a reason why 😉 She’s very stubborn and does what she wants, and while I love the confidence, I have a feeling this girl is going to be trouble. Lol. And then her brother Dion...

SO swoon-worthy! He was very sweet, but he was also an idiot and just-

But I did love him! I wonder where things are gonna go between him and Esme after this because I really enjoyed their interactions.

He was so hot, you would probably use his driver’s license photo to make s’mores.

And then him and Cassandra too. They’re close, since they only have each other, but they’re not best friends. I’m excited to see where all these relationships will go.

I also really liked that we got some diversity in this book. Dion and Cassandra are actually Mexican American, which I was particularly excited about because I am too 😉 Esme’s best friend Janis is black and I loved her and her sassiness. But yeah, I thought this was very cool.

Let's talk about the magic because magic is awesome and I loved it! Now that I’m thinking about it, it kinda reminds me of the magic in Charmed, which is one of my favorite TV shows (OG Charmed, of course 😉)!

In the world of The Babysitters Coven, each Sitter has their own special ability, but on top of that they can also do spells, like on Charmed! I really liked how they did the spells though. I feel like this was very different to anything I have read/seen before, which was not only creative, but refreshing! I just love magic and the mythos in this world—I was totally into it! I love the idea of the Sitters and their mission and the magic and how they use it. It was very well thought out and very well done!

I don’t think I have many negative things to say about this book—I just enjoyed it a lot! It did take a little while for the girls to discover what was going on with them and learn about the Sitters and all that, but it didn’t really bother me. I really loved the writing, the fun dialogue, and all the awkward situations Esme found herself in. The Babysitters Coven was an incredibly fun, witchy read and I highly recommend it!

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About the author:
I'm a YA write or die, originally from Kansas but now living in California.

I've written for Cosmopolitan, NYLON and Seventeen, amongst other magazines, and worked with brands including Urban Outfitters, Vans and Calvin Klein.

The Babysitters Coven is my first novel, but fingers crossed it won't be my last.

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Okay, so this was very last minute thin. As in I decided yesterday at 3pm that I wanted to do some nail art inspired by The Babysitters Coven... so I did! It didn't take me nearly as long as I thought it would, especially because a lot of this nail art was hand drawn! If you have seen any of my bookish nail art posts, you know I don't hand draw, like, at all. Lol. But I did here and I'm actually really happy with how it turned out! (You can click on the images to make them larger!)



I'll have more pictures on this mani on Saturday, because as I said, this was super last minute.
This is just a preview 😉

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