I will gobble up any Little Women retelling like a little piggy. Absolutely loved this. Graphic novels are always a win with my students, and anything that might persuade them to pick up a novel and challenge themselves to read a few more words - especially classics, which tend to be even more challenging - is a win in my book.

Little Women meets magic in this cheerful story about everyone's favorite four sister-witches. This would be an amazing series and I love how the art could draw readers of all ages in!

A reimagining of Little Women where they are witches. Most of the story beats are the same, the story just now includes magic and Laurie and his grandfather are now witchfinders. I do think this is meant for younger audiences, maybe 3rd or 4th grade. It's fine. The pacing is way off though. The first half moves very slowly and then the end gets wrapped up instantly as it feels like Dragoon hit her page count. The illustrations are fine but cartoony and the sisters can be difficult to tell apart at times. I also noticed a distinct lack of backgrounds.

so cute and amazing! Thank you for this! I love the artwork and the themes of the story! I think this will be a great addition for young readers! All thoughts are my own.

A witchy retelling of Little Women... What's not to like? Well, like it I did, but love it I did not. As a fan of Little Women and a fan of books about witches this one disappointed me by falling short of my expectations.

I finally got around to reading this one and I'm so happy I did. I love love love Little Women and this witchy spin on that story is just perfection. I adored the art style and I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy.

It is still the four precocious March sisters that we love with their easy-to-like personalities during the American Civil War. Little Women but with magic. I enjoyed the graphic novel format and the entertaining plot. I would definitely like to see what Leigh Dragoon will do next.




* Originally I was given this as an ARC by NetGalley and OniPress for an honest review* However, it was archived before I could do so. So, my review is based on my recent purchase.
Publication 18/08/20
Goodreads review 01/02/22
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Beautifully done graphic novel. Quite enjoyed Little Witches. Highly recommend.

It's based on Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN! Jo, Beth, Amy, and Meg March are four sisters living in Concord with their parents—Father, who's tending to soldiers fighting in the Civil War, and Marmee, who teaches the girls simple but effective witchcraft. The Marches have to keep their craft quiet, as there are many in Concord who see magic in a bad light—especially after things have begun disappearing.

When Mr. Laurence, a witchfinder, moves in next door to investigate the missing objects, the girls fear for their livelihood. But he turns out to be a kind old man, and his grandson, Laurie, quickly befriends the Marches. As the cold winter blusters on, the girls continue their education, even as missing objects soon turn into missing people. Things take a turn for the worse when Jo and Laurie try investigating on their own, and a dangerous storm takes hold of Concord.

There's powerful magic at play here—stronger than anything the Marches, or even Laurie, has ever seen before. Can they hope to defeat it? Or has the magic already become too strong for them to fight against?

This was a fun take on Little Women. I was having a fairly good time reading it, and it was likely going to be a 4-star read, but then the ending?? It's so abrupt that it's confusing and stopped me from being able to give it anything more than a 3-star.

I love Little Women and enjoyed this retelling about four sisters who live with their parents and practice witchcraft.
This was quite enjoyable.

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Little Witches a cute little graphic novel for middle grade. I enjoyed the illustrations and the story was fun and simple. Good read for ages 8-12.

I don't think I would have enjoyed it at all if I didn't already know the story of Little Women, so I do recommend reading Little Women first.
The magic aspect was what captivated me at the beginning but I don't think it was explained well enough and it only became useful at the end of the story, which is bummer.
The artwork was good and I appreciated the different colour pallet for indoors and outdoors.

I adore the graphics and I genuinely enjoy the graphic novel but I wish there were a few more pages just so that the ending had a smoother finish. Also, if the magic could have been sprinkled in a little more except for relaying on it mostly at the end it would have also been nice. Still, a fun read and I can see myself recommending it.

I love Little Women and have often enjoyed different adaptations and retellings of this classic coming-of-age story. With the fantastical spin and the graphic novel format, I was excited for this new journey I would be able to take with the March sisters.

I was surprised to see that, given this is a fantastical reimagining of the story, Little Witches remains very true to much of the original plot for the first handfull of scenes. It only starts to deviate from the source material when the girls are faced with an evil magic spreading through there town, and they must find the source of it before it is too late.

The art style was very pleasing to the eye, and I particularly liked that each of the sisters had distinctive features and characteristics, making it easy to tell them apart. What could have been a confusing game of who’s who was avoided through a thorough depiction of each sister as seperate people, instead of a carbon copy with a different color dress.

This is the perfect graphic novel for a young teen/junior high student who has an appreciation for the original tale, or even one who just enjoys stories of witchcraft. This would be a particularly fun read during October in anticipation of Halloween, given the moderate spooky nature.

This was a fun read! I never thought I would enjoy this. If you have read Little Women, this is a retelling with a twist. It's about four sisters who live with their parents and they all practice witchcraft. It's a charming premise hitting important beats from the original story. I just love the mystical vibe of this story and I will definitely recommend this to anyone who loves retellings with a touch of magic.

I was unable to read this graphic novel before it was archived, therefore I will not be reviewing it even though I was excited for it.

I liked that it was a retelling of Little Women. Espeically with all of those going around right now, it is a great time for it. I don't think the witches really fit. I did like the story, it is a classic. I just wish the magic was a bit more fleshed out.

This was an interesting spin on Little Women. Kind of fun for younger readers. It would work for kids more interested in a supernatural type of book, and the heart of the story remains.

3.25 Stars

I received an e-arc from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. I’m somewhat familiar with the story I haven’t actually read the full story. But I love the spin of the family being witches and then the little romance between a witch and witch hunter. I didn’t really guess the villain but there wasn’t a lot of options. Though I felt Jo being left out of all the magic stuff was kind of mean.

A cute easy read that will certainly make you reread Little Women and wish there’s magic and witches in there (just in time for the movie remake, right?). I didn’t remember much of the original Little Witches, except that I liked Jo the best, probably because she reminded me of George from the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton (also my favourite character. Timmy and Julian were like tied for second place).

I’ve become more used to reading Comics and Graphic Novels, and while I am (most definitely) not gifted in drawing or you know, anything visual creative stuff (writing’s more my speed, obviously), I can and do definitely tell and admire when the graphics are good! And this is the case with Little Witches – they’re so cute and like soft? Which doesn’t really make sense – but it’s like their faces (facial features etc) are softly drawn.

I really liked all the characters. I’m always up for siblings in novels and I was happy to see that they looked and felt like siblings – their banter, conversations. Even if they got into some fights and arguments along the way (like listen, which siblings don’t? My sister and I used to fight over the remote or even who was doing the dishes). But in the end, when it really matters, they come together and help each other and that’s what I love about sibling interaction! That they still love each other very much, even though they annoy each other and fight and all that; when it comes down to it, when one sibling needs the help, the other will be there to do whatever they can.

I already spoke about Jo being my favourite character but Laurie was definitely my second-favourite! I loved him. Everything about him was great, his personality and I liked what a strong character he was. I liked his grandfather too.

And then when the magic played into the story I was even more excited. I enjoyed how the magic showed different genres – like you could be stronger in one area in magic than other. Which is always a thing I loved because as cool as it may be, it’s actually more realistic for a character with magic to not be top in all categories or areas of magic. I liked how they showed the sisters practicing the different areas of magic and what they could do.

The plot was pretty interesting. It is a usual thing with magic – if you have magic, wield magic etc, there’s bound to be bad/dark magic – because it’s a common theme in books where magic is, or even in fantasy books where the good beat the bad. And I liked how they showed it in here.