I wanted to love this one but it all ended up being pretty disappointing. It was very fast paced and the story was interesting but I failed to care about the characters. The romance just didn't work out at all and the characters all started to blend together as no one really had their own voices.

Such a great read!
This author managed to capture the readers attention page after page without straying from the plot line like similar books.

Loved reading this one!! And I can’t wait to read another novel from this author

Scapegracers tells the story of an outcast who finds her people when she begins to explore the world of magic and witchcraft.

The book opens right into the action and the plot moves along quickly. It is very interesting learning alongside the coven how the magical system works, and the details make for a dark and atmospheric book. There are some smart and funny moments, and in particular I loved the fresh take on female friendships between teenagers, far more realistic (at least in my experience) than the usual clichéd mean girls.

However, I found it difficult to care about any of the characters, and they became fairly interchangeable. Sideways (our protagonist) came across as quite passive, and the romantic relationship felt forced, especially when compared to the well written friendships.

This book wasn't a favourite, but was entertaining and an easy read.

This review has been posted to Goodreads, and will also be posted to Amazon after release.

Maybe I went into this expecting too much.

“Scapegracers” begins when the cool girls at school invite Sideways to perform real magic at their party which she thinks is a one night trick with no strings attached but when her power triggers something connecting them all she finds that maybe she no longer has to spend her teenage years standing on the sidelines and when witchfinders come lurking at her door they must band together to protect the coven.

This book plays to elements of The Craft and AHS Coven with that cool girl squad who brings in a new face only to find that their magic can call upon something darker but it never managed to actually tell a story. So much of this book left me waiting for it to move somewhere and each time I thought we were getting to a bigger point it would back off which was kind of a bummer.

The pacing was a bit off too with a lot happening all at once only for it to slow down into a painfully long drag that again kept me thinking that we were heading to some kind of big moment be it a betrayal a la the Craft or confronting a big bad in the witchfinders but instead we get another party and cliffhanger.

I like the idea of women getting together to punish the frat boy Chett’s of the world and I wish we got more than just talk because even the hex that sets the story off gets a brief few sentences of resolution to see if it worked or not.

Overall this book was rather disappointing so we’ll see if it’s worth continuing but as of now I think I’m good.

**special thanks to the publishers and netgalley for providing an arc in exchange for a fair and honest review**