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A delightful story of Tara Maclay before she comes to UC Sunnydale and joins Willow and the Scoobies on the Hellmouth. Her mother has died eight months before the beginning of this tale, her family relocated from Nebraska to Vermont, and she is the new girl at school. Tara faces her fears, grief, and unexpected magical threats while trying to survive the horrors of high school: bullying, dodgeball and where to sit in the cafeteria.

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3.0

This hard a bit of a slow start and other parts could drag a bit, but when there were exciting parts it was really enjoyable.

It’s an ok read if you’re wanting more stories in the Buffyverse, just don’t expect too much from it.

It really does read more like fan fiction that other canon material.

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adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

3.5

Excited to read a buffy-verse book! Well it kinda lived up to the hype. I’m not a buff head but it’s ok. For the book itself it wasn’t awful but it wasn’t amazing either. It quenched what I kind of expected going in. It draws you in from the very beginning and held my attention so that’s good.

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emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Thank you to Netgalley for the review copy!

While this book is great, please know that Joss Whedon is a pretty terrible person and will profit off of this book.

The Bewitching Hour is a realistic fantasy novel about teenage Tara Maclay moving to Vermont and starting a new high school rife with murder and mystery. Ashley Poston did a great job with Tara, one of the most beloved Buffy characters. When I saw Poston’s name attached to the project, I knew it was going to be great. You do not have to have seen Buffy to enjoy this book, but there were some really cute nods to the tv series. Ashley Poston also did a great job of including diversity with all the new characters she introduced.

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As someone who grew up contemporaneously with Buffy Summers and the Scooby Gang, I guessed pretty early on that Ashley Poston was either not alive or very young during the 90s (turns out I was right; she was born in 1990). Maybe I would've tried to keep on after the excruciatingly cringe Boy Meets World reference, but Tara was too out of character and I just could not hang. I've read enough Buffy fic in my life that I don't need to continue this.

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adventurous funny hopeful mysterious

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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