A review by melycp
Doughnuts and Doom by Balazs Lorinczi

4.0

It’s very simple, I see a cute cover, and I want to read the graphic novel. Has this bitten me before? Yes, but not this time. Doughnuts and Doom was so cute and the story was great.

I love witchy books, even more so graphic novels. They always have great aesthetics and that can definitely be said here. The art style is very cute and I loved the character designs - the snake, whose name I sadly can’t remember, wins as the cutest design in this entire novel. The style has just enough detail to be interesting, but not so much that the pages were too busy.

This brings me to my next point, the minimal use of colour was actually my favourite part. Doughnuts and Doom is mostly blue with pink accents. It’s such a good combination, I love it when graphic novels do this.

The story was very sweet, if a little rushed. Margot and Elena start out as enemies as Margot quite literally blew up her place of work, well almost. The anger Elena has towards her is a little overdramatic, but I get why it’s used. They then very quickly become friends and it’s adorable. Elena makes Margot more confident and can I just say, a witch and a rockstar…I’ve found a new favourite trope. If there are any other books with this theme, please let me know.

I’d definitely recommend Doughnuts and Doom to anyone who likes sapphic witchy graphic novels with adorable art styles. It’s a super quick read and has an interesting story.