Book Review
Sep. 27th, 2023 08:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariVenCo
by Cherie Dimaline
This feminist novel revolves around Lucky St. James and her grandmother Stella. Lucky discovers a magical spoon in her apartment building's basement, is subsequently contacted by a Salem coven and thus learns that she is a witch. Lucky is the 6th member of the coven and time is running out to find the seventh witch. She thus packs up Stella, who is having memory issues, and travels to Salem to join the coven and then on a road trip to find the last witch, all the while pursued by a dangerous, immortal witch hunter.
VenCo had a nice narrative balance between character development and action. I really liked Lucky - she's scrappy and tough and capable. Her relationship with Stella is one of the best parts of the books. Lucky loves her grandmother a lot but also feels the stresses and constraints of caring for her with limited resources. I also liked the coven itself because despite how disparate the members were, it was a very functional and effective unit. VenCo is ultimately about potential rather than power and the ending really brings that home in an effective and satisfying way.
by Cherie Dimaline
This feminist novel revolves around Lucky St. James and her grandmother Stella. Lucky discovers a magical spoon in her apartment building's basement, is subsequently contacted by a Salem coven and thus learns that she is a witch. Lucky is the 6th member of the coven and time is running out to find the seventh witch. She thus packs up Stella, who is having memory issues, and travels to Salem to join the coven and then on a road trip to find the last witch, all the while pursued by a dangerous, immortal witch hunter.
VenCo had a nice narrative balance between character development and action. I really liked Lucky - she's scrappy and tough and capable. Her relationship with Stella is one of the best parts of the books. Lucky loves her grandmother a lot but also feels the stresses and constraints of caring for her with limited resources. I also liked the coven itself because despite how disparate the members were, it was a very functional and effective unit. VenCo is ultimately about potential rather than power and the ending really brings that home in an effective and satisfying way.
