I received this book from the publisher on Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

In this one we have a dual POV thingie going on. We have a girl named Sadako who spend many many years hiding in a dilapidated home in the middle of nowhere. She is a witch and has learned NOT to show her. But she gets lonely and the only humans who pop in the house (on dares) drop either dead or just fall asleep (though I guess they are also dead). The only companions she has are two adorable mice. One day she finds a phone on one of the guys who dropped by and she gets enchanted by what she sees on there. Floors that have water? Things on girls faces? Shiny clothes? Sparkly things? Yes, yes, and yes. Sadako is all in for that and so starts her life as an influencer. I just loved Sadako from the start, I loved her innocence and seeing her discover the world of humans. I loved seeing her get better and better at doing her hair/make-up and clothes (really, at the start she looked terrifying, haha). Things really heat up when she announces she is a witch (because Sadako doesn’t care about what her old teacher who up and left her said). I really loved seeing Sadako navigate the haters and the trolls, go into witch mode, and find a girl she is interested in and who is a hater on her stuff. She is curious. She is wants this girl. And I love it.

Then we come to Hanako. Who, I guess isn’t so bad, I really disliked. I get that she has been bullied and things have been shitty for her since her childhood, but I just hated how instead of taking control she just spiralled and even the slightest hint of witch she flips. Even if it isn’t even aimed at her. Again, I know she has been through a lot, but that doesn’t mean you should become a bully yourself. So yeah. I wasn’t such a fan of her POV parts and just wanted to go back to Sadako ASAP. I hope that, given this will have multiple volumes, Hanako gets better and I will start to like her. There is potential but she really needs to flip her attitude to positive.

Despite not a fan of the other witches we meet (who aren’t too happy with Sadako threatening the balance in the world), I do love that one of them is Black. You don’t see that very often in anime or manga, so I love it. And she looks so cool! I do hope that the Sabbath turns out to be the good guys in the end because I really want to love this character and see more of her.

I am definitely curious about what is next for Sadako and Hanako and what that favour is. I am also curious if Sadako will ever have a real home (for now she just magics her clothes and lives at a construction).

The art is really fun and I definitely love the style of it. The expressions! The character designs! The sparkly way but also the terrifying way things are drawn. Perfection~

All in all, I would recommend this one. Despite some issues I really had fun with this one.