* I got this book for review from the publisher for my honest thoughts*

I really enjoyed this read. It was another fun adventure set in this world. This book also tackled harder issues like friendship issues, self discovery with a magic twist. I also liked how this book tackled harder culture issues and how the impacts the future. It was a fast pace read. It also really liked how the magic developed in this book as well. This book/ graphic novel had a nice balance between contempory issues but also urban setting. I really loved the friendship that was at the heart of it and the side plot of the mom character was also enjoyable. I am excited to see where the future books in this series. goes. ( )

* I got this book for review from the publisher for my honest thoughts*

I really enjoyed this read. It was another fun adventure set in this world. This book also tackled harder issues like friendship issues, self discovery with a magic twist. I also liked how this book tackled harder culture issues and how the impacts the future. It was a fast pace read. It also really liked how the magic developed in this book as well. This book/ graphic novel had a nice balance between contempory issues but also urban setting. I really loved the friendship that was at the heart of it and the side plot of the mom character was also enjoyable. I am excited to see where the future books in this series. goes. ( )

In this sequel (there’s a recap of the last book), Moth is still growing in her witchery(?) and her confidence. She doesn’t hate herself, but she wants to be more likable to others, to have more friends and to not be the butt of all the jokes. Her mom and Charlie, her friend, don’t quite understand her either. When she finds a magical necklace which brings out a cool, charismatic side of her, it eventually spells (badum tsk) trouble.

Good message. Super cute artwork and some funny, quirky lines. I’m glad the story acknowledges it’s insensitive/comes off a bit callous to tell people to get over being bullied, especially racialized bullying, so quickly. It’s normal for middle-schoolers to be insecure and make fun of others at their own expense, but it doesn’t have to be that way.

3.5 ( )

With how this sequel ran with it's momentum from the first book, I can only hope for a third in the Okay Witch series. This book delved a lot deeper into Moth's struggle to fit in amongst her narrow-minded middle school peers in her very white colonial town of Founder's Bluff. I love the character-driven plot, palpable scenarios, and a protagonist who challenges the rules set before us.

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/5Mv7pVi5it4

Enjoy! ( )