This was a fun witchy book. It was campy and I laughed out loud a few times. The way the magic worked was very unique!

This was fast, fun, and legitimately hilarious. It made me literally LOL multiple times! This is how a witty, snarky teen voice should be written. I loved all the callbacks to old horror movies, Buffy, and of course The Babysitters Club. I'm excited for the sequel.

Step aside Baby Sitters Club, these are not your average babysitters. These babysitters can slay vampires and demons with the best of them! With on point humor, characters to die for, and a plot that keeps your turning the page, Williams has crafted a story that surely be in the same category with all our favorite teens. TBC, while dealing with vamps and demons, is such a fun book. It's a story that doesn't remain serious and dark. The flares of sarcasm, heart felt conversations, and hilarious antics keep it entertaining for any age. If you are looking for a plot driven story. this will not be for you. The plot is lacking in many areas but if taken at face value, the book is more than enjoyable. Overall, I definitely rated this a 4/5 stars for the humor and vamps alone!

Esme is a babysitter, and a damn good one. But when her latest charge sleepwalks out of her window and onto the roof, Esme begins to realize that strange things are afoot. And something is wrong with her as well...

This was a solid read, although it's definitely geared towards younger teens, despite Esme being 17. It felt a lot like Rebel Belle in tone, plot and pacing, although social outcast Esme couldn't be more different than Type-A Harper Price.

I like Esme's snarky voice, which was funny and upbeat, and I really enjoyed most of the book except for the part with the villain (who came out of nowhere) and all things Dion...who was just ick.

However, the overall story wasn't as fun or spoopy as I thought it would be? I was thinking something along the lines of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (as mentioned in the blurb) and also more babysitting and more...coven...but this was mostly just Esme linking up with asshole Cassandra and drifting apart from best friend Janis and trying to figure out what was happening with things moving about her. Aside from Esme (who had an intriguing internal monologue but all of the outward personality of Bella Swan), all of the other characters were mostly one-dimensional or existed within their defining quirk.

Just about the only thing that was interesting was Brian, and now I am showing my age, because a man who is an interior decorator and likes cozy things is super hot (sorry, honey). Although the sportsball obsession was less hot (yes, I married a non-sporty lesbian—they do exist).

Anywho, I ended up listening to the audiobook because I missed the publication date and my digital library had a copy. Go libraries!

The ending has a set-up to more books. I had thought this was a standalone (don't know how, considering the series is right there in the title), but the ending leaves room for more adventures and expansion into this universe. I don't think I'll be continuing though. It was good, but overall fell a little flat.

I received this ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

Okay, I'm going to be honest: I could not finish this book. I really wanted to. I love witchy and snarky books and I thought it had a fun premise but ultimately, it suffered from sensitivity issues that just negatively affected me. I felt like the author fell into the common trap i see a lot where to show that the main is sarcastic and edgy and hates high school they make a lot of jokes or comments along the lines of "i want to die" or "kill me" . And i get that it is not meant in seriousness and is such a small part of this story but it's careless language. This week is the third anniversary of a friend's suicide so statements or jokes like that affect me in a painful way. I may try again down the road but for now it's too caustic. Other readers without my history with the subject may not even notice it but I wanted to just bring it up for those like me. This is not the only book that has this problem but it's still something that happens too often.

The Babysitters Cover is the perfect fall read! Why? Because one, it's funny. Two, magic. Three it has an overall fall feel to if. We following Esma and her babysitting club. She is working and save up her money. We soon meet Cassandra who is kinda a rebel but she wants to join Esme babysitting club because of a note her mother left her. But turns out there is more than just one kind of babysitter. Esme and Cassandra have magic powers that are used to fight off the evil that is trying to take over the world. This book is a page-turner. I read it in just three days because I wanted to know what was going on with these characters. This book at times seems to be characters driven while overtimes it is plot-driven. The Babysitters Coven is adventures, sarcasm, and spells!
I can see how this is perfect for Buffy fans. It has an adult who has a job that needs to get the girls ready to fight evil. I like the role that Esme's family plays in the story. (trying to keep from spoilers.) Pig the Pitbull, you can't help but smile when Pig is in the scene. The only downside I have about this book is that it did read on the younger side of YA, however, this spell of a book is quirky and a perfect match for autumn.

The book has a great premise and the title really pulls you in, but sadly it just wasn't for me. But I know that it's something my niece would really enjoy so I did order her a copy when it was released.

Kate Williams is especially good with her humour. It is either she is a comical personality, or she just has that comedy seeping out of her whenever she writes. The Babysitters Coven gave me a good, hearty laugh, but it also evoked a creepy atmosphere.

This book was so much fun! I love witches, girl gangs, and all things nostalgic. If you love those things also then this is the book for you!

It starts with a babysitters club but ends with so much more. These characters where all so much fun. Esme was our narrator and I personally never minded being in her head. She goes on quite the adventure. We see long lasting friendships, new friends, parental relationships, and a tiny bit of romance! The romance is just enough and has a fun end game! The parental relationship angle was great. It added depth and surprises. Cassandra is a wild card and crazy destructive BUT so much fun. JANIS is a goddess. I need say no more than that!

I don’t want to give things away but I really had fun reading this. This gives me sugar and spice and Jawbreaker movie vibes. Very campy in the best nostalgic way. They don’t make movies like this any more or books! THIS WOULD MAKE THE BEST MOVIE/TV SERIES TO BRING BACK THE VIBE. So please give it a chance I don’t think you will be sorry.

Author interview at my blog tomorrow https://foreverboundbybooks.wordpress.com/

Perfect read for the month of October! I breezed through this book because it was fun and I wanted to know what happened next. It's not super scary or anything. And the plot just felt like a perfect thing to read in October (when I tend to read more spooky/Halloween/witchy/creepy books).

The Babysitters Coven is a fun adventure in babysitting mixed with lots of action and supernatural powers. Esme Pearl is seventeen. She and her best friend Janis have a babysitters club together, which basically amounts to a shared cell phone and a list of regular clients. When they get together for “meetings”, it is just an excuse to hang out, or go thrift shopping. Both Esme and Janis love fashion and text each other each night to describe their next day’s outfits. I honestly wish I had the fashion sense and confidence in high school that these girls have!

One night while Esme is babysitting Kaitlyn, a regular that requires many bedtime stories before falling asleep, an incident occurs. She hears a sound after putting Kaitlyn to bed and rushes upstairs only to find the door to the little girl’s bedroom locked. After struggling, she finally gets inside and the window is open with little Kaitlyn out on the roof. Esme coaxes her in and gets her back to bed, but is obviously shaken from this incident, however, this is only the beginning.

Strange things begin happening to Esme at school, things she cannot explain. It’s almost as if she is moving things with her mind, but that can’t be possible, right?

Cassandra Heaven is the new girl at school and even though her fashion sense is nothing like Esme and Janis, she still has that cool-girl appeal, like nothing can touch her. She approaches Esme about the babysitters club and just like that, they have a new member after years of it being just the two of them. Janis is wary of the new girl, but Cassandra welcomes her and finds they might have more in common than meets the eye.

Finally, Esme lives with her father. It’s been just the two of them since her mother was sent to live in an institution. Though Esme and her father visit on weekends, Esme still feels unconnected to her mother. She doesn’t really know anything about her past other than the snippets her father has let slip over the years.

I read and adored The Baby-Sitters Club series when I was a kid, so when I first heard about The Babysitters Coven, I was all on board. Give me anything with a supernatural twist and I will devour it, which is exactly what happened with this book. It is a fast read because you will want to pick it up the second you set it down. There were many laugh-out-loud moments as well as times that it made me tear up. It leaves you guessing at the full story until the very end. This is a wonderful first book in a new series that will surely become a new favourite!

Did not finish.

I started reading this yesterday, got about 80 pages in, had to put it down and have no inclination whatsoever to pick this book back up. The idea I had of this book, it being promoted as buffy meets the babysitter's club, are not even remotely met. The characterization in this first bit were cringey at best. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind that Esmee is more of an unlikeable mc and I think the basic tone was very young teen. But the constant chat speak while in Esmee's head was too much. And I realized that I was just not the right person to read this book for review and as such won't write a review for it on my blog. I did post these same thoughts on Goodreads.

The cover, OH.MY.GOSH. THAT COVER!!! Plus a witchy book, yes please! This was such a fun book to read. I loved Esme and Janis. Especially Esme. This book has a bit of everything. Action, paranormal phenomenons, funny moments. I absolutely am looking forward to the next book in this series.

The Babysitters Coven starts out as a really fun book, but a whole new world is introduced about halfway through, which is jarring and hard to follow. The ending has some good tension, but overall, the story feels very basic. 2/5 stars.

I was really excited to read this book. It said it was Adventures in Babysitting meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Plus the cover is absolutely beautiful. So I really thought I was going to enjoy this one. Sadly I really couldn't get into this book at all. I feel bad because the author was so nice to send me some goodies since I was part of the blog tour. I just really wasn't a fan of the writing. There were all these just weird comparisons that just didn't make sense and just felt like she was trying to hard. Plus I just couldn't find myself getting into the story. I found it very dull. It's such a shame because this book has such a great concept but just wasn't executed well.

3.5 Stars

When I first read the concept of this book, I wanted to read it immediately. Babysitter's Club meets Buffy? Yes, please! While the book did meet that brief, there were some aspects that I didn't love. I really enjoyed all of the great pop culture references (Labyrinth, Buffy, Harry Potter and more) as well as some of the discussion surrounding difficult issues such as Esme's mom's condition and how the town/school treated her because of it, as well as her internal dialogue about her worries and fears. Esme's voice/point of view is rather harsh at times, which could be considered unlikable or polarizing, but for the age of the character it is understandable.

I do wish that some things had been a little more descriptive. At times the relationships between people didn't seem to be as close as they were described. Also, a lot of the characters (granted, more minor characters) could have used more description to differentiate them from each other. That being said though, this was mostly with characters that only appeared a few times and I'm sure that if they show up in future books they will be fleshed out more.

The last half of the book was jam packed with action and went much faster than the 1st half, which I really enjoyed. There were definitely a lot of twists and turns that were surprising, but there were also many twists that were pretty predictable. There were times that I had a hard time liking Esme and Cassandra (mostly Cassandra) because of their decisions, but I could see some of those things being addressed in future books. In that respect this book set up future conflicts really well.

All in all I did enjoy this book and as I said the last half was really quick paced and enjoyable. If you're looking for books that have great pop culture references, lots of mystical and paranormal content and babysitters who have to protect the world, then you'll probably enjoy it. It was definitely a fun book with a lot of quirks and capers.

Thank you to Netgalley and Delacorte Press for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I was so excited to get an arc of this book, and man. It did not disappoint!

This was such a fast, intriguing debut novel. Esme and her bff, Janis, are fashion queens. I loved the descriptions of their outfits and the names for them. They’re just trying to get through high school then make their way out of their small town. Then something crazy happens. Esme learns she has telekenesis and things.get.cray. I was a babysitter when I was younger, so I loved that so much of the book revolved around that. I loved the magic and spells. Cassandra was iffy at times, but in the end I really liked her! The friendship between Janis and Esme reminded me of me and my highschool friends. We still talk to this day, and I feel like that’s the relation ship they have!

This is a perfect fall/Halloween book! Curl up with it, a PSL, and a nice blanket and you’re in for a good time! This was a super fast read that kept me intrigued the whole way through. I can’t wait to see what happens to our Sitters in book 2! (Coming fall 2020. SO FAR AWAY!)

This ARC was provided for review, but in no way affects the following impartial and unbiased review:
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3,5*
Pros: Super refreshing bg idea. Funny and relatable situations. Witty banter. Original and interesting magic system, similar to witchcraft. Loved the fashion and movie references. Talks about living and dealing with mentally ill family members.
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Cons: Clunky plot sequences. Overlooked secondary characters.

This was just okay for me. I liked the magical elements and I really liked Esme a lot as a character, but I had trouble connecting to the problems and scenarios in the book. I think it was more a matter of my own age (far from high school age) rather than anything on the author's side. I can really see high schoolers going through similar experiences loving this!

I wanted to love this book that promised to be a modern Sabrina the Teenage Witch meets The Babysitter's Club. I really expected to at least like this book, but sadly that's not the case. It had a promising start with the writing style overall liked however, the overuse of slang, girl on girl hate, and insensitive cultural statements made me DNF this book around 20%. I just can't recommend this books. I received a copy of this digital arc from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.