This historical fiction graphic novel starts off with a group of angry townsfolk trying to get rid of the local witch by any means necessary, but the real protagonist is a little girl witch who is born shortly after that witch’s death. It is implied she is there to continue the legacy of the first witch, and she is ostracized by the magic-fearing society of the day. The little witch does find others who appreciate her and are willing to guide her, and the story ends as her adventures truly start to begin. I think this has the potential to be a very cute little series about appreciating yourself and your uniqueness as well as perseverance. I loved the illustrations in this graphic novel; they are adorable and remind me a little bit of a style that was more popular in the ‘70’s.

Such an adorable story about magic and embracing your differences! I loved the illustration style paired with the dialogue. My only negative is that it was a little too short to fully get into. However, I understand this is the first issue so I'm looking forward to future stories.

I couldn’t decide if the art was cute or if I hated it. The story seemed too familiar to Earwig and the Witch and I found the writing… bland

A cute little comic. This first book introduces the world and characters so it still is a little basic but I look forward to the future adventures of this cute little witch and how everything will tie together.

This was the cutest! I love the artwork, the story line and just everything about it. Being a child that is different is what most people feel like, i also love the cat. I can not wait to read book 2.

3/5 Quick little magical story.

I think this is a pretty decent read for a kid. The art reminds me of a lot of the graphic novels and picture books that I read in early elementary. The art definitely isn't going to be for everyone like every other graphic novel or comic. The writing is quite bland with some occasional sass mixed in but it might not be extravagant enough to keep a young reader's attention. I feel that there was quite a bit in this that was unnecessary for the story but I suppose that's so the author could split this into two or more books. This was in total 58 pages with almost ten of those being the extras in the front and back, so it was a fairly quick read but I wouldn't read it again.

Disclaimer: I received a digital ARC copy of this in exchange for an honest review.

Wow, I really enjoyed reading this and it certainly cheered me up on a miserable and gloomy day. There is nothing for me to criticise and I can’t think of anything to fault about this, I just want to read more…now! I loved reading this digitally, I thought the art was excellent and had an heartwarming style that will look even better in print! However, there were times I felt the heartwarming style was deceptive given the topic/content but I felt it almost worked better for it in these instances. This was a light-hearted, fun and mischief filled read that I absolutely adored and can’t wait for more in the series. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone.

Such an adorable graphic novel about a little girl who is born a witch - one marked with bright purple hair! I did think it was a little older than 6+ - more like 10+ - but I am 23 and I loved this book! I cannot wait for the sequel.

The illustrations are adorable! I don't think it's to everyone's taste, but I love the chibi-look and block style. The characters' interactions are hilarious and so cute, and I want a Benedict the cat in real life.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book to review!

Magic is a beautifully illustrated graphic novels with cute characters. Unfortunately, it is very short and doesn't leave room for much of a plot. I hope another one is being made so that maybe it can be turned into an anthology, however, I think this length is probably fine for young children.

With a little mischief and a huge heart, this young witch heads off to meet her destiny and tons of adventure, too.

As the daughter of a man, who hunted witches, Evelyn was taken away from her mother right after her birth thanks to her purple hair...the mark of a witch, he claimed. Fulfilling his promise to his wife not to harm Evelyn, he had her dropped off at a convent. Although the purple hair marked Evelyn for what she was, the nuns took her in anyway and raised her as best they could. As her tricks and uncontrolled magic caused more and more problems, they finally had to give in and find a new place for her—a hat maker in London. But this hat maker might not be what he seems to be.

While the first pages of this novel start with a fairly dark and sad beginning, the tale sprouts off into a lively and fun one afterwards. Evelyn is a little witch, who knows nothing about her past, her powers, or what any of it really means. She's a bit mischievous and strange things do have a way of happening around her, some wanted and some not. But she's a bundle of energy, who has a heart of gold even when she's maybe not behaving the best she could. In other words, she's an adorable character who's hard not to smile at and like.

The illustrations are bright and bring across the scenes nicely. The text font is a bit smaller than I like for this audience level, but the vocabulary and such do fit the age group well. The text falls in short as it should be and balances out with the visual scenes to create a balanced tale. The vibrant attitude Evelyn has and the slight annoyance of her cat, come across very well and add the right amount of humor and cuteness to the tale.

This is the first book in the series and sets the definite beginning steps. While it pretty much wraps up the first, beginning part of Evelyn's journey, it does leave with an open door to the next. This will be a series which needs to be read in order, since it appears that one book builds on the next. The first friends are introduced along with the first problems, and all of it promises to be a wonderful adventure, which middle graders are sure to enjoy.

This was not my favorite kids graphic novel and I do tend to read quite a few of them but it also wasn't the worst. The art was cute and I loved the fluffy purple hair of the main character, but so much happened in such a few amount of pages that the plot felt a bit stunted.

My only complaint is that I wish is was longer. I feel like a longer story would have fleshed out the details a bit more. I love that Evelyn is a super sassy kid which I love. She isn't a super sweet witch (which has its place in books) but is more like a normal mischievous kid who pranks her elders. Love it! And what witch is complete without a cat to help guide them along the way.

I would recommend for kids, but I do home that the future installments are either less exposition or are at least longer to make up for it.

I received an eARC of this title through NetGalley in return for an honest review.

I thought this was a cute little read. I liked the concept and the characters. The art is gorgeous and captivating at the same time. It is interesting to me that the main character gets up to mischief but also wants to be good.

I think the only thing I did not like about this was how short it was and how little of the story could really be accomplished in that amount of time. It is a great start up to the series, but nothing really happened that captures the reader.

Other than that, I recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick little read with some witchy vibes.

4.5 stars

Too short.

An entertaining little adventure intertwined with witch hunts and persecution to the ultimate consequences in what seems like the late 1800s.

Evelyn is abandoned in a convent due to her purple hair that indicates witchcraft, she is a happy and mischievous girl, and when the nuns can no longer handle her, they send her to the city with a hatter. Evelyn is accompanied by the faithful cat Benedict, a familiar who keeps secrets.

The volume with just over 50 pages seems introductory and makes you want to continue with the next one to find out more about what happens with the persecution of witches and the fate of the girl, whom by the way does not appear to be 7 years old, they should have put her with 10 years to be able to made the things she does and says more credible.

The art has nice colors and drawings that reminiscence some anime.

+Digital-ARC gently provided by Netgalley and publishers in exchange for an honest review+

A graphic novel about a little girl with purple hair, a talking black cat, a magical hat maker and a flying broom.

The graphic novel, Magic - The girl with purple hair, is filled with wonderful elements. It is indeed a magical story combined with colorful, and beautiful illustrations! I love the illustrations and art of the novel. It feels like all the pages come to live while reading them. And who doesn't like a story about witchcraft and magic? I feel like this is a graphic novel that people young and old could enjoy reading.

I loved the start of the story with Evelyn and her cat Benedict. Hope to read more about their adventures and journey to becoming a powerful witch.

The purple hair witch is new and I am all for her life journey. This was a cute story of coming of age of being a witch. Th only issue I had was it is seems to be set in the past but has the characters lingo of today.

A lovely start to the story of a young girl sent off to control her powers. The art work is super kawaii but doesn't make the story look too childish and the dialogue goes at a steady pace.
Really love the illustrations although the girl with purple hair sometimes looks eight and sometimes eighty-eight.
The nuns were funny and I really enjoyed the beginning of the world building. Look forward to reading the next instalment.

It was so boring and I didn’t like the illustrations at all. And the story seems to move too fast. So sorry. I meant i like the story about witches but this one wasn’t for me.

Beautiful artwork and a gorgeous main character, together with a smart and sassy cat, make this a winner as an opener to the series. However, given how short it is as an installment, I was disappointed that so much was expository, background, scene-setting, especially given how short this is, but in the context of a larger arc I suspect it will fade to irrelevance. Overall very enjoyable, with very cute characters and the beginnings of world-building that promises to be very exciting.

A good first start to a series. Evelyn was born under mysterious circumstances. Because of her purple hair, her father abandons her to be raised by nuns. However, when mysterious things keep happening around her, Evelyn gets sent into the city to apprentice under a hatmaker. He's got secrets of his own. Evelyn needs to learn to use her magic before she breaks the rules governing her kind.

The story is pretty solid here. Plucky girl, talking cat, interesting premise. I think it's a good juvenile graphic novel. The art is a little off putting to me. I really liked the use of color, but the general style is not to my taste. Not bad, by any means. I'm just picking about it.

4/5 stars

This is the first graphic novel in the Magic series. In my opinion, it was an okay start but isn’t one I’m sending everyone to pick up.

The light and dark themes tend to come and go in this book. So this story starts off with some darker themes, burning houses to try and kill a witch and then abandoning a child. These dark themes pretty much disappeared after a few short pages and turned cutesy but then towards the end, it turns dark again. I almost wish it was consistently cutesy or consistently dark. I feel like the flip flop between throws off the idea of it being a children's or middle-grade story.

Speaking of it being a middle-grade story I wish our main character would have been older. She’s 7 for a majority of the book but her dialogue makes her feel older (even though she was whining like a child would). Since it is a middle-grade story I feel like the story would have been better if she was 10+. I think having an older character would’ve also benefited the dark themes, with a young MC you don’t tend to think you’ll see darker plots but it wouldn’t be surprising with an aged-up character.

I did like the banter between the MC and the cat. I’m a big cat fan and I always like when our MC has an animal sidekick. Was it cliché that the witch has a pet cat? Possibly. Did I still like it? Yes.

The art in the book was pretty vibrant and I really enjoyed looking at them. It’s initially why I was interested in the book, I thought the cover was adorable. The art is in a kawaii style so if you’re not a fan of that art type you might not like these.

This is a really short read with less than 50 pages so you can fly through it. I like when my stories and graphic novels are longer because it gives me time to care about the characters and with this being so short I just didn’t find myself caring for them.

It was pretty middle of the road for me and I’m not sure if I’ll be looking out for the next one BUT I think if you’re a fan of the art and like stories with a mix of dark and cutesy plot you might like this.