I appreciate that Williams has crafted a magical system with consequences, one in which using magic to solve problems may provide the witch with instant gratification but will also certainly bite her in the butt down the line.
In short, it’s very much a story that parallels the growth and maturity that happens as teens transition from high school to college and then to adulthood, a road with at least as many bumps as training to be a witch charged with protecting humanity in a town where football is more important than training saviors. But, at the same time, they come to understand that having power doesn’t mean using it indiscriminately to get what you want. At its heart, The Babysitters Coven is a story about girls who previously felt powerless finding out how powerful they actually are. Neither of them knows what the link between the two women is, so they go digging only to find it’s a link they also share: they’re Sitters and it’s their job to protect Earth from demons who manage to make their way through a Portal.īuffy jokes abound, along with pop culture references to designers, bands, and babysitter slasher flicks in this novel that borrows from other media but, through some writerly alchemy, becomes something entirely its own. The mystery deepens when Cassandra shows Esme a picture of her mother, killed in a car crash and Esme’s mother, currently an inpatient in a psychiatric hospital together. And, as it turns out, Cassandra is a pyromancer, a new ability she too discovered on her 17th birthday. Confused but excited, Esme invites Cassandra to join her and best friend Janis in their babysitting operation and Cassandra agrees – though it soon becomes evident she’s never in her life been responsible for a child. When Esme turns 17, however, a new challenge arises: she starts moving objects with her mind.Įnter Cassandra Heaven, the beautiful new girl at school, the type of girl who normally wouldn’t give Esme the time of day and yet seems to be actively courting her as a friend. The former she inherited from her mother, at least the mother she knows from pictures, and the latter… well, she’s not sure why she loves caring for kids so much, but earning money is so much easier when you enjoy your job. I’ve talked about These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling a bunch over at Book Riot, so I won’t rehash here – but I will talk about a book that came out in September and definitely belongs to the same family: The Babysitters Coven by Kate Williams (Delacorte Press, 2019).Įsme’s life is difficult in a great many ways, but she finds solace in fashion and babysitting.
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