Synopsis:
An Embarrassment of Witches is a coming-of-age urban fantasy set in a world full of animal familiars, enchanted plants, and spell-casting that explores the mundane horrors of breakups, job searches, and post-graduate existential angst.
Life after college isn’t turning out exactly as Rory and Angela had planned. Rory, recently dumped at the gate of her flight to Australia, needs to find a new life path ASAP. What do you do with a B.A. in Communications and a minor in Southeast Asian Spellcraft? Maybe her cute new housemate Guy is the answer she’s looking for (spoiler alert: he isn’t).
Meanwhile, Angela is buckling under the pressure of a high-stakes internship in a cutting-edge cryptopharmocology lab run by Rory’s controlling mother, who doesn’t know Rory is still in town… and Angela hates keeping secrets.
An Embarrassment of Witches is the story of two childhood friends learning how to be adults–and hoping their friendship can survive the change.
Review:
I’m not really sure what I thought of An Embarrassment of Witches. I thought the art style was cute, especially the colour palette, but it was lacking in some areas. The settings and objects were great but I wasn’t a huge fan of the character designs.
One element I really appreciated was how clean the lettering was. It was really easy to read. Which seems like a silly thing to comment on but some graphic novels have barely readable text.
The story was a little dull. I was expecting something more fantastical and well witchy but for the most part the characters seemed like normal humans. Annoying humans at that as well. The entitlement from Rory, the main character, was unbearable at times. Is that a requirement for characters named Rory? It sure seems that way.
I can appreciate a ‘I don’t know what to do in my 20s’ story as that’s pretty relatable. However, I think if this was just normal humans, it would have been better. You could have told the story without any of the witch stuff and it would have been exactly the same. If anything, it would have made more sense.
Overall, An Embarrassment of Witches was an okay read, but it’s not one I’ll be shouting about any time soon.
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