If you have to misspell a word in the title of your book then it probably means you need a new (original) idea. But I suppose if you wanted to see anyone's take on witches in comicbookdom it'd be Scott Snyder's. With that said, this book is a bit of a disappointment but still a much more engrossing read than most books out there. Jock's art unfortunately doesn't work that well here and, honestly, Snyder could've just called his "witches" something else because they're not really like what we've seen before. The premise is that a teenage girl is bullied and wishes her bully would disappear. She does! A few witches pull her into a tree and she's gone and it fucks up this teenage girl's life. The witches here are all clawed-arms and, apparently, bigger than humans (it doesn't help that Snyder's afterward gives more of the plot/premise away than the actual book). You can "pledge" another human to these witches and in return get whatever you want. So the story is kind of like sell-your-soul-to-Satan. A good read with a few rough edges. *** (out of ****)
Haha sounds more like a warlock
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