There was a lot of great action with added sound effects throughout Malus Domestica, which sounds silly but was done in such a way that it really helped to set the tone of the book. However, I felt that the author made a spectacular recovery from that at about 70% and ended everything with a bang. This book felt a little "throw everything into it and see how it works" towards the last half and it suffered for it a bit. To me any book with supernatural or fantasy elements still has to have some base in facts or, if the facts are made up, they need to be explained in a way that makes sense. I took away some stars because the book got a little too convoluted and unbelievable towards the middle, and yes I say unbelievable even for a fantasy/horror novel. I thoroughly enjoyed Malus Domestica, from the kick ass heroine that didn't need a guy to save her to the fact that there was multiple black folks in it. Thank you so much to NetGalley and Tor Books for the opportunity to read this book.
I’m looking forward to seeing them in action in the sequel.Ĭontent warnings include mention of domestic violence, racism, death by suicide and mental illness. I liked most of the characters but the one that I was most interested in, Heinrich Hammer, Robin’s mentor, didn’t appear in person until the very end of the book. Had I realised there would be so many of these references I would have made a list and asked other readers to let me know which ones I’d missed. There were plenty of pop culture references in this book, from Batman to Indiana Jones and The Simpsons. While it is well written I did spend a lot of the first half of the book anxious for some present day action scenes. I expect the sequel to well and truly make up for this.Ī fair amount of time is spent on characters’ backstories and explanations of the supernatural aspects of the story. Witches are dispatched of in flashbacks but I don’t recall any scenes where a witch meets their maker taking place in the present. Sound effects - “ grum-grum-grum-grum”.īefore I began reading I saw several comparisons made between this book and Buffy, so I expected to witness a lot more slaying. Now, after spending time in a psychiatric facility and subsequently honing her witch slaying skills, she’s returned home to Blackfield to face off with the local coven. Robin’s father was convicted of killing her mother but Robin knows the witches were responsible. Robin travels around the country in her van hunting witches. Her subscribers think what they’re watching is fake, but it’s anything but. Nosy and a popular YouTube channel called ‘MalusDomestica’. “The Red Lord will find you.” Robin has a mohawk, a cherished fifteen year old stuffed mosquito called Mr.
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