The Coven

As a fan of this author’s other series, I came into The Coven with high expectations. However, I’m finding myself ending the journey here. Body positivity is important, but the approach in this book didn’t resonate with me. There’s a line between promoting self-love and veering into territory that feels like overexplanation or objectification, which unfortunately, this book crossed for me.

In a moment meant to celebrate the character’s self-confidence, the focus becomes strangely fixated on weight in a way that doesn’t feel empowering but rather uncomfortable and unneeded. Describing an entire scene around whether someone can physically carry her seemed counterproductive to authentic body positivity.

I wanted to love this series, but this paragraph and others like it have pushed me to stop reading. It’s not what I’m looking for in terms of representation or storytelling. I’ll stick to the author’s other works but will be moving on from The Coven.