The Babysitters Coven by Kate M. Williams

The Babysitters Coven (The Babysitters Coven, #1)

by Kate M. Williams

Adventures in Babysitting meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this funny, action-packed novel about a coven of witchy babysitters who realize their calling to protect the innocent and save the world from an onslaught of evil.

Seventeen-year-old Esme Pearl has a babysitters club. She knows it's kinda lame, but what else is she supposed to do? Get a job? Gross. Besides, Esme likes babysitting, and she's good at it.

And lately Esme needs all the cash she can get, because it seems like destruction follows her wherever she goes. Let's just say she owes some people a new tree.

Enter Cassandra Heaven. She's Instagram-model hot, dresses like she found her clothes in a dumpster, and has a rebellious streak as gnarly as the cafeteria cooking. So why is Cassandra willing to do anything, even take on a potty-training two-year-old, to join Esme's babysitters club?

The answer lies in a mysterious note Cassandra's mother left her: "Find the babysitters. Love, Mom."

Turns out, Esme and Cassandra have more in common than they think, and they're about to discover what being a babysitter really means: a heroic lineage of superpowers, magic rituals, and saving the innocent from seriously terrifying evil. And all before the parents get home.

Reviewed by layawaydragon on

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I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Happy Sunday everybody and congrats on surviving the harvest moon Friday the 13th. Today's all about The Babysitters Coven, a YA paranormal that's Adventures in Babysitting meets Buffy. How could I resist that?!? I couldn't obviously so check out my review, and enter the giveaway below!

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IMHO: the Babysitters coven


The first half of the Babysitters Coven is all about Esme's life and its downward trajectory as mysterious things keep happening and Cassandra integrates herself inside it. It takes that long to get past the blurb & into new territory but there's always something happening so I honestly didn't notice until I wrote this review. The we get some training, a PowerPoint demonstration, and a racing against the clock show down on Halloween.

Here's the run down:

  • Cute.

  • Snarky

  • Vintage fashionistas BFFs

  • BFF is the one local black girl who's too cool for her

  • Not an angel heaven & demon hell set up

  • Doing the right thing is innate feels simplistic and naive to this jaded adult but I understand the appeal. Hopefully this will be fleshed out later, especially given the differences between Esme and Cassandra

  • Stupid boys are stupid

  • Mean cheerleaders

  • Small town football

  • Unexpected ending.

  • Old spellbooks

  • Hot older brother love interest

  • Single dad

  • Horror movie fans


If there's any negative, it's that I would've gone with different explanations for pop culture "coincidences". But there's a lot more going on here obviously and that opinion of mine might change with the next installments

The Babysitters Coven is a fun romping adventure perfect for fans of YA paranormal like Undead Girl Gang and A Blade So Black with content recommendable to the younger end of the YA readership.

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