The Witch Boy

"Enjoyable and entertaining! ❤️🏳️‍🌈"

"I was expecting the book to have a transgender character since it as advertises as a LGBT book. Aster is not transgender. The reason that it is labeled as LGBT is because it is supposed to relate to transgender kids. Magic is used as a metaphor for the experience of being transgender. <br/><br/>Girls are supposed practice witch magic. The boys are supposed practice shapeshifting and fighting monsters. At a certain age a spirit comes to you and if they see you worthy then they teach you to shapeshift to a certain animal. For Aster it has been a few years and Aster still wasn’t able to Shapeshift but he was good with witch magic. The only problem is that it is frowned upon in his family. Each gender is supposed to stick to a certain kind of magic. His uncle is pretty much told like a ghost story. He practice magic and the only shape he could shift into was a monster. So all of Aster’s spells he found out by eavesdropping. <br/><br/>For me it felt more like a story of don’t put kids into boxes based on your gender. It is a story about going against what people say and embrace who you are. <br/><br/>The characters were ok. They mostly just fulfilled their purpose in the story and that was it. Nothing interesting."

"A tale of being yourself while trying to conform to your family's magic."

"I loved it I loved it I loved it—growing up with issues with gender roles, this is a lovely story"

"An adorable story, one of my favourite graphic novel series. All of the books are phenomenal. "

"It’s a really good book by an amazing author I 100% recommend"

"⭐️4.5⭐️ My brother was reading it for his English class and I was curious about it so I borrowed it and honestly I didn’t wanna put it down. It was such a good read and the art was gorgeous! I definitely would reread it again and I have totally committed to reading the sequels. Many of the characters were so lovable and the diversity was wonderful, I also really enjoyed the ending. The message of being different and struggling with acceptance was beautifully written and evident in how the main characters eventually learns to be who he is, who he is meant to which is what makes him happy and actually helps fix things in the end. Stop trying to be someone you aren’t, honestly so relatable. Okay, I might just buy a copy of this because I loved it so yeah I’ll end my review here. Would I recommend this book to others? Heck yeah ❤️"

"I love this book so much."

"The best book, from the pictures to the characters' history"

"Beautifully drawn and utterly whimsical! I wanted to live in this world so badly."