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A review by howlinglibraries
Batcat by Meggie Ramm
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Oh my gosh, this was SO CUTE! I love bats and cats (they're 2 of my 3 favorite animals!), so a critter that's 50% bat, 50% cat was guaranteed to be right up my alley, but I wasn't expecting to LOVE this storyline so much. 💖
Batcat is an introverted, grouchy little thing who just wants to spend all of their time gaming and snacking, but that gets interrupted when a friendly ghost shows up and starts intruding on their "me time". Batcat decides to enlist the help of the local witch to make a spell to get rid of the ghost, but it sends them on a journey of finding not only 3 mystical items, but also finding out a lot about who they are as the one and only Batcat!
I loved the moral here—that nobody is limited to being just one thing and we should always be ourselves—and of course I was all warm and fuzzy over the sweet friendship that began to bloom in the end of the story. I'm so glad this is intended to be a series because I need more, and I've even pre-ordered a finished copy for my kid because I know he'll love this, too!
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy! All thoughts are honest and my own.
✨ Representation: Batcat uses they/them pronouns (the author is nonbinary so I'm assuming this is intended as a very casual way of pointing out that being "more than one thing" is okay when it comes to genders, too!)
✨ Content warnings for: cutesy depictions of ghosts, skeletons, spooky caves, and graveyards
Batcat is an introverted, grouchy little thing who just wants to spend all of their time gaming and snacking, but that gets interrupted when a friendly ghost shows up and starts intruding on their "me time". Batcat decides to enlist the help of the local witch to make a spell to get rid of the ghost, but it sends them on a journey of finding not only 3 mystical items, but also finding out a lot about who they are as the one and only Batcat!
I loved the moral here—that nobody is limited to being just one thing and we should always be ourselves—and of course I was all warm and fuzzy over the sweet friendship that began to bloom in the end of the story. I'm so glad this is intended to be a series because I need more, and I've even pre-ordered a finished copy for my kid because I know he'll love this, too!
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy! All thoughts are honest and my own.
✨ Representation: Batcat uses they/them pronouns (the author is nonbinary so I'm assuming this is intended as a very casual way of pointing out that being "more than one thing" is okay when it comes to genders, too!)
✨ Content warnings for: cutesy depictions of ghosts, skeletons, spooky caves, and graveyards