I read this book because it was selected for my book club. With books like that, it can be a crapshoot but luckily I ended up really enjoying this book! It combined a plethora of things (teen girls, witchcraft, field hockey, and the 80s) into such an enjoyable read.

If, like me, you have never had any interest in field hockey, don't let the fact that the main characters are all on their high school field hockey team. My only previous exposure to field hockey was watching Jodie Foster in Freaky Friday, and I was able to follow along with everything in this book without a problem. The actual sport itself is less important than the team and the characters.

The author set the story during her senior year of high school, which means that all of the 80s details were perfect. Because the 80s have become a popular setting for recent movies and tv shows, there have been a lot that got it wrong due to the costume and prop people dumping everything from the entire decade together. The author's 80s references were all accurate because she lived during that time, so it was nice not to be distracted by anachronisms.

There is a list of all the team members at the beginning of the book, which I found very helpful for the first few chapters because there were so many different girls. But thanks to how specific and different each character was, I was able to tell them apart pretty quickly.

Aside from all of these things, the book itself was fun to read. One of the ways I judge a book is whether I wanted to know what would happen next while I was reading it. From that perspective, I definitely enjoyed this book. All of the things I praised above just made the experience even better!