Rating: 4/5
I never expected to enjoy an Archie comic quite as much as I did Sabrina. If you're like me and the only experience you've had with the character is the ABC TV series, you can still get quite a bit out of this book. There are some familiar characters and it expands on Sabrina's story in a unique way.
The premise for this book is that witches like the ones that were persecuted in early America are real and worship Satan. In fact, this is tied into the history of the characters, which made the book stronger to me. There are little things the creators included that tie back to this fact as well. It's not going to change the story if you miss them though.
Anyway, Sabrina's mother and father are out of the picture so she resides with her aunts. Given the nature of the relationship between Sabrina's parents, they decide to move to another area and join a different coven. They prepare her to become a bride of Satan on her 16th birthday. Of course things don't go as smoothly as expected.
As much as I enjoyed the story, I felt conflicted on the art. It fit the time period wonderfully. Sometimes the character faces seemed off and that was a little jarring. The coloring is done well, but towards the end of the book it gets a little sloppy. This may have been intentional to match what is going on. It just didn't work for me. The book is worth checking out to read something different.
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