Nancy Drew's diversity and unquenchably horny main character makes a reboot like no other

Slate

"Nancy Drew has all of the supernatural action of the CW’s The Vampire Diaries without the heavily laden soap opera qualities (at least yet)," says Nadira Goffe. "It most certainly nails the darker-toned-twist-on-childhood-IP trend without the truly chaotic plots of Riverdale, although it does dip an occasional toe into the unhinged; in one plotline, George is possessed by the ghost of a 19th century French heiress, who uses her control of George’s body to have an affair with Bess. The show is sexy, not only because everyone is as hot as you would imagine—the CW will never let that trend go—but also because there’s, well, sex and sex positivity. There’s even a hilariously corny, yet still earnest, episode where a lust spell makes Nancy unquenchably horny. The CW’s Nancy Drew turns a series aimed at bookish white girls into a fun, diverse, and sexy story landscape that doesn’t shy away from dealing with real-world harm. And it’s great not because of its source material, but because it’s a lot of things its source is not. Nancy Drew may endure, but Nancy Drew hasn’t always been for everyone, at least until now."