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Title: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Author: Sangu Mandanna
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Feel Good, LGBTQ, Spicy
Audience: Adult
Format: E-book
My Review:
I was in the mood for something sort of cozy or feel-goodish, kind of like The House in the Cerulean Sea or Legends & Lattes. I searched around and found this book recommended several times. Wherever I found it, they were right! I mean, it isn’t great Literature and in all honesty, I’ll probably forget a lot of details pretty quickly, but it was just the right book at just the right time. 4.5 Stars.
How can you not love a character named Mika Moon? And the found family that surrounds her new young charges is absolutely delightful. Quirky, caring, funny, interfering, determined, mischievous… I could go on but I won’t. I love stories of found families and what a family this one is.
There’s romance because of course there is and it got spicier than I expected. It’s just one scene but it was sort of like finding a hot pepper in my cotton candy. I don’t think the story needed it but it’s easy enough for me to overlook. Still, this is definitely a book for adults. I liked that the romance took some time to build and felt pretty natural and unforced.
If you’re looking for a cute, cozy romantasy to read as you’re curled up under a blanket with a mug of tea, this is the book for you.
My Synopsis:
Mika Moon has been alone and neglected since childhood because that’s the way witches stay safe, even in the modern era. She moves every year or two and doesn’t really make friends. She meets with a group of witches a few times a year, mostly to be reminded by their leader, Primrose, that the first rule of Witch Club is: you do not talk about Witch Club (Terrible paraphrasing is all mine).
But Mika is lonely. She loves people. So she decides that it can’t hurt to make witchy social media videos. No one will believe they’re real in this AI/Photoshop world, right? But someone does notice they’re real and reaches out with an enticing job. Would Mika be interested in tutoring not one, not two, but three young witches? And more importantly to Mika–can she keep Primrose from finding out what she’s up to?
Similar Books:
If you liked The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, you might also like my reviews of
- Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1) by Travis Baldree
- Truly, Madly (Lucy Valentine #1) by Heather Webber
- Geekerella (Once Upon a Con #1) by Ashley Poston
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1 Comment
Oh yes, this sounds like a lovely book. I, too, like found families in stories. I would have thought, on first glance, that this was a kids’ book—glad you set me straight.