The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: the heartwarming and uplifting magical romance

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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: the heartwarming and uplifting magical romance

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: the heartwarming and uplifting magical romance

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Berkley Publishing Group and Sangu Mandanna provided a complimentary digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley. This is my honest review. Opinions are mine alone and are not biased in any way. Publication date is currently set for August 23, 2022. This review was originally posted at Mystery and Suspense Magazine. I am seriously losing my mind over the cuteness of this book. It was the most wholesome read so far. I felt pure joy, I laughed, I met some very unusual, delightful characters, aaaaand I cried a little too. All in all, this was a reading goal success. There wasn't much in the way of conflict for more than half of the book, (so don't expect an intensely engaging story) not counting grumpy and sunshine getting to know each other (you know how that is 🤗🤗), which left a lot of room for really funny, happy moments and bonding that may or may not have cured my depression a little. The use of the found family trope was excellent. It was a very pure story. Also, the writing style reminded me of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett a little bit, with its tasteful humour, quirky characters, and delightfully ridiculous situations. I don't know if this is intended to be as a standalone, but I demand another book. I don't care. I want it. As Mika begins to find her place at Nowhere House, the thought of belonging somewhere begins to feel like a real possibility. But magic isn’t the only danger in the world, and Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect a found family she didn’t know she was looking for… The owner of the Nowhere House is archeologist Lilian Nowhere who is busy, buried her head in her secret projects, adopted those girls but she doesn’t have time to take care of them or teach them how they control their powers. Yes, Lillian is a witch just like the girls! i loved our main character, i loved how she had a youtube channel where she pretended to be a witch in an enchanted tea shop (what a cute concept, my god). i loved the children in this book, their found family and the love they gave each other, and even the discussion of community and how that can heal a lot of things if we want to be seen. and i loved and appreciated the talks of trauma and abandonment and loneliness and how you can experience these things in your childhood and carry them through adulthood to shape the person you are. but the romance, the “accidental” dirty talk, the love interest himself…. i really disliked it all. (and i am truly so sad about it.)

As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she’s used to being alone and she follows the rules…with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos “pretending” to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously. In a nutshell, she accepts the job and we join her as she slowly wins over the others who live at Nowhere House including all 3 little girl witches. Her job is to teach the girls how to contain and use their magic and also how to “reign it in” when they don’t want to be discovered as witches. A magical tale about finding yourself and making a found family that will leave the reader enchanted. I found the romance excruciatingly slow, which for me is pretty much ideal because I'm an uncurable masochist. I want to be tortured with lingering looks, longing, 'innocent' hand holding, and sweet, 'friendly' words until eventually, after more than half a book later they finally give me what I want, (which is more or less what happens here). In fact, the longer they take to get together the better. Yes, I have a problem. I will NOT do anything about it except read more exruciatingly slow-burn romances. Call me crazy, I don't care. I also definitely have a weak spot for the grumpy x sunshine trope. I can't help it. It's delightful every time. Just the idea of an insanely energetic, extroverted person teaming up with a broody, antisocial introvert brings me an innumerable amount of joy. Mika finds this situation very dangerous because she’s thought that witches should stay separated because their accumulated powers can be dangerous and if Primrose finds out this situation she does anything in power to separate those girls.I really liked this book! This was such a fun and heartwarming love story about belonging, learning that you do deserve love, finding your home and family. This book follows Mika, a witch and an orphan, who has been alone for most of her life and knows that she has to hide her magic. Then Mika receives a message on her online account asking her to teach three young witches to control their magic. Mika decides to go to Nowhere House to help the witches and meets the other residents of the house, a gardener, a retired actor and a caretaker, and Jamie, a grumpy librarian. Eventually Mika must decide whether the family she found is worth risking her magic for. So this is your normal story about affection - between a girl and a boy, between two inseparable old men, between three sisters from different places in the world, between people who found their home in the middle of Norfolk -, and how it can survive even the most bigoted of the men with the right amount of attention and trust. A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family—and a new love—changes the course of her life.

Overall: very eccentric, huggable, vivid characters, heartwarming chapters, romance, magic, secrets, entertaining schemes: I’m sold! This is so amazing! I hope I can read more secret society books in near future! Mandanna crafts a cast of winningly quirky characters, each with their own part to play in Mika’s path to belonging… This charming romantic fantasy is a gem.” — Publishers Weekly(starred review) The story is written in third person following Mika's POV, but there were also some parts that followed Jamie, the librarian. Note: It does have a lot of cuss words. If you don’t like seeing the F word thrown around casually and regularly, this won’t work for you.

A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family--and a new love--changes the course of her life. The Mika-Jamie link is quite guessable. (Not complaining – the book is a Fantasy-Romance after all.) But what I loved was how naturally it developed. There’s no insta-lust but a friendship turning into attraction turning into something greater. Romances are always so much better when written in slow-burn style. Also, I hate it when there’s steam for the sake of it. This one has those scenes when they make sense in the narrative flow. As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don't mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she's used to being alone and she follows the rules...with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos pretending to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously. I am actually glad books like this exist, because they do give that Halloween vibe to readers who aren't into horrors and gory. I couldn’t get past his petulant manchild attitude. Throughout a good chunk of the book Jamie is both enraged by the fact that Mika has never felt any sense of belonging to a place ever, yet simultaneously constantly questions her capabilities, distrusts her, and pushes against her doing anything with the children. Even more frustrating is Mika’s hyper kind and goofy attitude about it. She waves off his nasty remarks without offence, because after all, he’s just worried for the children!

Engrossing worldbuilding, appealing characters, and a sense of humor make this a winning entry in the Sanderson canon. And Mika sums up this feeling pretty well, not only with her inner monologue but also in how cautious she is in opening herself to other people and to love. Especially the latter.

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And the fun actually begins. Do you want to know what will happen? Just grab a copy and enjoy your full ride! This gorgeously cozy romantic fantasy sparkles with real magic, love, and joy. A perfect comfort read.”— Stephanie Burgis, Author of Scales and Sensibilityand Snowspelled But she already empathizes with them and the Nowhere House members including hostile Jamie can be her family she’s never had in her life. So she accepts to give it a try. I already mentioned ball of fire, sarcastic, energetic, vivid Ian, who is Ken’s husband, living in a cottage next to Nowhere house.

When she receives an anonymous message summoning her to a remote place called “Nowhere House” to teach magic to three young witches, she feels uncertain but goes there anyway. What follows is a cute, funny and sometimes dangerous adventure with Mika, her three young wards and their three not-so-young caretakers. Oh, and there’s Jamie too, who hates strangers. How will Mika adjust from being a loner to this sudden flurry of people in her life? Will she finally be able to settle in a place and call it home?Although The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is not a spooky book, it is still perfect to read for Halloween, as it's protagonists are witches (and with witches comes magic). Ken, bald, Japanese, a man who is kind and nice at the same time, in his 70’s, creating magic in garden.



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