Eventually, I realized that while there is some drama to be found here, it is relatively gentle in nature and this is simply a heartwarming book of friendship and acceptance. While I realize the whimsical cover does nothing to suggest that any of this was going to happen, (Mika in cheery yellow dress on broom, friendly house, lots of flowers, bookish love interest walking below with stack of books in hand), too many titles with a dependence on dystopian destruction, (or blood thirsty vampires), has hardwired my brain to assume the worst. As British witch Mika Moon took on the job of educating a trio of young witches who were cared for by an eclectic group of non-witch adults, I was sure one of the children was going to experience grievous harm, one of the adults was going to turn out to be a power-mad monster with murderous intent, or the UK political apparatus was going to find out that witches exist and pass laws that sent Mika and her friends to prison. Something bad, I was certain, had to happen. Cover by Lisa Perrin.įor much of the time I was reading Sangu Mandanna’s The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, I was waiting for the other literary shoe to drop. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, Sangu Mandanna (Berkley 978-5-7, $17.00, tp, 316 pp) November 2022.
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