
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
IBSN: 9781399709859
Published by Hachette Australia on 22 November 2022
Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Adult
Pages: 318
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.
But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and…Jamie. The handsome and prickly librarian of Nowhere House would do anything to protect the children, and as far as he’s concerned, a stranger like Mika is a threat. An irritatingly appealing threat.
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 when a threat comes knocking at their door, Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect a found family she didn’t know she was looking for….
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My thoughts on The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
I have fallen into the rabbit hole the cosy sub-genre of fantasy and romance. When I was reading it reminded me of The House in the Cerulean Sea as it has found family and witchy goodness as well as romance.
The characters were loveable, colourful, charming and so distinct that I couldn’t put the book down. It was the perfect cosy grumpy/sunshine pairing in Mika and Jamie and you could see throughout the book how Mika won the household over.
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches definitely nailed the found family trope that I can see myself rereading the book over and over again, especially in the lead up to Halloween.









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