The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

 

Title: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

Author: Sangu Mandanna

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Publication Date: 23rd August 2022

Summary:

As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon has lived her life by three rules: hide your magic, keep your head down, and stay away from other witches. An orphan raised by strangers from a young age, Mika is good at being alone, and she doesn't mind it . . . mostly.

But then an unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches, and Mika jumps at the chance for a different life.

Nowhere House is nothing like she expects, and she's quickly tangled up in the lives and secrets of its quirky, caring inhabitants . . . and Jamie, the handsome, prickly librarian who would do anything to protect his charges, and who sees Mika's arrival as a threat. An irritatingly appealing threat.

As Mika finds her feet, the thought of belonging somewhere starts to feel like a real possibility. But magic isn't the only danger in the world, and soon Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect the found family she didn't know she was looking for . . .

ISBN: 978-1399709859

Review:

So I need to start by saying I absolutely loved this book! I picked it up to read a few pages before bed and ended up halfway through and hours past when I planned to sleep because I couldn't put it down. I finished it the next day and I was really disappointed that id finished because I just wanted more! 
Mika Moon is our main protagonist in this and she's just so beautifully written, a little bit quirky and unique but so utterly herself. I think we could all do with being a little bit more like Mika Moon in this life. The author has carefully crafted all the characters in this book so well that you feel like you could just bump into them on the street sometime(probably near Norfolk), there isn't one single character that didn't feel well done.

 I won't do any spoilers because you all need to give this book a read and not just take my word on it but it is the kind of book that you didn't know you needed in your life. 

It's a sweet little escape to a place a little bit more magical, and definitely a lot more irregular than normal life. Because this was a digital ARC I don't have it on my bookshelf but I will be pre-ordering it asap because its a book that I plan on making regular visits back to, and I really hope the author writes more about this madcap irregular family because I for one really want to know how life progresses for them.

Krystina xx