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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

45 reviews

littlecake's review

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book felt like a hug or a cozy evening drinking coffee by the fireplace. It has a heartwarming story, adorable characters and the magic makes everything better.

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book is easily a 5 stars to me. Super cosy, I loved all the characters, and lot of messages about life. Not a grand novel that will change the world but a sweet, cosy love story about found family.

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annakh16's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

If you ever wished that Anathema Device aka the witch from Good Omens had more book/screen time - I think this book is for you.

There’s an all-round lovable cast, found family (my favourite trope), and a cute little romance. I thought the couple matched really well, though I could’ve done without

the smut scene

- too much of a tonal shift in my opinion. There are also a few “plot conveniences“ and the end was somewhat bizarre, but neither bothered me too much. This book was comforting, cosy, and overall just a good time.

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A cosy little fantasy with the cutest found family.
Not much action here; no plot but nice vibes

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evueimeimei's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I would have liked the plot to have gone a bit deeper into the story of the witches.

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embersbooknook's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was an absolute cozy dream read. It has everything you could want - witches, ✨magic✨ vibes that are immaculate, found family, diverse characters, characters dealing with their childhood trauma, and a lovely wrap up in the end. It’s also very romantic😍 I …am obsessed. I will definitely return to this as a cozy autumn read often.

Sangu’s writing was absolutely wonderful - very easy to read, with an excellent ebb and flow to the story that never left more bored and always left me eagerly reading more. Ian’s character won my heart instantly, as did Ken’s and their beautiful love story🥹
All the characters felt believable, and three dimensional - and don’t even get me started on Jamie and Mika…they are perfect and I love them so much. Rosetta, Terracotta, and Altamira were just so well written - their personalities, dreams, quirks, quarrels- I just wanted to scoop them all into a hug and go on adventures with them🥹
Also I really fucking want some of Mika’s tea!!!🫖

Cannot recommend this book enough! A completely charming read.

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Alrightie, before going forward with the actual review of the book, I'd like to actively make two disclaimers: I have this book through the spawn of weeks and definitely not in the most brilliant of ways, alongside this, I have come to the conclusion that I am unable to fully enjoy cozy fantasies as it is not my thing.

With this being said, I can't deny that to me the major flaws of this book was that at time the book felt dragged along and plot incosequential, gaining acceleration only when the the thing passed the halfway mark and even there I'd like to state that I think that this book could have been plotted better. Alongside this, as always in the world where everybody is good and nice, I felt distrustful at traits of many characters and I felt a once too bonary air around it. Generally I don't think it's a problem of the book as much as my own preference. I also caught ontly a few plot twists.

Otherwise, I'd say it's a lovely and cute found family book (definitely heavy on that trope if it's your thing) and I am not going to lie but I did resonate often with the main characters and her ragtag family although at times they didn't feel relatable. Either way it's a very cute book if you ever been a breather from reality.

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