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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
349 reviews
amandab0514's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content
Minor: Racism
tinysierra's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is fun, cozy, magical.
The cast of characters is charming and diverse in ages, sexuality, ethnicity.
I feel like nothing can really compare to Practical Magic, but if you like Practical Magic, you might like this book.
There are fall vibes for sure but it felt like it leaned more into winter to me.
Sunshine x grump
Found family
The cast of characters is charming and diverse in ages, sexuality, ethnicity.
I feel like nothing can really compare to Practical Magic, but if you like Practical Magic, you might like this book.
There are fall vibes for sure but it felt like it leaned more into winter to me.
Sunshine x grump
Found family
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol
stormeno's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Abandonment
Minor: Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Death of parent
r_clark's review against another edition
adventurous
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content and Abandonment
sophiesometimesreads's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
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
💖🥰🥹😍❤️💕😘🥺✨
Loved this! It was such a cozy, heartwarming read. It was the perfect balance of romance with a dash of fantasy, with the fantasy elements properly explained and fleshed out (which is often the issue I have with romantasy, though I'm not certain you can classify this as romantasy?) and the found family element was wonderful. Will definitely be reading more by this author and rereading this book at some point.
Loved this! It was such a cozy, heartwarming read. It was the perfect balance of romance with a dash of fantasy, with the fantasy elements properly explained and fleshed out (which is often the issue I have with romantasy, though I'm not certain you can classify this as romantasy?) and the found family element was wonderful. Will definitely be reading more by this author and rereading this book at some point.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Physical abuse and Racism
sharkfan's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Gaslighting
mitzee's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
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? It's complicated
5.0
A really lovely, cozy read about witches, found family, and a “coming of age” later in life. Relatively low stakes but still interesting and engaging.
Why are grumpy Irish men always so attractive? I guess they just are.
Summary of the story for my own records
Mika is a witch who is hired to teach some little kid witches how to control their magic. the kids live with the household help (housekeeper, gardener and his husband, and a librarian- an adopted person)and they are basically a big found family. The kids are all different races because apparently witches are cursed to become orphans at birth.
She ends up falling in love with the whole family and they love her back. Then she learns they have been lying to her the whole time: the witch who they worked for was not actually traveling but had died and the adults buried her in the back yard. But they did that because they knew what was in her will and didn’t want to have to give up the kids.
The reveal is that Mika’s caretaker (like her mom or parent, but didn’t actually raise her) was actually the twin sister of the witch who had died - I basically guessed that. Primrose (Mika’s caretaker) pretended to be her sister (Lily) and fired the lawyer who had been poking around and threatened to come to the house (which meant he’d have to execute Lily’s will if he thought she was dead)
Everyone was happy in the end.
Why are grumpy Irish men always so attractive? I guess they just are.
Summary of the story for my own records
Mika is a witch who is hired to teach some little kid witches how to control their magic. the kids live with the household help (housekeeper, gardener and his husband, and a librarian- an adopted person)and they are basically a big found family. The kids are all different races because apparently witches are cursed to become orphans at birth.
She ends up falling in love with the whole family and they love her back. Then she learns they have been lying to her the whole time: the witch who they worked for was not actually traveling but had died and the adults buried her in the back yard. But they did that because they knew what was in her will and didn’t want to have to give up the kids.
The reveal is that Mika’s caretaker (like her mom or parent, but didn’t actually raise her) was actually the twin sister of the witch who had died - I basically guessed that. Primrose (Mika’s caretaker) pretended to be her sister (Lily) and fired the lawyer who had been poking around and threatened to come to the house (which meant he’d have to execute Lily’s will if he thought she was dead)
Everyone was happy in the end.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Minor: Death
rustbeltcoastie's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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? It's complicated
5.0
This was the sweetest, most wholesome cozy read. I absolutely loved it and might read it every fall. The characters are all lovely and well-developed and the writing is spectacular.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Racism, Xenophobia, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail
matmatmatty's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent
Minor: Racism and Xenophobia
bridget_magpie's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
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? 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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Cancer and Death of parent