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This cosy fantasy/romance book follows the story of a witch, Mika. Every third month, she meets up with other witches in a sorta book club type scenario. They can't meet up anymore than that as it is considered to be too dangerous. Their identities must remain hidden. Mika, needing an outlet to express herself, makes silly social media videos 'pretending' to be a real witch. One day, she receives a mysterious job offer from a man named Ian. He states that he requires her to travel to Nowhere House, situated in a remote location, to teach witchcraft to three young girls. This simple wasn't allowed, but that doesn't stop Mika from going anyway.
After the emotional trauma Jade Legacy left me with, I was in need of something light-hearted and cosy. Low and behold, that's exactly what this turned out to be, so I'm satisfied. Also, it was a pleasant way to start autumn off.
I actually quite liked the lore of these witches. The fact that Mika just had a massive cauldron in her bedroom, brewing potions, was pretty damn cool. Nothing was overly explained, and there was always just enough mystery in the magic to maintain the whimsical vibes.
Speaking of whimsy, these characters were rather adorable. Ian made me smile multiple times, and his relationship with Ken is dead sweat. I enjoyed Mika as a main character, too. I liked how she already had a lot of spells in her arsenal and, instead of learning more, was teaching the younger witches.
This book also has a very British feel to it, which I found incredibly comforting and nostalgic. It's all very cute and charming! But then...
Everything changed when the romance attacked.
The love interest - Jamie - sucked. Other than him constantly being called attractive and knowing that Mika was a witch, I don't know what he had going for him. He's the classic stern and serious type, who finally cracks a smile, so "it must be love." Also, he's always about the girls this, the girls that. What's best for the girls? But then .... he's more than happy to leave them for all of Christmas day so he can, let's say - "persue his own interests". Hmmmm whats that all about?
A lot of the plot points were very predictable but I kind of enjoyed that. Like I said, I just wanted something easy and light as a nice pallete cleanser and mission completed!
🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑- 3 stars
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