The Turquoise Reading Room

📖 The Secret Society of Irregular Witches 📖 by Sangu Mandanna

I actually listened to this book back in October when I wanted a witchy novel for Halloween 🎃 In my brain, I was going to get a copy from the library to take a pic for the Gram, but it was on hold for months! So here we are now, in February getting around to posting about it 🤦‍♀️

The SSoIW (like that acronymn 😁) is a cute little story about a twenty-something witch named Mika Moon. Mika runs an internet channel where she pretends to concoct charming witchy brews and potions for her viewers, all the while operating as an actual witch in real life. Bound to a life of solitude by The Secret Society of Irregular Witches, Mika yearns for companionship and belonging. One day she receives a mysterious summons for a potential job opportunity in a distant coastal community. What she finds there is forbidden but everything she has hoped for.

This story was heart warming and a little surprising! There was a decent amount of profanity that I was not expecting given its cute cover 😯 In addition there was a spicy scene that felt sort of misplaced. The book has the cozy vibes I was wanting but some elements of the story felt forced and disconnected. In the end, it wasn't totally what I expected, but was alright.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶🌶🌶
Language: 🤬🤬🤬