Reviews - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

Sangu Mandanna

4.15 AVERAGE

a_birb's review against another edition

4.5

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

sjgodd's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

lunalola730's review against another edition

5.0

So cozy

alicetosi's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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: No

amartin2085's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny 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: Complicated

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is a great cozy, fall fantasy that follows Mika Moon, a solitary witch who has had to hide her magic and stay away from other witches (except for every 3rd Thursday of every 3rd month.) For the most part, she follows these rules, except for the "fake" witchy videos she posts online. But who is going to find out that she's an actual witch?

A message soon arrives asking her to help teach 3 young witches at Nowhere House, a home that has quite the quirky family and a big secret that they want to keep buried. Mika's temporary job turns into her finding her place in the world, finding her found family, and getting into an unexpected relationship with the grumpy librarian.

This book is great if you're in the mood for witchy, cozy vibes. The writing is great, the characters are all loveable (Ian is a hoot!) and the ending is beautifully tied up. Mika and Jamie's relationship is a very slow burn that really doesn't take off until about 60% of the way in, so keep that in mind if you don't like slow burns.

The only reason this was a 4.5⭐️ read for me instead of a 5⭐️ was because I found the story slowed down around the 25% mark, and I was having to force myself to keep pushing through a couple chapters, but that could have just been because I've been reading multiple books at once😅 but the story did pick back up and I ended up finishing the last 250ish pages in one night.

Overall, this is a great book to add your fall TBR🍂🍁

purplelalaland's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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: No

I love that the FMC is from India and that she gets to exist beyond this identity (i.e., I believe her past was reference in one sentence and spoken of no further). The cozy story was really heartwarming and Mandanna really loves to drop one-liners that transcend the story and have applicability in our very own lives.

My only gripe with this story is that the FMC and MMCs were described as a grumpy x sunshine relationship, and while I saw the MMC's grump, I had a hard time believing the FMC's sunshine.