A review by spacestarberry
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.25

A wonderfully cozy book, the prose is light and funny, and the characters are a very loveable cast. A tale of finding your own belonging and family in the face of loneliness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Child abuse, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Death, Body horror, and Death of parent

Minor: Xenophobia and Racism

-Most of the content warnings listed about abuse have to do with Jamie's past, where there is a non-graphic but still potentially triggering dicussion during a car ride to visit his mother about -The main character's adoptive mother, as well as the adoptive mother of the 3 children in the cast, are described as being very absent in their lives. -Very early on, the worldbuilding describes that witches are typically orphans. -a late reveal in the book reveals a character is , and that