Review: “The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches” by Sangu Mandanna
✨ This is almost a middle grade novel except for 1 major caveat that pushes it squarely into YA land. It so happens that the caveat is my only teeny tiny gripe with this otherwise utterly charming novel.The caveat is a singularly clumsy spicy scene that crops up toward the end of the novel. IMO it could have been omitted. Its sudden (and oddly detailed) appearance is jarring given the Disney-like quality of the rest of the novel.
✨ TVSSIW is mostly a warm, wholesome novel about love, found family, and belonging. There’s humorous banter and a predictable enemies to lovers romance. There’s relationship between Mika and the young girls takes centerstage. I loved the residents of Nowhere House, but Jamie is a real drag so I found the Mika-Jamie angle to be boring. I would’ve liked to see more of the Primrose-Mika relationship.
✨ The companion novel to TVSSIW doesn’t seem to require reading this one beforehand.
✨If you enjoyed TVSSIW, these novels touch on many of the same themes.
“The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers” by Samuel Burr
“The House in the Cerulean Sea” by TJ Klune
“The Witches of Moonshyne Manor” by Bianca Marais
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