

I cannot say I’d read this again but I do recommend it to readers who like slow tales about found family and magic.

I gave this book 3 out of 5 simply because I felt that the author did a good job, and a middle-rating was fair because the issues I had were more about me and my personal preferences, and not about the author’s talents. Seriously, it was so slow I had to listen to it at 1.7x speed just for it to sound normal and interesting. I don’t know what the publishers were thinking, but they took a 5 hour book, slowed it to an unbearable speed, just to make it 7 hours long. I listened to this on audiobook, narrated by Samara MacLaren. I can see why a lot of readers rate it so highly though, Sangu Mandanna has a great concept and excellent writing skills. It was too slow, and too boring, and too domestic. I will say that the book is well written, but it was simply not my cup of tea. I really looked forward to reading this one, but it fell totally flat for me.

She moves into a big house, falls into the middle of many secrets, and finds the family she always wished she had. However, one witch named Mika Moon pushes those rules when she takes a job teaching three witch children. Magic and witches are kept secret to stay safe, living apart from each other so they don’t draw attention to themselves.
