The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

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Thank you to Edelweiss+ and Berkley Books for providing an ARC copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is an absolute delight of a book. If you've read and enjoyed The House in the Cerulean Sea and desperately wanted more books that have the same sort of feel, well, look no further. This is the exact same sort of book, and I'm so glad that I read it. This is found family to a T, and well, you need to read it immediately. Especially if you're looking for a cozy hug in a book.

That's not to say there weren't parts that I disliked. I desperately wished we had gotten to see more of the main character, Mika, and the love interest, Jamie, together. They do spend time alone, but it's not very often in the book, and glazed over rather frequently. Mika and Jamie are absolutely sunshine and grump, though, so if you love that pairing, you'll like this book. There are no real steamy scenes, however. The sex is the fade to black sort, with minimal descriptions of anything. Mika is extremely sex positive throughout the whole book, so this sort of threw me for a loop. I was expecting at least one high-steam scene, and ultimately, I was left disappointed.

BUT, the rest of the book's absolute adorableness made up for it. The three child-witches were amazingly well done, though one of the kids was sort of...glossed over and didn't have a real personality, unfortunately. Again, this didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book. The other adults at Nowhere House were also, just fantastic characters. Ian, in particular, was a favorite. I do also want to mention that Mika is an absolute ball of sunshine, and I loved her to pieces. I love when main characters are just bubbly and lovely.

This is a standalone novel where everything gets wrapped up beautifully at the end. I think this is going to be a perfect book to break people out of reading slumps. I can't recommend this one enough.