The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

If I'm like, really really honest with myself (and the rest of the internet), the three little girls in this book (ages 7-10) are totally what I thought having kids would be like. Actually most of the stories I've read about orphaned little girls are what I thought parenting would be like. Turns out not at all, silly Past Allie.

This was cute and SO cozy, the little girls are witches and need to learn to control their magic (enter Mika, an unmoored witch that answers the Craigslist ad, basically), there's wonderful found family, a little light romance and some attempted matchmaking, a safe place for people of color and queer relationships. I saw the ending coming from a mile away, but I did NOT expect the twist near the end.

TW: apparently every witch gets orphaned? So all the parents are dead. None of the deaths are on-page.