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A Sweet Take on Witches

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

January 6, 2023 by Elizabeth 1 Comment

I listened to this book by Sangu Mandanna as an audiobook, read by Samara MacLaren.  It was a sweet, easy read that made my commute fly by.  In The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, it is set out early on (so not a spoiler) that all witches are orphans due to a bungled curse centuries ago.  Whenever a witch is born, she is almost immediately orphaned leaving her to be raised by others.  Our protagonist is Mika, born and orphaned in India then brought […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Sangu Mandanna

Elizabeth's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Sangu Mandanna ·
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Give me all the cozy fantasy you have.

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

December 31, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Such a cozy, heartwarming read. I’m so glad I read this, and that I saved it for my Christmas read (even though I barely got any reading done at all on Christmas Eve or Day, because I somehow always forget that my mother does not read and needs to be entertained—anyway we spent all day doing a 1,000 piece Christmas puzzle and then watched Glass Onion, and it was all very good but I wish I could have read more of this book). If you […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, British, cozy fantasy, fantasy romance, m/f, narfna, Romance, Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, witches

narfna's CBR14 Review No:258 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, British, cozy fantasy, fantasy romance, m/f, narfna, Romance, Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, witches ·
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Read too early and posted too late for Halloween

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

November 2, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

This book is The House in the Cerulean Sea except with a het witch instead of a gay orphanage accountant(?). The beats are very similar, from what I remember, but it doesn’t make it any less enjoyable. The adorquirkably named Mika Moon is our protagonist, a half(?)-Indian witch who lost her parents at an early age and was raised by another witch, who serves as the de facto matriarch to a coven of British witches (and, as such, outsourced her upbringing to a series of nannies who […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: Sangu Mandanna

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:131 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: Sangu Mandanna ·
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Very Secret Society

“You deserve more than what you’re allowing yourself to have.”

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

September 4, 2022 by llamareadsbooks 2 Comments

CBR14Bingo – Cozy: It’s just so adorable and comfy and chockfull of found family feels and tea! I’ve read several of this author’s YA releases, so when I heard she was coming out with an adult romance – and then saw THAT COVER – I was desperate to read it. Add in a slow burn grumpy/sunshine romance? Pure comfort. It’s the book equivalent of sitting by a crackling fire with a hot drink on a rainy day, all warm and cozy under a blanket with […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr14bingo, cozy, paranormal, Romance, Sangu Mandanna, witches

llamareadsbooks's CBR14 Review No:71 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr14bingo, cozy, paranormal, Romance, Sangu Mandanna, witches ·
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