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To hide her magic, Mika Moon knows she has to keep her head down and stay away from the other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw unwanted attention. As an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she’s used to being alone and following the rules. Well … mostly following the rules. Her one exception: an online account, where she posts videos pretending to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously. Then someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic.
It’s irresponsible. It breaks all the rules. Mika goes anyway. Immediately, she finds herself tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and the house’s prickly (and handsome) librarian … Jamie.
The longer Mika stays at Nowhere House, the more belonging somewhere begins to feel like a real possibility. However, controlling magic and keeping it a secret from the rest of the world isn’t the only danger they face. A threat has come knocking at Nowhere House, and Mika must decide how much she’s willing to risk to protect the found family she didn’t realize she was looking for.
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is the perfect feel-good story to cozy up with on an autumn day. It’s all about friendship and finding the people who will love you for who you really are, and it really nails the found family trope with a cast of lovably yet quirky characters.
Overall, it’s extremely cute, charming, and fun from the first introduction. I just wish there was way less swearing and sex.
Rated: High. There are 46 uses of strong language, 12 use of moderate language, 10 uses of mild language, and 21 uses of the name of Deity. Sexual content includes many innuendos and jokes (even made by the children, who echo things they’ve overheard from the adults). Male body parts are referenced. There are also references to a sex-related email invite and to characters having had sex with others in the past. There is one in-the-act sex scene.
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