The Witchery

Haelsford in Florida is a hotbed of prejudice and fear of the witches by the humans. Logan is a young witch whose powers are growing and she arrives at Mesmortes Coven Academy to learn to control her magic.The school is home to the Red Three, Iris is a Deathwitch, Thalia is a Greenwith and Jailah is the most powerful witch at the school. Two human boys become involved in the witches plan to end the reign of the Wolves who live in the swamps and rise during the haunting to feed. Can they work together to end the curse on the town.This was the 2nd read of the YA Book Club and is a young adult fantasy, it read quite young for me but it was a fun read, the story is exciting, the representation is diverse, all the characters are written well, the dialogue is snappy, the world is interesting and the magic system compelling.At heart this is a story of the power of female friendship, of working together against a common enemy, exploring the unpredictability of life and how the only real control in life we have is over what we chose to do. It was fun fast read and I think young adults would love it. I’m an old adult and I enjoyed it!

Why would you go to a cursed town, what if you were called, what if you had no choice, fear the witches but let them lead. They will save the town

I finished this read in a day…that’s how good it was - I could not put it down as the storytelling was so vivid and immersive. Hoping for a sequel!

Honestly this book kinda of surprised me, I wasn't feeling it at first, beavuse of the writing style, it took me a minute to used to it but I pushed past the 6% mark, I'm so glad I did.This is the first book I've read featuring witches and I liked it. I can definitely see it as a series on Peacock similar to Vampire Academy. I really liked it was a great introduction to the theme and aesthetic.I don't how to describe the writing style but with it being in third person as well, it's not for everyone and it may takes some getting used to.Jailiah and Mathew was my favorite, I see myself most in Jailah and Mathew was kind and supportive.Logan was the worst. Her chapters were full of self-deprecating and "woe is me". Then she, one of the only white characters of the main cast, was suppose to be this super special powerful Proxy witch. She never accepted anybody encouragements or compliments. She withheld information just because she wanted to prove herself first."She didn’t want to hide this, but she couldn’t tell them, not until she felt like she could be the witch that they wanted her to be."I hate it when characters in books withhold information from everyone else for reasons that don't make sense. Especially when the info would be super helpful.She really got me with these two lines:"Not only was Logan terrible with a wand, but she wasn’t even special in her awfulness."Like, what? I was literally baffled when I read this line. Like you want to be awful and special, what?"It was easy for Logan to detach herself from the heirloom’s grip. It wasn’t like with Iris, all violence and horror, maybe because as a necromancer, those things were already in her. Or maybe it was Logan’s ability to proxy that protected her.[Thinking] Maybe I’m more special than even Iris."More special? *Eye roll*👀I could go all day about Logan.Anyway, I loved the magic, like most of the characters, and loved reading a story about black witches.In my opinion, this book should have been a duology, it felt a bit long for a standalone and it could explore it's characters a bit more. Hopefully we get a novella or something. Looking forward to it.

Such a wonderful story with fabulous world building and character explorations. Some twists and turns are inevitable when magic and curses come together! I highly recommend!

Wonderful book!

I couldn't even get through the first chapter because of how it bounced around. The flow is not there. Like I enjoy a book that starts with a back story and flows and this one did not, so I returned it back to the kindle library