Our September Book - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches’ by Sangu Mandana
Chapters & Chai ~ About the September Book
We gave you some options, and you voted; our September book is ‘The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches’ by Sangu Mandana! I read this one last Summer and absolutely loved it, so I hope you’ll find it to be a cosy transitional read from Summer into Autumn.
You can get your copy of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches at our book club, with £2 off from Waterstones.
Here’s a bit of an insight into the book and the author.
About the Book
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Cosy
Page Count: 318
Average Rating: 4.05
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favorite Fantasy (2022)
A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family—and a new love—changes the course of her life.
As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she’s used to being alone and she follows the rules… with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos “pretending” to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously.
But 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 breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately 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… Jamie. The handsome and prickly librarian of Nowhere House would do anything to protect the children, and as far as he’s concerned, a stranger like Mika is a threat. An irritatingly appealing threat.
As Mika begins to find her place at Nowhere House, the thought of belonging somewhere begins to feel like a real possibility. But magic isn’t the only danger in the world, and Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect a found family she didn’t know she was looking for…
About the Author
Sangu Mandanna was four years old when an elephant chased her down a forest road and she decided to write her first story about it. Seventeen years and many, many manuscripts later, she signed her first book deal.
Mandanna is the author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom, and several other novels about magic, monsters and myths. She now lives in Norwich, a city in the east of England, with her husband and three children.
I’m so looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this one! Be sure to pick up a copy of the book in Waterstones, just let them know you’re part of Chapters & Chai Book Club.
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Happy reading!
Kee