A wonderfully light magical romance. Mika Moon was a joy to read about. I did find it unusual why Lilian and Edward couldn't meet up for paperwork, but this plot point is solved by the end of the book.
I loved the author's description between being nice and being kind. It really resonated. I am going to look up other books by this author to read.

Pure Magic!

So good! While reading and when I finished this book, I sighed a big sigh of happiness. This book was just a pleasure through and through!!

Mika Moon was raised by strangers after her parents’ death when she was little. She spent most of her time alone and never felt part of a family. Now an adult, she is a witch who makes her own videos pretending to be a witch - are you still with me? Ian Kubo-Hawthorn has seen one of her videos and unlike others who think they are watching someone pretend to be a witch, he knows what he is seeing- a true witch! He sends her a message asking her to come to Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic.

This is a big no-no, but Mika decides to go, and this is where the magic truly happens. Not only does she meet the three young witches, but she meets the others at Nowhere house at all. Sometimes, life puts you where you truly need to be. I love the message of family and what makes a family. It was heartwarming and charming. There is also some romance, some humor and three unique young witches.

This book cast a spell on me!

Charming, full of heart, and magical!

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Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was a lovely book. I like how the discrimination (against witches) is worked in to represent society. I love the girls! I love the descriptions of magic, especially the gold dust, very nice blending of nature with magic. The eclectic group in the home is reminiscent of The House in the Cerulean Sea, along with how "nice" the characters are in general. Teeny bit of steamy sex which makes it not a kids book ;) Overall, lovely writing and I hope to see more!

Mika Moon is an orphan. All witches are, because of a powerful spell that backfired. They gather together infrequently to stay below the radar. It is a lonely but safe life. She's discrete in all her life except for an online account, where she posts videos "pretending" to be a witch. She receives an mysterious message begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House. While there she is introduced to three young witches and asked to teach them how to control their magic. Raising witches together breaks all of the rules, and Mika 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 a handsome and prickly librarian. Both welcomed in and treated like a threat, Mika must determine if this is a place safe enough to put down roots.

Why I started this book: I requested this on a whim from Netgalley based on nothing more than the cover and the title.

Why I finished it: This book was the gentle hug that I needed to encourage me to try something new. It's understated, quirky and insightful. And filled with compassion and humor for and about it's characters. This book was delightful, and I need more like it. This is the witch story that I have been trying to find. I will be reading more from Mandanna.

I love when witches are portrayed as in sync with nature and not the monster under the bed. This is a sweet story about a witch who lives a solitary life. She is advised that witches can not congregate because it is too dangerous and no one can know about them, so she finds it easiest to live alone and move every time she gets close to people. That is a great plan, until it isn't. After all, that is no kind of life. Isn't it better to be with other people and accepted for who you are? This is the story of how Mika Moon transitions from loneliness to a full life with other people. Throw in some precocious kids and a romance (with a librarian), and I'm all in.

Thanks to NetGalley for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely love the recent trend of witchy romance novels popping up! Mika Moon is an incredible protagonist, I loved her from the start. She has her own special talents as a witch that she must keep secret from the rest of the world, thus creating a very solitary and lonely kind of life. As a result, she pretends to be a witch on social media, where no one seems to take her powers seriously. Except for one. This was such a cozy, comforting read, and one I would happily read again and again!

I LOVED THIS ONE!! It is so cute. I love how popular these kind of romcom/witchy books are getting! I love Mika Moon - first of all, her name? Amazing! I loved her patience with the young witches and how she never gave up on them. I loved the build up of Mika and Jamie’s relationship. It had everything! Sweet moments, sad moments, spicy moments, character growth and magic! Highly recommend!

Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I just finished the very secret society of irregular witches by Sangu Mandanna and this is my honest review

Mika moon has some very special gifts, the kind of gifts that she has to keep secret from the world but also means she has to stay away from other witches, as together, they create too much attention. Her life is very solitary but she has a social media account where she can pretend to be a witch and no one takes her seriously. That is until someone does.

A random message has her uprooting her life and going to teach 3 young orphan witches how to control their magic. She cannot let anyone know where she is going as it is forbidden for the 3 young girls to be living together. Here she finds the family she has always wanted and a sexy librarian with a beautiful scowl that melts her heart.

She starts to feel at home but the real reason she was bought to nowhere house has everyone on edge and the deadline to protect the girls is closing fast.

This book was FANTASTIC! I was blown away by the caliber of the writing and the whole pace and tone of the book was phenomenal.

I loved the backstory of why the witches live the way they do but I would have loved to have known more and whether the curse could be broken. I won’t spoil it for you but that was the only question I wish had gotten answered.

I loved the story of Mika. I felt her pain coming through the pages. Her life, and the life of all witches, is so desolate and tragic that your heart will constrict whether you want it to or not. I did enjoy that she and Jamie both found their way through their trauma to become the people they are today and opened themselves up to something they didn't want to explore.

Nowhere house was the perfect setting for a novel all about young witches and how they learn to control their powers. I felt so deeply connected to the book as I was reading and enjoyed every single word. I was sucked in from the first page and didn’t want it to end.

I am a total addict for witch novels and this one exceeded all my expectations. It had a little romance, a little supernatural and a whole lot of excellence for one book! If you love witchey fantasy reads then you need to get this one on your list today!

5 stars and it earned every single one!

Thank you Netgalley and berkley publishing group for my ARC in exchange for my honest review

was fine! it was okay i liked the characters and such i just found myself bored very often. cant wait to see what this author comes out with next.

I absolutely *adored* this book. I mean, really. It's got witches. It's got found family. It's got enemies to lovers. It's got queer grandpas. It's got cute little kids. It's got plot twists. What more could you ask for from a book, honestly.

Also--you know that feeling you get when you're deep into a good story, or maybe you've already finished it, and you find yourself wanting to go back to that world and those characters? You could be doing anything and then suddenly you have this weird urge that maybe you can't place for a minute, until you go, oh, I just want to go back to reading/watching that.

I get that a lot, but in most cases it's not until I'm a good ways into the story, unless I'm rereading a childhood favorite or something like that. What's weird about The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is that I started feeling that way almost right from the beginning. I was barely into the book, and still would feel myself drawn to the characters. I didn't have a lot of time to read it at first, so I made my way through the first third the book pretty slowly, and it was surprisingly hard to not just drop everything and read it all so I could stay in the story.

By midway through, I sort of *did* drop everything to finish it. I couldn't help it. And agh, I just, I loved it so much. I have no idea if the author plans to write sequels, but I hope she does, just because I feel like I could spend so much longer in this world and with these characters, and never have enough.

Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group and Netgalley for the chance to read and review this ARC.

I am so in love with this new wave of witchy romance. In this world witches are not supposed to associate with one another. If they mingle their magic can be detected. It feels a bit reminiscent of the movie version of Practical Magic in that there are two generations learning to control their magic in one house together. The book also shows the joys and beauty of a found family. The best for me was of course the grumpy sexy librarian, as I like to think of myself in a similar fashion. Several reviews commented on the swearing and it being not necessary. I say fuck that shit. Perhaps it is because otherwise a cozyish romance? Read if you liked the Fix It Witches or the Ex Hex series. I was given an advanced reader's copy via NetGalley, thank you to them. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I was expecting to like this book but I wasn't expecting for the characters to reach out and touch my heart. They did. Really empathetic characters that will have you rooting for all of them. I did think the F bomb was dropped a little too frequently but that's just my taste. Little twist at the end that wrapped everything up quite nicely.

If you love a good Witch story this is defiant the one for you! It’s funny with a side of romance. It is perfect for anyone who doesn’t quite fit in!

I am a big fan of the Practical Magic movie and when I read the book by Alice Hoffman, I was a bit disappointed. It was a good book, but it lacked a lot of the sweet, magical aspect the movie had.
But this book was exactly what I wish the book had been. It was whimsical and magical. I loved everything about it from the quirky names, the interesting magic, the lore, and the found family trope. I cannot recommend this book enough. It had everything, including a lovely cover. One of my favorite reads this year.

I adored this book! On the surface this book is about witches, and maybe romance, but in actuality this is one of those amazing books that seems to be about nothing, but also everything. While the story does scratch the itches of spooky witch mythos and romance, it is really more about magic, trauma, family (both biological and found), healing, love, finding oneself and finding home. The characters are funny, sweet and well developed. The love story has an edge that is very enjoyable. The resolution makes sense in the context of the setting that Mandanna has beautifully built. I genuinely can’t wait to read more by this author, and would love to see more books in this artfully built world.

This was a sweet confection of a story that reminded me of an updated, magical Noel Streatfeild "shoe book," where orphans are gathered together and cared for by estate managers and other working people while their benefactor remains far away. I'll be recommending this for readers who want something lighter, but still well-written.

this is what i wanted the house on the cerulean sea to be, meets eva ibbotson, one of my very favorite childhood authors!!

the first quarter is extremely cute and perfect, and then we go off the rails a little bit -- there is more sex and swearing than i expected -- but i loved these murderous witch children and their ragtag family and i thought this was very cute and sweet! such a pleasant surprise.

This wonderful cozy novel is filled with slivers of starlight and moonbeams. Mika Moon is a witch, though no actual witches would admit that freely. Mika longs for companionship and a life where she can be free - but she long been told that witches can’t be friends with other witches and they have been cursed.

When a job falls into her lap, a job involving raising three young witches hidden from everyone else at Nowhere House, an estate that includes an interesting cast of characters, Mika takes it. And all the powerful magic and chaos that ensues.

Cute witchy romcom of a book. One of the protagonists is even a librarian.

Would be a refreshing read after the much darker Gallant by VE Schwab.

This story is about loneliness, found family and love. It also has three star or three point five stars because of the unnecessary cursing. Other then that I enjoyed this very much. The characters were delightful and it was a cute read.