I was oddly hesitant to dive into this one, but I really should just trust my TBR recommender at this point. Back in September when the last round of recommendations was scheduled to come out, I was in a bit of a hectic bind. I knew some things were likely to come to a head at the school and that I needed comfort more than challenge in my reading, so that's what I asked for. Amanda, my recommender, delivered and this was one of that batch.
Magic in this world is an almost living power that likes to gather around witches. The more witches present, the more magic that gathers, and the more unruly it is. As a result one, of the super restrictive rules is that witches cannot live with other witches and, outside of a few secret meetings per year, they shouldn't even have contact with each other. This is the world that Mika Moon was raised in and it left her with a deep sense of loneliness.
Mika doesn't like the rules. She wants something more out of life than a never ending secret and lonely existence. So, when an unexpected and mysterious message arrives in her inbox looking to hire a "witch" to tutor three young girls at Nowhere House, Mika is intrigued. What she discovers is three young witches being raised in the care of four normal human adults. It breaks all the rules, but maybe this is her chance to find a different way to be a witch.
There is a fun little mystery running in the background of the story, but the story is really much more about relationships. The three girls are all just as isolated in their way as Mika was despite having each other, and the adults are a diverse and quirky bunch. There is, of course, a grumpy yet dashingly handsome romantic candidate for Mika to be distracted by.
It's a fun book and it looks like it's set up well to turn into a series.
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