Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega
When Seven learns she’s a Spare at the Black Moon Ceremony, she’s mortified. Not only did she not get placed in her dream coven, she’s doomed to have everyone in the other covens look down on her. Spares are treated like the scum of the earth! Seven is living her worst nightmare, but things get worse when the magic circle that seals her coven doesn’t work. Forced to invoke the impossible task, Seven and her fellow Spares, Valley and Thorn, must complete the task or be turned into toads!
I absolutely love this book. We follow Seven, who has spent years dreaming about being placed in House Hyacinth and going on to become a famous journalist. Her dreams are tossed out the window when she gets placed in the one coven every Witchling dreads being placed in: Spare. Spares barely have any rights and are treated like complete trash by many of the witches in the other covens. This is exactly what Seven was worried was going to happen, but it’s even worse because her bully is also a Spare, and then the magic circle that seals them as a coven is not doing a thing.
We also follow the two other members of Seven’s coven, Valley and Thorn, though not as closely as we follow Seven. Valley is Seven’s bully, but it turns out that things are not as it appears on this friend. Then there’s Thorn, a Witchling whose family moved from another town, and she’s excited to be a Spare while terrified of the impossible task that the three of them have been given.
Above all, this is a story about friendship and discovering that love can grow in seemingly unlikely places. We watch close friendships end all in one night and new and better friendships blossom in their wake. We watch these characters grow and support each other even when they disagree, but they care about each other and the friendships that they’ve formed. Then there’s a huge mystery that throws everything everyone has ever known into question, but we watch these characters come together and fight for what they believe in and what they know is right. This is an absolutely wonderful book with so many great characters and excellent world building and character growth. I’m excited to see where the series goes next!
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