Saturday, June 13, 2026

Spellfire by Agatha Willow

Spellfire by Agatha Willow
My Rating:

I received a copy from Harper 360 through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

When Bryn graduated from the Grimoire Academy, she thought she’d never return. She has a love/hate relationship with the old school, especially after her first girlfriend publicly humiliated her there. Unfortunately for Bryn, she’s back on campus since her favorite professor passed away and left her their entire personal library. It also requires her to return to campus to pack up the collection and potentially run into Amelia, her former crush and now headmistress of the academy!

It’s a cute story with a lot of potential, but it reads more like it’s really Bryn’s diary without the diary format. Unfortunately, the longer I read it, the more I had a hard time believing these two characters were 23/24. They read more like two 18-year-olds while having roles that didn’t match up to that. I didn’t make it past the 20% point because I just got bored with how technical it was about Bryn’s work details. I also just feel like the character’s ages don’t match up with how the characters thought and acted, which kept taking me straight out of the story. I’m looking forward to seeing what Agatha publishes in the future, but this sadly turned out to be a miss for me.

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