This book was many things. Funny, heartfelt, clever, but also so full of deep impactful writing about found families, loneliness, and prejudice. Mika is an orphan who was taken in by a witch who believed witches should remain separate for their own protection. She had tutors and servants for Mika who would eventually see too much or misuse her and their memories would then be wiped. Mika was a girl with no one and memories only of heartbreak, lies, deceit, and loneliness. She has a hard time trusting that anyone could truly love her when she is so different. She believes people will either need her for her magic or find out the truth and think her flawed. She also deals with racism on top of it all. The three girls were so different and well written. Mika could connect to each of them in different ways, even angry, protective Terracotta. She brings out the best in their powers and hearts. I loved when they realized how important she was to them. Mika finds herself loving these girls and works her hardest to teach them what she knows and show them how wonderful magic can be. For Mika, these girls are being given a gift she never had, a family and a childhood. This is a book about confronting your own past to make the future brighter for those who come after. Jamie...oh, Jamie. A fragile man, broken by a hard past and firm on allowing no one else into his heart or near his girls (as he is more a father to them than the witch that took them in). It is only as he begins to find a kindred spirit in Mika that he lets his shields down. And then he becomes angry for her, protective of her, brave for her. He is honestly just such a spectacular leading man, who could not fall for his honesty, his sadness, his adorable bookiness. But the twist, oh my, the twist. The book turned dark for a bit, but made sense to the story and was well done. It made the book have more depth and pushed Mika to battle her own hang ups when it comes to others in her life. She needs to jump off that ledge and trust that those she loves love her in return. She also pushes the witch world to try to be less lonely, less isolating, more inviting and expansive. I highly recommend this romance novel. It felt like a warm hug, full of magic and charm.
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