Witchlings (Witchlings, #1)

Witchlings (Witchlings, #1)

Claribel A. Ortega

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A magical adventure for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers and Nevermoor, about three witchlings who must work together to do the impossible if they have any hope of earning their full powers. Every year, in the magical town of Ravenskill, Witchlings who participate in the Black Moon Ceremony are placed into covens and come into their powers as full-fledged witches. And twelve-year-old Seven Salazar can't wait to be placed in the most powerful coven with her best friend! But on the night of the ceremony, in front of the entire town, Seven isn't placed in one of the five covens. She's a Spare! Spare covens have fewer witches, are less powerful, and are looked down on by everyone. Even worse, when Seven and the other two Spares perform the magic circle to seal their coven and cement themselves as sisters, it doesn't work! They're stuck as Witchlings—and will never be able to perform powerful magic. Seven invokes her only option: the impossible task. The three Spares will be assigned an impossible task: If they work together and succeed at it, their coven will be sealed and they'll gain their full powers. If they fail... Well, the last coven to make the attempt ended up being turned into toads. Forever. But maybe friendship can be the most powerful magic of all… With action-packed adventure, a coven of quirky witchlings, Claribel A. Ortega's signature humor and girl-power vibes, this middle grade Latine witch story is truly a modern classic.


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    Content warnings: Child abuse, forms of slavery, forced starvation, bigotry, intense violence, death, kidnapping/abductions

    This book is the witch book I always wished harry potter could have been. It's actually well written, it has great characters with actual character arcs, and it's just such a fascinating world!

    I will say though, kinda suprised it's a kids book. The violence gets quite intense, near-death situations happen often for these children. The bigotry and abuse that happens constantly throughout the book was explicit and heartbreaking. Multiple points during the climax I got physically really angry at some of the characters and their actions/words. It paralells a lot with real-world issues currently happening, sometimes a bit too closely.

    I do love the world though, I love the characters and how they've all set up and grown throughout the first book, and I really can't wait to read the sequel!

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