This was a pretty cute little mystery, about teen witches who receive mysterious anti-witch threats in a world where witch discrimination is a (sliiightly heavy-handed) allegory for racism & homophobia. It's definitely written for a younger YA age group and it's self-aware in its silliness, but I think the upbeat narration and fun characters will be really charming to the right audience.

Though it's a bit rough-going at times. With 5 POVs and 7 main characters, it feels like information needs to be repeated a thousand times before the mystery-solving can take another step. As well, it's definitely a weird set up for a sequel, which left it feeling like it didn't have any payoff. Also if it gets good traction, I expect it to get political criticism from both sides of the aisle.

Regardless, fun premise, fun characters, hovering next to middle grade, and near impossible to put down. ( )