Sunday, July 27, 2025

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

Sera Swan lost almost all of her magic abilities fifteen years ago when she brought her great-aunt Jasmine back from the dead. Now in her thirties, she runs an inn called Batty Hole, where a quirky group of people have taken up permanent residence. Along with Sera and Jasmine, there's Sera's young cousin Theo, Clemmie (a fellow witch trapped in the body of a fox, Nicholas (who works at the local medieval fair and wears his armor almost all of the time) and Matilda (an older woman who tends to the garden). They have formed a close knit family who are there for each other. In addition, Sera would like nothing more than to get her power back. In fact, when she was a teenager she was a witch of unusual promise, rivalling only Albert Grey, who then and now is the most powerful witch in England. All Sera has to do is get her hands on the book "The Ninth Compendium of Uncommon Spells" which contains a spell that Sera believes will restore all her power, but having been expelled from the British Guild of Sorcery years ago, this is a huge task. Will Luke Larsen, who arrives at the inn with his young sister Posy, be able to help? Only time will tell...

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