Thank you Blackstone Publishing for the #gifted finished copy and ALC to review and feature.

Oh wow. Oh WOW!! Okay, I’m going to admit that I absolutely picked this book because of the cover. Just look at the colors and how they shift—Scroll for the colors because I couldn’t pick just one—but this was absolutely a PERFECT witchy read.

Expect 👉🏼 Witches (but they don’t know it), multiple worlds, political upheaval, magical training, predestined friendships

Three seemingly human girls meet on their twenty second birthday. They don’t have much in common except a magical event that they may or may not have imagined. But these strange things keeps happening. And when an older witch offers to train them, it’s too good of an opportunity to pass up.

The beginning of this book has quite a few character’s POVs. But it doesn’t become clear fairly quickly who everyone is. And though the narrator does not specify whose POV she is narrating, it’s not difficult to decipher. I flew through the audio and I’m really hoping there is a book two in the works 👀😅

4.5/5

Maya, Gabbie, and Delali are three women who share the same birthday. When their impromptu birthday party takes a magical turn, they find themselves bound together in sisterhood. As they begin to explore their new abilities, they discover two worlds: the Sphere, a realm of magic, and the Tipic, the everyday world.

Maya is a vibrant party girl working in fashion, Gabbie is a first-year teacher whose boyfriend is overseas, and Delali is a former child star now focused on her college education. When a mentor appears to guide them in harnessing their magical powers, they eagerly dive into their training.

I listened to this audiobook through NetGalley and really enjoyed it. The three main characters were well-developed and relatable, but I found the witches from the Sphere lacked individuality—they felt too similar to one another. While the plot was a bit slow at times, there was enough happening to keep the story moving forward.

I’d give this book a solid 4 out of 5 stars. It might have been closer to a 5 if I knew a sequel was in the works, as there were too many loose ends for a standalone novel. I would have preferred more closure if this is the end of the story.

I was really intrigued by the premise here and really liked the way it started. The concept of three young women accidentally discovering they are witches and being drawn together to save the world seems like an interesting construct. I really liked the idea of an alternate WHO focused on witches, and the opening with the birth of the first witch baby in a while held great promise. But then the book shifted gears 180° and we moved into chapter after chapter of 20-somethings partying and being self-obsessed and missing college and that is where it lost me...

I'm well past that point in my life and could not engage with or relate to these women at all. I understand that this was most likely intentional writing, making the contrast between very young women acting like very young women and those same women being necessary to save the world more intense, and as a dramatic setup it works - but I just could not stand listening to them. This is, in many ways, a compliment to the narrator - she does an extraordinary job capturing the personalities of these women and really making them pop. She did an equally good job with Nadia, and other actual adult characters, really distinguishing the ages and personalities at play here., Unfortunately I needed a lot more Nadia and a lot less 20-something to hold my attention... I'm not at all the right audience for this book.

This was one of the best books I’ve read in so long! My biggest gripe is the cliffhanger at the end! It was a longer book so I expected it to be wrapped up in a neat little bow at the end, but at the same time I was pleasantly surprised to learn we’d be getting more of this story! The world building and character development was great and I really got invested in the characters lives, but I think the frequent descriptions of clothing and mentions of specific brands take the story from evergreen fiction and make it feel more like fan fiction I’d read online. That being said, I did love the queer storyline and that only a few of the side characters were white/it was a majority POC cast of characters!

Read if you like:
✨ Magic
🧙 Witches
🗽 Magical Realism
🗺️ Other Worlds/realms
⏳ Coming of Age

When three girls meet on their 22nd birthday, weird things start to happen. The girls are each very different fro each other, but make up a great and balanced girl group.

When they realize they are witches, and they need to hone their magic and special magical abilities, they stumble upon a mysterious mentor, all while learning about the witch work they are part of.

Additionally we get pov from witches in the other realm and the issues that are happening there and how the issues are starting to resolve the more the girls hone their magic.

So what makes them special? Well you’ll have to read to find out!

Thank you Blackstone for my gifted ALC and ARC in exchange for my honest review!

This looks like a typical cute romance with witchy vibes but it’s not! It actually contains great world building, a sweet friend-group development, and a fairly engaging story. I’m putting it solidly in the “I liked it” category, keeping it at a “3/5” because it it took me several hours to get invested. Slow start, better finish.

If you loved Charmed, you HAVE to read this book. Three women discover they're actually witches complete with powers. As they learn to navigate the witching world, betrayal, magic, and love, they learn how to deal with these new issues and believe in sisterhood and themselves.

This was such a fun read! At first, I I was a little confused with all the different characters not sure who was in what position and sometimes I felt like they would introduce somebody without really explaining who they were and I felt like I missed some thing. But it all ended up making sense in the end! I thought this was such a, cute, charming, wholesome, magical little book. And also, I loved the narrator. I listened to the audio version.

The witch world is in trouble. More and more witches are giving birth to non witches, or typics. Nadia wants to find out was causing the potential destruction of her kind and uses the services of the WHO, or Witch Health Organization. Perhaps their best hope lies in three young women who meet accidentally and become fast friends after discovering they all share a very particular power. Hugely enjoyable and empowering, this is a must read/listen