I really had no idea what to expect when I picked this up, but I really enjoyed this one! The audiobook was the perfect listen for my roadtrip, and I was totally immersed in this word. The voice was perfect, the audiobook was wonderfully narrated, and I loved the rich magic. The Harry Potter parallels were a little too strong to ignore (which was kind of distracting), but this book felt so much bigger. I feel like it was like: let’s make it an international school, where everyone brings their own unique magic, and let’s also have some bigger world themes of prejudice and acceptance. And of course, the New-Orleans-flavored conjuring magic was just chef’s kiss. Snagged a copy for my middle-grade nieces and will totally be reading book 2.

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Loved it! Will now be recommending to everyone and bring on book 2!

Thanks for reading!