Book Info:
Practical Rules for Cursed Witches by Kayla Cottingham
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Publishing Date: August 27, 2024
I loved this book so much. Here is why: I loved all the characters, the fast-paced action is created by a deadline, it makes the reading exciting and hard to put down and never confusing or rushed. A Witch's Calling is a quest to pass or fail, if Delilah fails, she loses her powers. Instead of making it about breaking her family's curse (everyone who falls in love with a Bea woman forgets them), Delilah will help Kieran save himself and his sister twin from a terrible curse. Or die. I love a team/groups/strangers on a quest because they often have to deal with their different temperaments, learn to know each other... understand their personalities, their choices, and their secrets. In the end, become loyal. Delilah will do all in her awesome power (and sometimes break a thumb punching an uncooperative character) to help the twins, in the meanwhile, she will fall in love with one of them... will Briar forget her?
This is a 5 plus for me. It will be there next to Kiki same vibe but with a more YA vibe.
This is my first contact with this author but loved the writing style, will check out previous works and keep an eye out for future ones. (Love the cover as well.)
Synopsis:
From the New York Times bestselling author of My Dearest Darkest comes a sapphic fantasy adventure about a teen witch who must complete her magical training by breaking a powerful family’s curse. But her own affliction—to never find true love—gets in the way when she falls for the girl she’s trying to save.
Magic is in Delilah Bea’s blood. Her absentee father is the world’s most famous cursebreaker, while all the women in her family are fated to never find true love. So when Delilah graduates her magical training and must complete her Calling, she has the perfect task in mind—to break the Bea family curse.
But Delilah’s Calling is hijacked by Kieran Pelumbra, a member of the wealthiest and most powerful family in the country, and breaking his curse suddenly becomes her official assignment. Every generation, a pair of Pelumbra twins are doomed, with one twin draining the other of their life and magic. Each day, Kieran grows weaker while Briar gets closer to…something monstrous.
As Delilah and the twins set out on their quest, they quickly realize that breaking the Pelumbra curse isn’t going to be simple. For one, the Pelumbra family doesn’t actually want their curse broken—and they’ve sent hunters after them to ensure they fail. Secondly…it’s Briar. There’s just something about her that gets under Delilah’s skin and makes her want to kiss the perpetually grumpy look off her face. But with time running out for the twins and Delilah’s own curse getting in the way, they may not stand a chance of finding their Happily Ever After.
Content Warning: gore and violence, child abuse (off-page), parental abandonment, PTSD
Book Links:
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/practical-rules-for-cursed-witches-kayla-cottingham/1144604224
IndieBound: https://bookshop.org/p/books/practical-rules-for-cursed-witches-kayla-cottingham/21035292
About the Author:
Kayla Cottingham (she/they) is a YA author and librarian. Her first book, My Dearest Darkest, was a New York Times and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller. Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, Kayla lives in Boston where she loves to go hiking in the woods, play RPGs, and snuggle on the couch with her ridiculously large black cat, Squid.
Author Links:
Website: https://www.kaylacottingham.com/
Twitter: https://x.com/peculiaritea
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcottcan/
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