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What's it About: Andromeda "Annie" Wildwood is the perfect witch: she’s sugar, spice, and everything nice. Each element of her life is curated and polished—with some assistance from a carefully created magic potion, of course. She spends her days serving up delicious pastries in her charming bakery, and her best friends are the most popular witches in London.
Naturally, Annie’s coven believes she’s the perfect choice to mentor a young teenage witch named Maeve, who has been orphaned and cannot get a handle on her blossoming powers.
Maeve is headstrong and stubborn, and she’s different from Annie in every way. When the pair are confined to a crumbling, secluded cabin in the woods—a place where Annie can safely teach Maeve to harness her magic—they form a fast friendship. And when the owner of the cabin shows up unexpectedly—a brooding, handsome warlock—the trio becomes inseparable.
Annie may have just found her perfectly imperfect family in her new home-away-from-home. But what happens when the coven declares Maeve ready to be an adult witch, and Annie must return to her real life?
UNCHARMED is a sweet and charming escapist novel that will delight readers of T.J. Klune’s The House on the Cerulean Sea and Sangu Mandanna’s The Secret Society of Irregular Witches. Filled with some fan-favorite romance tropes (grumpy-meets-sunshine, forced proximity, there’s-only-one-bed), and themes of self-acceptance and found family, Wood’s latest
One (or more) Sentence Summary: Cute story (especially in the fall) that transported to a world where witches and magic spells. However, their world is very much like every other world. Self-doubt, unnecessary family shame, both true and fake friendships, and selfish and unselfish individuals. Uncharmed takes us on Annie's journey of self discovery. Along the way she realizes how good of person she is and there is nothing wrong with her individually. She has so much love to give and truly cares about people in her life. Proving to others who she is and what she is capable of is part of the journey. Of course falling in love along the way helps too!
I enjoyed seeing Maeve, the orphan Annie has been put in charge of evolve into a lovely person and develops her true magic along the way. Let's not forget to mention Hal, the cowboy who prefers to be alone, that is until he meets Annie. Loved all his magical animals too!
I have not read Lucy's first book Rewitched, but have added to my read list. Perfect book for fall or any time of year.
Lucy Jane Wood is a widely loved online content creator who has over 200K YouTube subscribers and 85K Instagram followers. Her delightful videos cover topics from fashion and lifestyle to home renovation, cooking, and of course, books.
