So much fun! This is a witchy world I can get behind. Claribel Ortega has really started something magical in her new book, Witchlings. There’s justice to be sought, wrongs to be righted, bad guys to be vanquished, and a twist on the monster coming to eat their children.
Seven, Valley, and Thorn are thrust together as the unenviable “Spares”, witches basically destined to be powerless slaves. Fortunately, Seven knows that their only chance to avoid this fate is to complete an Impossible Task so she invokes this loophole in an effort to not be a “Spare”. But can she count on the shy Thorn and her schoolyard bully, Valley, to band together with her to solve this big task? A dark and dangerous monstruo is about to awaken and it’s coming for their children, especially Seven’s very magical baby brother. Their impossible task is to take on and defeat a Nightbeast. It will take all their knowledge and cunning to track down and defeat this legendary beast.
As the girls work to complete the task, they also have to navigate their relationships. The story is told from Seven’s perspective. She’s a hardworking, straight-A student who feared the very thing that has happened. Thorn is a very shy, new girl in town with a complicated past, directly related to the monstruo attacks. Valley is, at least according to what Seven first thinks, a spoiled “Hill” girl from a rich family who has liked nothing better than to bully Seven. Ah, how wrong Seven is about them. The relationship building and growth of Seven, Thorn, and Valley is wonderful.
Does the idea of Spares sound as monstrous as the Nightbeast? Why, yes. It is. And the good people of the Twelve Towns are actually trying to do away with this cruel and archaic practice, but the monstruo crisis affecting the cities is distracting from the work to amend the laws. As the witchlings work on their Impossible Task, it becomes clear that the Nightbeast isn’t the only monster they need to vanquish.
A great start to what I hear is going to be a series! Yay! When is the next one out? Because I am ready. I loved it. This is the second book I’ve read by Claribel Ortega… be sure to check out Ghost Squad too! The author is a delight and I recommend following her on Instagram.
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If you liked the Percy jackson series, you are going to love this.
An amazing read!!! Appropriate for middleschoolers, but plenty entertaining for adults as well!! I've already read the book 15+ times, definitely a lot of good rereading value. And the cover!! Beautiful!! I like the shine of their pendants. There are so many interesting characters and creatures!! I could really feel myself becoming immersed, and relating to various characters. I'm so excited to see where this series goes in the future!
