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How To Succeed in Witchcraft

by Aislinn Brophy, 2022 · 411 pages

This reads like a school drama wrapped around a magic system, grounded firmly in the stress of overachieving teen ambition. The prose is breezy and voice driven, but it carries real emotional weight as the story moves into more serious territory, balancing wit with discomfort and slow building anger.

Contemporary Fantasy · tense · hopeful · bittersweet

What How To Succeed in Witchcraft feels like to read

• Page-turner: 60%
• Darkness: 50%
• Emotional intensity: 65%
• Humor: 40%
• Romance: 55%
• Complexity: 35%

Reading age: 14+ (young adult)

Spice: 1 out of 5. kissing only

How To Succeed in Witchcraft tropes

• enemies to lovers
• dark academia lite
• found family
• competent overachiever protagonist

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