Practical Rules for Cursed Witches
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From the New York Times bestselling author of My Dearest Darkest comes a cozy fantasy romance 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 sets out to complete her magical Calling and gain her full powers as a witch, she has the perfect task in mind—breaking the Bea family curse.
But Delilah’s Calling is hijacked by Kieran Pelumbra, the spoiled son of the most powerful family in the country, and breaking his curse suddenly becomes her official assignment. Every generation, a pair of Pelumbra twins is doomed, with one twin draining the other of their life and magic. Kieran grows weaker while his sister, Briar, becomes…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 thing, the rest of the Pelumbra family doesn’t actually want their curse broken—and they’ve sent hunters after the trio to ensure they fail. For another, something about Briar gets under Delilah’s skin, distracting her and making her want to kiss the perpetually grumpy look off her face. But with time running out for the twins and Delilah’s own true love curse getting in the way, they may not stand a chance of finding their happily ever after.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Seventeen-year-old witch Delilah Bea must break a deadly curse or lose her powers in this warmly rendered sapphic fantasy from Cottingham (This Delicious Death). In Celdwyn, custom dictates that a witch must complete a test of magical prowess, their Calling, to come into their full powers. Taking after her famed but estranged curse-breaker father, Delilah planned to use her Calling to break the curse she inherited from her mother, which ensures that anyone who falls in love with a Bea woman will inevitably forget her. But before Delilah can claim her task, her Calling ceremony is commandeered by Kieran Pelumbra, the son of the richest family in Celdwyn, who is cursed to siphon his magic into his twin sister, with deadly consequences for both. Forced to aid in Kieran's quest, Delilah sets off on a treacherous journey to find Kieran's absent twin and break the enchantments of all three before time runs out. Cottingham expertly conjures a story of found family and generational trauma with a charming queer romance at the center, while building an immersive, cozy cottagecore atmosphere. Major characters cue as white. Ages 12–up.
