There was also quite a bit of “potion” talk that basically involved making tea infused with essential oils such as lavender or peppermint rather than any eye of newt or tongue of frog. I don’t love kids generally (in fiction or in real life) so it really takes some doing to get me to love stories about them (see the aforementioned Klune or The Guncle as recent exceptions to the rule). There’s a houseful of other characters – including a handsome sourpuss, natch, but none of which were very developed. The story here involves, you guessed it, a witch who gets recruited to come tutor a trio of children witches in an attempt to teach them how to harness their power. Sadly, this was a pretty sad copycat of T.J. I picked this up for the title and cover alone when it was offered to me and I was planning October-y reads. I mean really that’s all to be said here. I liked this one better when it was called The House in the Cerulean Sea.
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