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  • Practical Rules for Cursed Witches

  • By: Kayla Cottingham
  • Narrated by: Jess Nahikian
  • Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Practical Rules for Cursed Witches

By: Kayla Cottingham
Narrated by: Jess Nahikian
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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.

©2024 Kayla Cottingham (P)2024 Listening Library
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Critic reviews

"A magical journey sure to delight lovers of love." —Kirkus Reviews

"Part cozy fantasy, part mystery adventure, [Cottingham]....captures what it is like to be a young adult awkwardly setting out in the world, the moments when teens realize their parents aren’t perfect, and the fragility of finding love in uncertain times." —School Library Journal

"Part cozy romance, part coming-of-age adventure (with airships!), Practical Rules for Cursed Witches is a whimsical delight. Cottingham skillfully weaves a fresh take on the found family story, anchored by the strong, immensely relatable Delilah and set against the backdrop of a Ghibli-esque fantasy world I longed to escape to. Highly recommended!"—Heather Fawcett, New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Wilde series

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AMAZING COZY SAPPHIC ROMANTASY

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I really loved this book. I absolutely loved the cute and coziness of this book. Delilah is a witch but she is also cursed. She has to break another families curse. The twins, Briar and Kieran Pelumbra has a family curse that 1 twin magic weakens and 1 gets stronger and takes the other twin magic. I just absolutely loved the ending of this book. There is sapphic romance in this book and I absolutely loved it.

I absolutely loved the narrator Jess Nahikian. They were amazing and their voice was absolutely amazing and they brought these characters to life.

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A cozy, accessible fantasy adventure

Coming off of My Dearest Darkest and This Delicious Death, I was cautiously optimistic about this one. I don't typically read fantasy, but Practical Rules didn't have a huge exposition dump, complicated magic system, or a political history trying to strike gold like GoT. Instead, it's a love story; about found family, healing from generational trauma, and of course, romantic love. In a time where books are riddled with bittersweet and dark conclusions, Practical Rules is written almost in rebellion of it, reminding it's reader that they, too, deserve a happily ever after.

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