An Unlikely Coven

An Unlikely Coven by A.M. Kvita
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Oooh this felt like great first book of many in a series! We got to get introduced to this wonderful witchy world filled with vampires, fae, and everything else that goes bump in the night. Oh, but don’t worry - there’s still enough family drama to be relatable.

Joan has graduated with a degree in architecture, which she pursued despite her witchy parent’s urging to follow in the family footsteps. She has always been a bit of a black sheep because, while she can absorb magic, she can’t control it to cast it. This makes her a magical anomaly, but not very useful in witchy society. It’s clear where she ranks in her family when nobody shows up to pick her up from the train, leaving her to catch up with her vampire BFF, CZ. CZ is a highlight of the book for me, showing true misfit-type friendship and a willingness to put himself in harm’s way for Joan in every instance.

Joan’s arrival happens to coincide with a magical shocker - rumors abound that someone has transformed a human into a witch, something that has never been successfully done before. How Joan should be helping with this particular issue was unclear, but she ends up getting dragged in anyway when CZ ends up sort-of kidnapping the new-ish witch. Things spiral from there, with lots of family lies, fights, betrayal, and ultimately the forming of a little rag-tag bunch of witchy misfits. I loved the slow burn romance/attraction, loved that the stakes were real, and especially enjoyed watching Joan step into her power. What a great start to a series!

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