The Ministry of Witches

The Ministry of Witches by Dael Astra
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Oh my gosh, I simply fell in love with this! It feels like a Harry Potter book mixed with a cozy romance all rolled into a “we need to save the company” type mad dash.

The world this takes place in is one where the city of New York’s government elite knows about witches, but the rest of the city does not. They keep things running without much thanks or money to show for it. The previous head of the ministry was running the place into the ground, however, and that’s where we join Aleda, a plant witch who has been sent to the governing floors of the building to fetch a seed from the archives. On this journey, however, the council, after dismissing the last minister of witches, invoked a fail safe clause that the next person who walked into the chambers would be elected. Congrats to Aleda!

Aleda, luckily, has a mostly supportive staff behind her. The exception is Juliene, the archivist, who has a reason to be skeptical of the untrained witch. These two are like fire and ice for the first part of this book, but you should know by now that this usually ends up great for everyone. Aleda and Juliene are forced to work in close quarters to come up with a unique solution to their latest audit issues, which leads to more than just thinking outside the box. The entire ministry and their lives are thrown into a sort of lovely chaos by the end. I absolutely loved every chapter of this book, even with the bumps and bruises Aleda gets along the way.

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