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Bad Witches

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In H. B. Akumiah's lively and charming debut, three young women discover the unbelievable: they're witches, and their newfound magic may be the key to saving the world ...

The Witch Sphere is in turmoil. In the years since a stunning betrayal sent shock waves through society, the Sphere was hit with a crisis: witches are giving birth to more typics (non-witches) and their numbers are diminishing. Nadia is determined to help, but she finds her efforts at the Witch Health Organization entangled with the political machinations of her powerful mother.

A public relations assistant, a teacher, and a former child star walk into a bar bathroom ... on what happens to be all of their twenty-second birthday and, like many twentysomethings, they become fast tipsy friends. But unlike most twentysomethings, their night of partying ends with an accidental act of magic. Suddenly, Maya, Gabbie, and Delali find themselves thrust into a world of spells and potions with only a mysterious mentor as a guide.

As the girls learn to harness their new power, Nadia starts to notice spikes in the magic baseline and suspects an unknown cadre of witches may be the key to solving the Typic Crisis. Can this unlikely coven come together and save the Sphere, or are there darker forces at play? Either way these Bad Witches are going to find a way to have some fun.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 10, 2024
      Akumiah’s sweet urban fantasy debut features three young Black women making their ways in both the real and the magical world. Maya West is a queer fashionista PR assistant; Gabbie Nwosu is a teacher who moonlights as a crafting queen; and Delali Tamakloe is a former child star turned academic wunderkind. The women have nothing in common—until they all wind up in the same bathroom at the same time on the day that happens to be all three’s 22nd birthday and, together, they come into their magic powers, bonding them for life. Meanwhile, in the Sphere, the witching world that runs parallel to Earth, Nadia Nox, a scientist with the Witch Health Organization, investigates why, ever since a historic betrayal in the Sphere, witches have only been able to have non-witch babies. When her search brings her into contact with the newly witched trio, Maya, Delali, and Gabbie are drawn into the complex politics of the Sphere. Akumiah makes her heroines feel real, though readers will wish each woman got a bit more backstory. A fairly open ending will also leave readers hoping it’s just the first foray into this intricate world. One-part fantasy and one-part celebration of sisterhood, this is a loving paean to all that can be accomplished when women pool their experience and power. Agent: Deborah Schneider and Penelope Burns, Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents.

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