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Green Witch Cycle #1
by AM Kvita
The outcast daughter of a powerful family of witches returns home to New York City and is immediately embroiled in a supernatural power struggle in this wickedly funny fantasy debut from AM Kvita.
After seven long years Joan Greenwood is finally returning home. Unfortunately, her family totally forgot about it.
Joan's homecoming is lukewarm at best, but soon turns disastrous when news hits that someone has created a spell that can turn an ordinary human into a powerful witch, threatening the balance of the magical world and the Greenwood's place at the top of it.
When her best friend confesses that he has secretly, accidentally, saved this human-turned-witch from an uncertain fate, Joan is thrust headfirst into a desperate race to undo the spell before it does permanent damage to its unwilling host.
Soon, Joan finds herself drawn deeper into the heart of the city's magic, into an uncertain alliance with a (very attractive) family rival, and far beyond the limits of everything she thought her own magic capable of.
Welcome home Joan Greenwood.
"Kvita debuts and launches the Green Witch Cycle series with an impressively assured urban fantasy. What makes this shine, however, is their nuanced and believable character work. With an extensive and diverse supporting cast, the narrative reads like a love letter to friendship and community while raising age-old questions about the balance of right and wrong. This packs a paranormal punch." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Hand Kvita's debut to fans of witchy reads, especially those looking for fantasy featuring queer and BIPOC characters." ―Library Journal
"A wonderfully charming start to a new series." ―Booklist
"Charming and utterly unputdownable. An Unlikely Coven is the perfect combination between sparkling humor and cosmic stakes, set within a magical New York City that unfolds to reveal an ingenious new world." ―Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal Longings
"An Unlikely Coven is a wild romp through the backstreets of New York like you've never seen her. Full of witty banter, magical mayhem, and friends in high (and low) places, it's a must read for urban fantasy lovers!" ―Shay Kauwe, author of The Killing Spell
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Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published.
AM Kvita is a speculative fiction writer, artist, and worldmaker who writes about restless gods and, if you're lucky, kissing. When they're not writing, they're usually loudly lamenting the state of their garden.
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