Calla Sweet is smart, lazy, reasonably kind, but most of the time has a sarcastic remark at the tip of her tounge, is a witch, and new in town.
Calla is a 17 year old girl trying her best not to curse the schools Queen Bitch and pass Algebra II
Austin Mystic is sporty, a witch (occasional wizard) hunter, smart enough, and a virgin (what a loser).
Austin has been raised to hate witches ever since they killed his father.
One day, he catches Calla using her magic, and has made it his goal to kill her, her family and everything she holds dear.
But everything changes when he finds out his own sister, Luna, is a witch. Everything Austin's been taught about witches and anything magical is totally and completely wrong, and he finds himself loosing part of his brain to insanity when he finds out he might like the very thing he was raised to hate and kill.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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