Hex Education

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Title: Hex Education

Author: Maureen Kilmer

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons

Release Date: 9.19.23

Publisher’s Summary 

Beauty, grace, and a resting witch face…

Bewitched meets Yellowjackets in Maureen Kilmer’s Hex Education when a former coven reunites to stop their lives from going up in flames.

On the outside, luxury realtor Sarah Nelson looks like every other mom in the neighborhood—running errands, navigating the school pickup line, and begrudgingly volunteering at the high school concession stand. Yet she has an edge that others don’t: She’s a witch! She uses light magic in secret, small ways, almost like an enchanted personal assistant. And absolutely no one knows about it.

Except her estranged ex-coven. In college, when she and two friends, Katrina and Alicia, first uncovered the magic, it didn’t take long before they used it to improve their lives. Yet, they made a mistake one night, and their dorm went up in flames and burned to the ground. After that terrible night, the coven scattered. And no one ever found out that the fire was their fault. Their secret was safe, until the three reunite at a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the fire. Suddenly, the magic doesn’t seem to want to stay small any longer. Her familiar—an overweight orange tabby cat named Katy Furry—begins to argue with her. Her self-brooming broom goes full Martha Stewart. Her fridge overdoes it and stocks thirty pounds of sliced turkey for school lunches.

As it grows more and more difficult to hide the magic and the past, Sarah, Katrina, and Alicia once again gather to harness their power, and keep their secrets safe…before they find out if polite society still burns witches.

My Review

Some people look forward to their vacations and travel times as reading opportunities but I just cannot concentrate. I was traveling this last weekend and couldn't figure out how to use the television in my hotel room so I picked an "easy" read to fill my time while I relaxed. I read this author's previous release, Suburban Hell, last summer and thought it was fun and funny, so when I saw she had a new release about witches I was all about it. It had some laugh-out-loud lines and scenes but I thought it fell a little short of Suburban Hell. This was a great palate cleanser and suited my weekend travel reading needs. 

*1 clarification that needs to be made here is that the Yellowjackets reference in the publisher's summary is way off and I can only guess it was used to capitalize on the show's success.