Such Familiar Magic
Natasha Ngan(Author)
Viking (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 14. January 2027
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-241-81129-0 (ISBN)
Description
Always Be My Maybe meets Practical Magic in this joyful, enemies-to-lovers romcom from New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan
'Beautiful, funny and dizzyingly romantic' Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
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Laila Chu is from one of three magical Chinese families in Silverwood Cove, a cosy English seaside town where magic is less "glamorous chosen one" and more "please come home every weekend to polish the family shrine while your ancestors heckle you."
When her parents leave for Malaysia, Laila is trusted with the ancient cosmic potion that has allowed generations of Chus to communicate with the other realm. Naturally, she ruins it on Day One.
The only one who can help? The infuriatingly successful, insanely attractive Anthony Lim - a hot nature witch with a wildly popular skincare line because some people build an empire, while others accidentally destroy their family's entire spiritual infrastructure before dinner.
Oh, and he just happens to also be her childhood rival and not-so-secret ex-teenage crush.
Sparks fly as they're forced into a quest to find the ingredients before her parents get home. Now Laila and Anthony must work out whether they're brewing disaster - or something that feels a lot like magic...
For fans of The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling and Abby Jiminez's Just For the Summer this funny, swoony and emotionally rich love story is about family pressure, second chances, and working out where you belong.
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MAY CONTAIN:
*Childhood rivals*
*Forced proximity*
*Cosy small town*
*Found family*
*Magical quest*
*Witty banter*
*Meddling mother*
*Disco-ball tortoise*
Ok... that last one isn't a trope but it should be...
'Beautiful, funny and dizzyingly romantic' Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Laila Chu is from one of three magical Chinese families in Silverwood Cove, a cosy English seaside town where magic is less "glamorous chosen one" and more "please come home every weekend to polish the family shrine while your ancestors heckle you."
When her parents leave for Malaysia, Laila is trusted with the ancient cosmic potion that has allowed generations of Chus to communicate with the other realm. Naturally, she ruins it on Day One.
The only one who can help? The infuriatingly successful, insanely attractive Anthony Lim - a hot nature witch with a wildly popular skincare line because some people build an empire, while others accidentally destroy their family's entire spiritual infrastructure before dinner.
Oh, and he just happens to also be her childhood rival and not-so-secret ex-teenage crush.
Sparks fly as they're forced into a quest to find the ingredients before her parents get home. Now Laila and Anthony must work out whether they're brewing disaster - or something that feels a lot like magic...
For fans of The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling and Abby Jiminez's Just For the Summer this funny, swoony and emotionally rich love story is about family pressure, second chances, and working out where you belong.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
MAY CONTAIN:
*Childhood rivals*
*Forced proximity*
*Cosy small town*
*Found family*
*Magical quest*
*Witty banter*
*Meddling mother*
*Disco-ball tortoise*
Ok... that last one isn't a trope but it should be...
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-81129-0 (9780241811290)
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Natasha Ngan is the New York Times bestselling author of several YA fantasy novels, including Girls of Paper and Fire, Girls of Storm and Shadow, and Girls of Fate and Fury. Natasha grew up between Malaysia, where the Chinese side of her family is from, and the UK. She studied geography at the University of Cambridge before working as a social media consultant and fashion blogger. She now lives in France with her partner and their Staffordshire bull terrier, Nova.