Begone the Raggedy Witches

How it reads

Begone the Raggedy Witches is fantasy (middle-grade portal fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are friendship, survival and power and politics. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 288 pages it's a quick read. It's a hidden gem — known to relatively few readers.