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- Content warnings: Bullying, Death, Violence, Execution, Alcohol use, Chronic illness
How to Hang a Witch
by Adriana Mather
Book 1 in How to Hang a Witch
A Salem-set YA mystery where high school cruelty and old witch-trial history keep folding into each other. The romance is soft, spooky, and tangled up in secrets.
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Length368 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 2 books
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Adrenaline rush
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- Mysterious stranger
- Mutual pining
- Sweet / tender
- Found family feels
- Protective love interest
- Tension / anticipation
- Earned hope
- Longing glances
- Tension
- Anticipation
Fantasy promise
- Ya urban fantasy
- Love triangle
- Small town / village
- Urban fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Academy / school
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- Academy / campus
- Contemporary
- Ghosts
- First love
- Paranormal
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Mysterious
- Fast-paced
- Moderate
- Medium
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- Outcast/loner
- Eerie
- Suspenseful
- Magical
- Atmospheric
- Tense
- Conversational
- Romantic
- Cursed bloodline
- Forbidden knowledge
- Plot twist heavy
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 368 pages
- Publisher
- Ember
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book