A witchy “who done it” with primarily rich privileged teens who always seem intriguing but also always seem to want to leave each other with enticing looks and sexual meanings under breath. If you were looking for a throwback Clue inspired story but with witchy teens, then you’ll likely enjoy this one.

When the 4 bloodlines of witch families reunite in the manor home of the high sorcerer but two imposters are among them. Wren and Ruby are paid to impersonate the long lost grandchildren of one of the famous bloodlines-  it’s just one night right? That is until the high sorcerer Ursula Hegemony is murdered and everyone could be a suspect. But wouldn’t you suspect the imposters first?

With mistaken identity and fantasy wrapped in, this gave me feelings of “These Vicious Games” in the best way.  At times, this was an emotional whiplash- going from flirty teenage eyes to immediate danger and death threats. And not always in such a smooth transition. Speaking of which, Wren for the most part was unhelpful and an irritating teenage stereotype. And I really wanted her to stop making lusty type  comments so frequently to her sister’s eye roll. It was much too repetitive.

The ending went a little too James Bond, with the villain monologue before our hero. And I’m realizing that even though I liked this and I liked the style of writing, it fell for way too many book tropes and stereotypes. 

Thank you to NetGalley and Tor Publishing for access to an early release copy