This was such a fun, relatable and fantastical read and I’ll be keeping an eye out for any of this authors future books!

Vivian’s daughter Aria was unexpectedly turned into a werewolf, so together with her husband they move across the country so Aria can attend a magical primary school. And chaos ensues! We follow Vivian as she navigates School Talent Shows, Birthday Parties and PTA meetings all with a funny magical twist.

I was pleasantly surprised by the mental health representation sprinkled in throughout the story as both Vivian and Aria deal with their own struggles. The open discussion about therapy and medication was nice to see in a lighthearted fantasy book!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC for review.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book. A gorgeous 4 star read book from me. What an exciting plot, vivid storytelling and relatable, rich characters. I could put this book down – absolutely loved it.

When their daughter, Ava, is bitten by a werewolf, Vivian and Daniel must leave everything they know and move to Veilport, home of the Grimoire Grammar School. As the only human parents in the school, there's a lot to learn, starting with where to buy half of the things on the school supplies list before Ava starts kindergarten.

With a wide cast of supporting characters from chthonic nymphs, to vampires, mages and selkies (oh my!) this book takes all of the anxiety inducing scenarios thrown at you when your child starts school and gives them a fantastical twist. There's humour, fantasy and also real, deep emotion. An impressive achievement.

The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis is a masterpiece! This amazing author should receive all the awards in the world for this masterpiece!

I loved every second of this slice-of-a-somewhat-unusual-life fantasy.

After their daughter Aria gets bitten and turns into a werewolf, Vivian and Daniel have to move to a new town with a magical school: non-magical people don't love it when a 5-year old turns into a wolf. Grimoire Grammar School is like every rich-people school, except everyone and their parents are magical. Except Aria's parents, that is. Wanting to fit in, Vivi tries to befriend people, learn magic, and signs up to become the PTA (sorry, I mean PAC) treasurer. There's sirens and werewolves and consultants to help kids get into the best schools and all the toxic WASP-y nonsense you can think of. Also ancient dark prophecies, ridiculous testing for kindergartners, and insanely active parent group chats. And it is GLORIOUS.

The writing flows well, and there's a nice balance balance between Vivi's very real and relatable anxiety and difficulties and humorous fantasy. The blurb captures the vibes perfectly, so if it sounds up your alley, I can confirm it likely will be.

Many thanks to Titan Books for letting me read an eARC of this. All opinions are, of course, my own.