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  • Published: 19 January 2027
  • ISBN: 9780241853757
  • Imprint: Viking Fiction
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $38.00

Such Familiar Magic

  • Natasha Ngan



Always Be My Maybe meets Practical Magic in this joyful, enemies-to-lovers romcom from bestselling author

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.\" 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 spiritual infrastructure before dinner. Oh, and he just happens to also be her childhood rival and not-so-secret teenage crush which she is totally over. Of course. Absolutely.

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...

  • Published: 19 January 2027
  • ISBN: 9780241853757
  • Imprint: Viking Fiction
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $38.00

Praise for Such Familiar Magic

Beautiful, funny and dizzyingly romantic, with a rich tapestry of culture and a cast of delightful ancestral ghosts to boot, I love absolutely everything about this book! Read it and thank me later

Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

An emotionally honest novel about family, community, and finding your place within both. It’s totally delightful and wholly unique

Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Perfect Storm

Warm, witty and utterly enchanting, Such Familiar Magic casts a spell from the very first page. Ngan has conjured a gorgeous story of family, belonging and second chances, with a romance to root for and magic woven through every word. I adored it.

Georgia Leighton, Sunday Times bestselling author of Spellbound