Witchy summer school is a nightmare: no manufactured comforts like makeup or good deodorant, lessons, and Dahlia and River making out every chance they get. The headmistress reveals Summer had used a love spell on River, ensuring everyone’s hatred. Only her best friend, Aspen Widow-Tears, sticks with her. Unfortunately, he seems to want to transform their friendship into something more. Summer can’t get over this recent heartbreak; she can’t risk losing her best friend to the wreckage of her romantic history.
And then there’s the real nightmare: visits from a Night Hag that leave Summer screaming in terror at night—and even more of a social outcast.
When Aspen disappears after a quarrel at the Solar Solstice party, she thinks she’s burned her last bridge, but recurrent nightmares hint something more sinister is afoot. Only Dahlia, with her water powers of clarity, can help Summer see the truth.
Can this fire witch rise above the ashes of heartbreak and seek help from her frenemy for the sake of Aspen? Or will her courage go up in smoke, when she uncovers the identity of the Night Hag?
