{"product_id":"an-amateur-witchs-guide-to-murder-paperback","title":"An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eK. Valentin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wannabe witch tries to break a curse on a clueless client in this laugh-out-loud debut, for fans of queer romantic fantasy by T. J. Klune and Tamsyn Muir. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMateo Borrero has 99 problems--and all of them hinge on his missing bruja mother and the demon she trapped inside his body. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMateo's mother forbade him from ever using magic, but now that she's gone, magic's his only marketable skill, and he'd really like an exorcism--which costs money he doesn't have. What's the harm in making a quick buck by calling himself an Occult Specialist and chanting a few half-remembered spells in his crappy Spanish? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter Topher, a naive nepo baby with a curse that keeps killing people around him. Most importantly, he's rich and too clueless to clock that Mateo--and his (\u003ci\u003eabsolutely-not-the-assistant) \u003c\/i\u003eastral projecting best friend Ophelia--have never actually had a client before. Lifting Topher's bad luck curse should be simple, but as luck would have it, \u003ci\u003enothing \u003c\/i\u003eis simple, and Topher-who Mateo sort of, kind of likes-might be at the center of a deadly magical conspiracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo make matters worse, the more magic Mateo does, the stronger the demon inside him grows and the more he wants to eat people. But would caving to the urges of an ancient evil really be \u003ci\u003ethat \u003c\/i\u003ebad if it helps him get a payday? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLegends and Lattes \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eA Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer \u003c\/i\u003ein this hilarious and charming queer romantic fantasy readers won't want to miss.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eK. Valentin\u003c\/b\u003e works as a senior art director in casual gaming, herding twenty-plus amazing artists into some semblance of organization. She has been published in the \u003ci\u003eBag of Bones Horror Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLatino Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCosmos: An Anthology of Dark Microfiction\u003c\/i\u003e. As a comic writer and illustrator, her work has been published in \u003ci\u003ePuerto Rico Strong\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eProud\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAn LGBTQ+ YA Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. She has a BA in creative writing from Southern New Hampshire University. \u003ci\u003eAn Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51996596994349,"sku":"9798892423434","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/qyNv07ioiE9798892423434.webp?v=1776433825","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/an-amateur-witchs-guide-to-murder-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}