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Literature: Circle Of Three

Circle of Three is a young adult series by Isobel Bird about three teenage girls—Kate, Annie, and Cooper—who come together after Kate finds a book of spells in the school library and casts a love spell that has disastrous results.

Fantastical-sounding description aside, the series is actually about the girls' lives as they study Wicca, and presents it all (mostly) realistically.

There are 15 books in the series:

So Mote It Be
Merry Meet
Second Sight
What the Cards Said
In the Dreaming
Ring of Light
Blue Moon
The Five Paths
Through the Veil
Making the Saint
The House of Winter
Written in the Stars
And It Harm None
The Challenge Box
Initiation

This series contains examples of:

Alpha Bitch: Sherrie.
Artistic License - Religion: Many in-universe examples, but mostly in The Five Paths.
Author Tract: The series was written deliberately to show teens how Wicca is actually practiced in real life.
Character Development: The point of the series, particularly for Kate.
Deadpan Snarker
Freudian Trio: The main characters- Cooper is the id, Kate the ego and Annie the superego.
Girl Posse: The Graces.
Info Drop: The coven that the Crones' Circle store owners belong to goes unnamed until the last book.
Magic Misfire: Starts the whole thing off.
Magic Realism: Certain aspects of the series, especially the bits dealing with ghosts and spirits, press the belief of even the most devout Wiccan.
Magick
Moustache de Plume: Inverted— author Isobel Bird is actually Michael Thomas Ford.
Neo-Paganism
Reincarnation: It is strongly implied that Cooper was in a Nazi concentration camp in a past life.
Tarot Motifs: All over the place, but mostly in What The Cards Said