History Literature / TheWitchesOfThistleGrove

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Winning the tournament increases the winning family's magical power by magnitudes and even bends luck towards their favor. Since the Blackmoores have won all but one tournament since the beginning, they effectively run the town.

* AscendedExtra: Morty and Nina are moreso this than Rowan or Isadora. Morty only had a few appearances in the first two books and Nina was only mentioned once early in ''Payback's a Witch'', but here, they are the [[{{Protagonist}} protagonists]].

The series' setting takes place in the titular town of Thistle Grove, a town in Illinois that appears to be an example of EverytownAmerica to the outside world, but is actually more of a TownWithADarkSecret: magic exists here. The series is kicked off when [[{{Protagonist}} Emmy Harlow]] returns to the magical town after years of a SelfImposedExile in order to fulfill her family's role as the arbiter in the town's spell-casting, quarter-century tournament. As if returning wasn't bad enough, her HandsomeLech OldFlame Gareth Blackmoore and former high-school crush Talia Avramov are two of the participants in the tournament. To make matters worse, she discovers Gareth and Talia had just broken up ''and'' that Gareth was also seeing Emmy's BestFriend Linden, unbeknownst to either of them, so Talia and Linden approach Emmy to see if she wants in on seeking [[{{Revenge}} revenge]]. Suffice to say, magical shenanigans unfold.

{{Glamour}}: Talia uses a glamour spell to hide from Gareth and his fellow Blackmoores in the Shamrock Cauldron and to avoid talking to a particularly lonely-looking birthday bachelorette.

-->“Fear the Vengeance…"

* AscendedExtra: Morty is moreso this than Rowan or Isadora as they only had a few appearances in the first two books, but here, they are one of the [[{{Protagonist}} protagonists]].

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The author lives in Illinois where the story takes place.

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Morty, and the summary of the book itself, identifies as non-binary, but they state that they go by he/him/they/them pronouns and the book seems to refer to them mostly in he/him pronouns.

* MuggleMageRomance: Since access to the magic requires the bloodline of one of the four founding families, the only way outside of that to get access to magic is to marry into one of the families, like Cecily Harlow.

The series' setting takes place in the titular town of Thistle Grove, a town in Illinois that appears to be an example of EverytownAmerica to the outside world, but is actually more of a TownWithADarkSecret: magic exists here. The series is kicked off when [[{{Protagonist}} Emmy Harlow]] returns to the magical town after years of a SelfImposedExile in order to fulfill her family's role as the arbiter in the town's spell-casting, quarter-century tournament. As if returning wasn't bad enough, her HandsomeLech OldFlame Gareth Blackmore and former high-school crush Talia Avramov are two of the participants in the tournament. To make matters worse, she discovers Gareth and Talia had just broken up ''and'' that Gareth was also seeing Emmy's BestFriend Linden, unbeknownst to either of them, so Talia and Linden approach Emmy to see if she wants in on seeking [[{{Revenge}} revenge]]. Suffice to say, magical shenanigans unfold.

* AscendedExtra: Not that they weren't prominent in the first book (Rowan played a critical part throughout the story and both were supporting characters), but here they are upgraded to being the [[{Protagonist}} protagonists]] of this book.

* AscendedExtra: Morty is moreso this than Rowan or Isadora as they only had a few appearances in the first two books, but here, they are one of the [[{Protagonist}} protagonists]].

The Witches of Thistle Grove is a series of [[QueerRomance Queer]] ParanormalRomance books by Serbian-born American author [[https://www.lanapopovicbooks.com/ Lana Popović Harper]]. The first book in the series, ''Payback's a Witch'', was published October 5th, 2021. The second book, ''From Bad to Cursed'', was published on May 17th, 2022. The third and third book, ''Back in a Spell'', was published on January 3rd, 2023. The fourth book, ''In Charm's Way'', is expected to be published in August of 2023.

The series' setting takes place in the titular town of Thistle Grove, a town in Illinois that appears to be an example of EverytownAmerica to the outside world, but is actually more of a TownWithADarkSecret: magic exists here. The series is kicked off when [[{{Protagonist}} Emmy Harlow]] returns to the magical town after years of a self-imposed exile in order to fulfill her family's role as the arbiter in the town's spell-casting, quarter-century tournament. As if returning wasn't bad enough, her HandsomeLech OldFlame Gareth Blackmore and former high-school crush Talia Avramov are two of the participants in the tournament. To make matters worse, she discovers Gareth and Talia had just broken up ''and'' that Gareth was also seeing Emmy's BestFriend Linden, unbeknownst to either of them, so Talia and Linden approach Emmy to see if she wants in on seeking [[{{Revenge}} revenge]]. Suffice to say, magical shenanigans unfold.

The Witches of Thistle Grove is a series of [[QueerRomance Queer]] ParanormalRomance books by Serbian-born American author [[https://www.lanapopovicbooks.com/ Lana Popović Harper]]. The first book in the series, ''Payback's a Witch'', was published October 5th, 2021. The second book, ''From Bad to Cursed'', was published on May 17th, 2022. The third and third book, ''Back in a Spell'', was published on January 3rd, 2023. The fourth book, ''In Charm's Way'', is expected to be published in August of 2023.