This is my new favorite manga series! Coco is the daughter of a tailor but she has a passion for magic. She was given a book of spells and a wand as a child, but she knows she'll never be able to use them because witches are born, not made. Or so she believes until she spies on a witch casting a spell and realizes that magic is cast by drawing. She tries her hand at some of the spells in the book, and is amazed to find she can summon light. But her next experiment has a darker outcome: she turns her other and her home to stone. She is taken in by witch who runs a rural atelier, or school, with three apprentices. Her new mentor encourages her passion for magic, but is also protecting her, as he suspects the rogue sorcerer who contacted her as a child will contact her again. As Coco grows, she has to use her new skills to solve a series of increasingly difficult problems. Watching her learn is both joyful and satisfying, and I was extremely impressed by the beauty of the art. Traditional manga aesthetics are mixed with influences of Maxfield Parrish and Little Nemo in Slumberland. I devoured this book and jumped directly into the sequel!