When Bea moves to a new town, she is mistakenly enrolled in a witch school. She has to pretend to fit in even though she can't do magic, while waiting for her father to send in new enrollment papers to the regular school in town. The witch school has their own culture, their own food and clothing styles, and their own Halloween traditions.

Bea does not fit in at all, and she feels completely lost. And now she is roped into helping prepare for the big school Halloween Ball event. But nothing about Halloween is normal at a witch school! Can she make some friends before the big Halloween Ball?

I loved the way that Bea struggles so much to fit in, and everything at the witch school is so strange and weird to her. We all feel like that sometimes. She also feels really inadequate with her school work because she can't do magic. But I loved how her teachers encourage her and she begins to discover that she does have certain skills.

This second book in the series finally resolves the story arc that was left awkwardly hanging at the end of the first book. It would make a lot more sense to have the first and second books of the series published as one book. I don't know what editor decided to cut this story in half, but it was a poor decision. I would recommend buying this second book together with the first book just so the reader can get a decently resolved story arc.

I really loved the cute writing style! The diary structure is fun and the writing is hilarious! I enjoyed how descriptive the writing is. You can really imagine the whole magical setting of the school. The school does have some inspiration from Harry Potter, but with a fresh imaginative spin on elements like magical sports played on a broom, toad class pets, and using wand spells.

There are really adorable illustrations throughout the book that bring out the comedy in the story!

The final big event at the Halloween Ball was really wonderfully written! Bea begins to realize that not everything about the witch school is scary or embarrassing or weird. She starts to embrace the new culture and new friends, and realize that she does belong after all.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author in exchange for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts, and are not influenced by anyone.