If you loved how Sideways Pike finds a coven with popular girls and they close ranks against sexist jerks and predatory occult men, you’ll click with the found-family vibe of The Raven Boys. Blue Sargent falls in with Gansey, Ronan, Adam, and Noah, and their bond becomes this protective, we-do-this-together engine that powers every ritual, secret cemetery meeting, and brush with dangerous magic. That same feeling of “these are my people now” that runs through The Scapegracers hums on every page here.

You watched Sideways claim witchcraft as part of who she is—despite gatekeeping and creeps trying to control it—and that arc mirrors Cemetery Boys. Yadriel, a trans brujo, insists on performing the rite that marks him as who he says he is, then accidentally summons the ghost of school troublemaker Julian. As the two of them uncover what’s really going on in their community’s magic, Yadriel’s fight to be recognized echoes the way Sideways refuses to let anyone else define her or her coven.

If the hallways, house parties, and roadside rituals of The Scapegracers scratched your itch for magic seeping into everyday life, This Poison Heart delivers. Briseis can coax plants to life, and when her moms inherit a crumbling estate, she uncovers hidden grimoires, old wards, and dangerous visitors who want a piece of her gift. The way Sideways’s small-town scene becomes a battleground for real power finds a mirror in Briseis’s blend of storefronts, backyards, and locked gardens hiding very real threats.

In The Scapegracers, magic isn’t cute—it’s volatile, and someone always tries to use it against the girls. When We Were Magic leans into that same dark edge. On prom night, Alexis’s magic accidentally kills a boy, and her coven scrambles to fix it, each attempt making things worse. The spiral of consequences, the gallows humor, and the absolute loyalty—covering tracks, performing risky rituals, refusing to abandon one another—echo Sideways and her friends facing down predatory warlocks and paying real costs for their power.

If you were here for Sideways learning what she can do while her coven helps her level up, Akata Witch offers that same exhilarating coming-into-power. Sunny, an American-born Nigerian girl who feels out of place, discovers she’s a Leopard Person and joins a small group of young magicians. They train, form their own tight unit, and face real danger that demands they grow fast. It’s that blend of learning curve, hard-won confidence, and friends who become family that will hit the same sweet spot.