Witchlings Series by Claribel A. Ortega

Seven Salazar is a Spare.And now, she's the most famous Spare in the Twelve Towns, along with Valley Pepperhorn and Thorn Laroux, her two best friends.After being named the new town Uncle, she's undergoing intense training to learn how to use her abilities to communicate with animals. But Seven has a secret: the only creatures’ voices she hears clearly are those of monstruos. Something is terribly wrong with Seven’s magic... moreSeven Salazar is a Spare.And now, she's the most famous Spare in the Twelve Towns, along with Valley Pepperhorn and Thorn Laroux, her two best friends.After being named the new town Uncle, she's undergoing intense training to learn how to use her abilities to communicate with animals. But Seven has a secret: the only creatures’ voices she hears clearly are those of monstruos. Something is terribly wrong with Seven’s magic.Meanwhile, it's the Golden Frog Games, a week of magical competitions among the Champions of the twelve towns, and Thorn is competing in fashion design!But when Thorn's competitors start to get turned to stone, suspicion lands on Thorn and the other Witchlings. Despite their fame, there are still many in the town who think that only the Spares would sink so low to win.Can Seven overcome the problems with her magic and find out who is stonifying the competitors . . . before Thorn becomes next victim? less

From New York Times bestselling author Claribel A. Ortega comes the third book in the spellbinding Witchlings series!Since the end of the Golden Frog Games, a cure for the stone hex victims still hasn't been found. And Seven and Thorn want nothing more than to find a way to heal their friends.When the Black Moon Ceremony arrives earlier than expected, Seven and Thorn take it as a chance to welcome any new Spares into their coven... moreFrom New York Times bestselling author Claribel A. Ortega comes the third book in the spellbinding Witchlings series!Since the end of the Golden Frog Games, a cure for the stone hex victims still hasn't been found. And Seven and Thorn want nothing more than to find a way to heal their friends.When the Black Moon Ceremony arrives earlier than expected, Seven and Thorn take it as a chance to welcome any new Spares into their coven. But rather than welcoming a few Spares like they thought -- all the witchlings in the ceremony are chosen to enter the Spare coven!Confused, and with so many new witchlings to look after, Seven and Thorn decide to split Seven will focus on finding a cure for the hex and Thorn will try and figure out why there are so many Spares this year. But the rising number of Spares is met with anger from the Hill Society and unfair rules that ban Spares from using magic! And with Seven's growing powers she is drawn deeper and deeper into the cursed forest and closer to the monstruos that live there.Can Seven and Thorn find a cure for the stone hex and stop the Hill Society's unfair treatment of Spares, for good? less