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Belladonna University
Series · 5 books · 2016-2022

Books in series

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#1

Fake Geek Girl

2016

Meet Fake Geek Girl, the band that plays nerdy songs at the university bar every Friday night, to a mixture of magical and non-magical students: lead singer Holly writes songs based on her twin sister Hebe's love of geek culture though she doesn't really understand it; drummer Sage is an explosive sorcerous genius obsessing over whether Holly's about to quit the band to go mainstream; shy Juniper only just worked up the nerve to sing her own song in public and keeps a Jane Austen themed diary chronicling the lives and loves of her friends. When the mysterious, privileged Ferd joins their share house, everything starts to unravel...
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#2

Unmagical Boy Story

2016

Viola Vale, Ferdinand Chauvelin & Jules Nightshade had everything: wealth, family legacy, powerful magic and high status at Belladonna University's College of the Real. When Chauv lost his magic, he ditched Viola and Jules for a bunch of geeky, tragically unmagical students on the wrong side of campus. What would you do if a rock band stole your best friend? Go drinking with the enemy, obviously. A Belladonna University novella.
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#3

The Bromancers

2017

Our favourite witchy rock band, Fake Geek Girl, are road-tripping to a magical music festival in a wi-fi free zone on the same weekend that the season finale of their favourite TV show drops. Can they avoid spoilers? Can Hebe, Holly, Juniper & Sage camp in tents for three days without murdering each other? Can coffee really fix EVERYTHING including missing band members, messy relationship drama and obsessive fan shenanigans? Friendship is magic, but if you pile too much friendship on top of too much magic over one weekend, the results are bound to be explosive.
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#4

Halloween is Not a Verb

2018

Young Aussie witches Hebe and Holly Hallow are bringing their friends home to meet their mums for Halloween! What terrible life choices will Sage and Jules make around the bonfire? Why is Ferd flipping out about poetry? What’s with all the butternut pumpkins? Epic friendship and festive shenanigans with the magical students from Belladonna University.
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#5

The Year of Critical Rolls

2022

Belladonna U: a university for witches and non-witches, for the Real and the Unreal. This is a big year for witchy grad student Viola and her friends. The year they finally enter the grown up world. It’s the year that Viola goes to Paris, Jules and Hebe get real jobs, and Sage has to make a choice between magic or music. The year that Juniper and Holly get their act together. The year that Ferd Chauvelin finally figures out where he belongs. A year when every decision feels crucial, vital, life-defining. A year when Mei starts a roleplaying game for her friends based on popular anime series Cake Wizards, because how else are they going to all stay together?

Author

Tansy Rayner Roberts
Tansy Rayner Roberts
Author · 52 books

Tansy Rayner Roberts is a fantasy and science fiction author who lives in southern Tasmania, somewhere between the tall mountain with snow on it, and the beach that points towards Antarctica. Tansy has a PhD in Classics (with a special interest in poisonous Roman ladies), and an obsession with Musketeers. You can hear Tansy talking about Doctor Who on the Verity! podcast. She also reads her own stories on the Sheep Might Fly podcast.

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