The critical thing to know for Christian parents is that this book makes frequent references to a handful of things that the Bible tells Christians to completely avoid. The most frequent are references to tarot card readings and which’s almanacs. These are lighthearted references to these things concerning the main characters, which is different and much worse than if some villain was using them as a part of some evil plot. This is a really big deal for Christian parents and should not be presented to their children in a flippant light, as the book does. Also, as the title indicates, there is a lot of focus on magic, but it is the type of magic that is most concerning. One character describes this magic as “dark and slimy, something altogether unknown”. This is seen in the town where there is an unknown monster living in a local body of water, knives gaining a thirst for blood if you accidently cut yourself (“never keep a knife that has tasted your blood”) and other strange things. There is also a key story plot component where the main character has been gaining relief from her gripping fear by drinking a magical tea at the cost of one memory per cup. She whispers the memory in and it is lost forever. Others do the same for things like better looks. The main character lies throughout the book and steals, typically justifying it. She also mentions loving gossip and eventually comments that breaking the rules was getting easier for her. There are also some more intense moments with mentions of a dark creature, monsters, cryptids, muggings, kidnappings (although the author does work to keep them “light”) which lead to some perilous moments. Towards the end there is a backstory reference that reveals domestic violence. A couple passing references are made to “modern romance novels”. Mentions zombies a few times and a necromancer in reference to a video game. A bird is also hurt by a human. There is a mention of “how irritating overprotective parents are”. There is also one instance of a reference to “two moms”.