The Virus of Beauty – Book 1 by C. B. Lyall

Ugliness is power, and the Virus of Beauty is spreading causing panic throughout the witch population.
It starts with a virus robbing witches of their magic, a teenager struggling with his identity and guilt over his mother’s death, and a realm in danger of collapsing. Friendships will be tested and loyalties will shift, if magic is to survive. It hinges on Wilf overcoming his loathing of magic and accepting that he’s a wizard. The odds of magic’s survival are not good.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age