I Can’t Wait For…Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about but haven’t yet read. Most of the time they’re books that have yet to be released, but not always. It’s based on the Waiting on Wednesday meme, which was originally hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
This week my Can’t-Wait-For Book is Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd!
Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd Genres: Adult, Fantasy
Representation: MC with clinical anxiety
Published on: 7th October 2025
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She always felt like an impostor…
First-generation graduate student Dorothe Bartleby has one last chance to pass the Magic program’s qualifying exam. If she fails, she’ll be kicked out of the university, losing access to higher magic and her chance to prove classic literature contained spells that rebuilt the world.
Still reeling from the paralyzing anxiety that made her freeze on her first attempt, she’s horrified when her adviser insists she reframe her entire dissertation using Digimancy. Mages may have found a way to make computers and magic work together, but throw Bartleby into the mix, and nothing ever goes right.
This time is no exception. Her revised working goes horribly wrong, creating a talking skull named Anne that narrates Bartleby’s inner thoughts—even the most embarrassing ones—like she’s a heroine in a Jane Austen novel.
Facing the scrutiny of her professors, increasingly frequent panic attacks and the impending deadline, Bartleby doubts whether she’s fit to become a Mage at all. Out of her depth, she recruits James, an unfairly attractive Mage candidate, hoping he can help her correct the code and stop Anne’s glitches in time for her exam.
Instead, Anne leads them to a shocking and dangerous magic students who seek disability accommodations are disappearing—quite literally. When the administration fails to act, Bartleby must learn to trust in her knowledge and skills…and begin to rewrite her own story. Otherwise, she risks losing both the missing students and her future as a Mage, permanently.
Adult magic-school! A(n?) MC with anxiety!! A quest to end disability discrimination!!!
And – sorry, what was that?!
classic literature contained spells that rebuilt the world
YEAH I’M GOING TO NEED ABOUT 500 PAGES OF ELABORATION ON THIS AMAZING CONCEPT, PLEASE AND THANK YOU!
I know this isn’t out until October and I’ve been trying to showcase books that are releasing not-so-long after the post BUT COME ON! There was no way I could resist!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go back to heart-eyes-ing at that cover!
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