William Roth Bücher

Rhea Batwattle dreams of being a great witch. But even though she works twice as hard as the other students at the Humboldt Academy of Magics, she just can't seem to measure up. Especially not to her crush Yineshe, a noble girl she has no shot with. Rhea's best friend Lefi badgers her into writing a love-letter, but a chance encounter mid-delivery will change Rhea's normal life at magic school forever. She is challenged by Ilya Nosferai, scion of a great and powerful family of vampires, to an epic duel for Yineshe's hand! Rhea can barely keep up in class - how can she hope to go toe-to-toe with one of the strongest creatures in the world? But perhaps this impossible fight is Rhea's chance to prove she can be a great witch after all...

What is unique about this book is while it's based on a strong academic foundation, it does not get bogged down in the human-planning or psychological process of solving problems. It doesn't provide 'pie-in-the-sky' creative solutions or a five-year process for solving problems and planning for the future.