Museum of Magic Books in Order

Museum of Magic starts with a heroine who has grown up surrounded by stories and still does not believe them. Emmi Castor lives in a centuries-old house near Salem, a place her grandfather has turned into the Museum of Magic. It is full of artifacts, history, and tales about witchcraft. Emmi has spent her whole life around all of that and come away with one firm opinion: magic is not real.

Then the series takes that certainty apart very quickly. A fae boy named Puck appears in the house beside the broken remains of an old witch bottle. A Hunter shows up armed and dangerous. Emmi's grandfather is missing. Suddenly the museum stops feeling like a quirky family home with an unusual theme and starts feeling like the center of something much older and stranger.

That shift is what gives the series its charm. Emmi is not walking into a brand-new magical world from scratch. She is discovering that the place she already knows, the rooms she grew up in, the history she has been brushing off for years, has been telling her the truth all along. The house matters a lot here. The museum is not just a backdrop. It shapes the mood, the mystery, and the sense that the past is always pushing into the present.

Puck is central to that discovery. He is fae, but he is also one of the few people willing to help Emmi piece together what is happening. Their alliance pulls the story deeper into real witchcraft history, fae politics, and the practical question of how Emmi is supposed to protect anyone if the impossible turns out to be real and she is standing right in the middle of it.

The house is practically a character.

By the time House of Hex begins, Emmi has already paid for what she learned. She has sacrificed her magic to create a new witch bottle and bargained with an ancient fae king to get her grandfather back. Instead of settling down, life at the museum becomes even more dangerous. The home she loves twists into a place of lies, secrets, and hexes, and Emmi has to keep fighting even without the powers she once had.

So what should you expect overall? This duology blends YA fantasy, fae trouble, family loyalty, and a strong sense of place. It likes hidden histories, dangerous bargains, and a heroine who has to rethink everything she thought she knew about her world. If you enjoy stories where old houses keep secrets, folklore turns personal, and magic arrives through family as much as through adventure, Museum of Magic is a good one to explore.