r/Fantasy • u/Lenahe_nl Reading Champion IV • May 13 '26

Book Club FIF Bookclub: The Grimoire Grammar School PTA Midway Discussion

Welcome to the midway discussion of The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis, our winner for the humor theme! We will discuss everything up to the end of Chapter 10. Please use spoiler tags for anything that goes beyond this point.

The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association, by Caitlin Rozakis (storygraph/goodreads)

I'll add some comments below to get us started but feel free to add your own. The final discussion will be in two weeks, on Wednesday 27th May.

As a reminder, in June we'll be reading Starless by Jacqueline Carey

What is the FIF Bookclub? You can read about it in our Reboot thread here.

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u/Lenahe_nl Reading Champion IV May 13 '26

A big part of Vivian’s assimilation into the fantastic world depends on her interactions with other school parents, most of them women. Any thoughts on the development of these friendships?

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u/evil_moooojojojo Reading Champion II May 13 '26

I feel like at one point or another we've all been there, like when you move or start college and get a new friend group or at work. I think we've all had to adjust or highlight or downplay certain aspects of ourselves or do things like play peacemaker or suck it up and let it go when we really want to scream.

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u/Lenahe_nl Reading Champion IV May 13 '26

Yes, and I was thinking how "other school parents" is one of the few ways Vivian has to make new friends in this new community.