The Once and Future Witches

I enjoyed the book but I would have enjoyed it more if it was shorter. There were times it felt like the book was too long, but then the solution to the next plot problem would be weirdly convenient. I feel like this book need to work more on its villain and make better use of its page count.
Things I liked:
The queer representation that uses social norms of the time.
Acknowledgment that different protest groups/org have different goals. They don't all immediately meld into one super group.
The relationships between the sisters.
The effort put into describing the environment/ buildings
Things I didn't like:
The main hetero romance felt forced & weird. I could have taken it out of the book and barely changed anything.
Magic seeming to be really convenient / not explained to my satisfaction.
Consequences to actions never felt real enough. When a character sacrifices themselves, finding a really dumb loophole to sort of bring them back is just annoying.