A Letter to Three Witches had a promising idea. Witches that aren't allowed to practice, a sinister letter and enchanting cupcakes. Unfortunately a few things flew flat for me and I could not end up loving this book.

In this book we follow Gwen. Gwen is a normal girl, in a 6 month old relationship and rather close to her cousins as the cupcake coven. Oh and her family is one of witches. But they aren't allowed to practice because of a mistake their great great grandfather made. But when her adoptive sister sends her and her two cousins a sinister letter, hinting at taking one of their lovers, they all get a little nervous.

This book is meant to be a lighthearted and fun book about witches. Almost like a romcom. Except there wasn't a whole of humor to be found in this book. It was a real missed opportunity because it would have notched up this book quite a bit. Now some situations that could have been funny kind of just blew by. It made it fall flat.

Adding to that is the big bad evil also flew flat. They were there but not really. And they didn't actually do a whole lot except send a letter. Most of it was done by their own imaginations running wild.

The romance was also flat, flat, flat.

However I did enjoy some of the ideas and some of the characters. Like Miles and his boyfriend and future Mayor Brett, the cat of Tannith that appeared with his own chapters on occasion (which could have been done more with) and their aunt Esmee who clearly can kick some butt. There really was potential.

This is an entertaining, quick, fun read! If you don’t have high expectations and look for something light and easy to binge through, this will be a great fit for you! Basically a rom-com adaptation waiting to happen!

I am sorry but I did not enjoy this book. It was directionless and just did not get to the point between the three witches and three sisters

This book was just so interesting! I loved the mystery built into the witchy story. I really enjoyed the series of events that just kept getting worse and worse. It was like “what else can go wrong?” And then it went wrong! Overall, this was a cute and quick read for people looking for a funny witchy book!

I found this book light and funny. I liked the different perspectives and found the characters good but I liked Gwen the most. I would definitely suggest this for my friends.

This is a cute little light read. It's over the top and entertaining. There isn't any serious substance so if that's what you're looking for, this is not the book for you.

There are a lot of drastic decisions in this one that lead to some amusing encounters. The plot follows the cousins as they attempt to stop what's happening.

There is a romance aspect to the story but it's more centered around the women trying to make sure their man isn't the one in the letter.

I think I came in to this thinking it was a romance. While there were romantic aspects to it, the romance seemed so quick and I didn’t have much time to like the characters enough to care.

I don’t usually read mystery books but like them when I do. They can be a nice change of pace from other genres that I typically reach for. I didn’t feel like the mystery in this book gave much for the reader. I wasn’t surprised by anything that happened and I ended up skimming the last few chapters just to finish.

I think it was cute but it just wasn’t for me.

The plot of the book was such a great page turner. The plot of the book was very well written. I truly cannot wait to read another wonderful book from this author. This was a truly great book.

I do love reading a book about a close-knit family and Gwen Engle and her two cousins, Trudy and Milo, would certainly qualify. Their family is well-known in the witching community because of a great-great-grandfather who created a magical catastrophe that affected most of the United States. Because of his work, the whole family is forbidden from practicing magic for 150 years. Gwen's parents have always warned her and her cousin Tannith about the Watchers who might be keeping an eye on their family. Tannith was a distant cousin who was housed with Gwen's family since they were both young but she was never actually adopted. And my least favorite part of this book is the way that Gwen feels about Tannith, seemingly rejecting her for no reason. And that feeling was never really resolved for me. Other than that, I really enjoyed seeing Gwen and her family trying to NOT do magic but it keeps slipping out anyway. I have a feeling that, given another book in the series, the world-building will even out a bit as some things felt left undone but those were fairly minor but having some of the chapters being from the point of view of Tannith's familiar was really fun.

Three and a half stars
This book comes out January 25th, 2022
ARC kindly provided by Kensington Books and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

I would like to thank NetGalley, Kensington Books, and Elizabeth Bass for providing me with an ARC of ‘A Letter to Three Witches’ in exchange for an honest review.

This was the perfect light-hearted read to finish 2021 with. Filled with mystery, magic and humour, ‘A Letter to Three Witches’ follows the (mis)adventures of Gwen and her cousins Trudy and Milo, following the receipt of a letter from Gwen’s adopted sister, Tannith, informing them that she’s bewitched one of their partners and will run away with him at the end of the week. In an attempt to figure out what Tannith is up to, the three cousins end up on an adventure that not only brings into question the actions of everyone around them, but also allows them to learn more about their ancestral history, and the dangers that practicing witchcraft holds for their family.

Although not my usual genre, I found the book entirely entertaining, the characters likeable and the plot amusing. There was never a dull moment, and when you thought things couldn’t get any more absurd, they did – but in such a way that it felt natural for the book and the story. This definitely gave me the ‘Sabrina The Teenage Witch’ (1996 TV series) vibe that I didn’t realise I had been missing in my life until I read this.

Perfect for anyone wanting a quick, and funny rom-com, with a little witchy magic thrown in.

This could have been an interesting concept but I didn’t really care about any of the characters. They were pretty insipid and obnoxious. Each one painfully insecure to the point of being over the top. Hard to get invested in someone who barely invests in themselves.

I just finished the book A Letter To Three Witches. It was really good! It’s a very easy read that I was able to finish in one day. But the way it was written is nice. It has three cousins who are witches but their families aren’t allowed to practice. All three of them receive a letter from another cousin that turns their world upside down. The three cousins learn magic and have some crazy antics along the way.

This book was a surprise to me.
I read the beginning of this book and their family drama stressed me out. I really didn’t know how I was going to feel at the end.

However here I am finished and wanting more of this story. Great creation of characters and storyline. I hope we get more from this story.

Their family has been banned from practicing magic for generations, but when a malicious letter threatening their relationships with their romantic partners causes stress in their lives, the magic starts flowing and they have no idea how to control it.

That is what this book promises, that we will have a fun time with three bumbling witches despite the fact that the inciting incident is an incredibly mean spirited letter that is meant to cause pain and doubt, which doesn’t sound so fun to me. Unfortunately this book doesn't know what it wants to be. Is it a rom-com? Is it a mystery? Is it chick-lit? Is it fantasy? I don't really know. It was fun to see the main characters continue to make their problems worse through their poor choices. But the sinister witch watching them and hoping for their pain, and the chapters that were told from the perspective of a cat just ruined the mood. It was too dark to be lighthearted but too silly to take seriously.

THANK YOU NETGALLEY FOR THE FREE REVIEW COPY IN EXCHANGE FOR MY HONEST REVIEW.

I really liked this book. It was a fun witchy read. I loved the characters and the story line. All the mishaps were so funny and really just what I needed.

I received an eARC of A Letter to Three Witches by Elizabeth Bass from Kensington Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
4 stars! A lighthearted, fun, and quick read. I thoroughly enjoyed this book!

I really liked this one!! It was so crazy! I loved the magic and the cupcakes! Books with different POVs will always be my favorite. I can’t wait to pick this one up when it gets published and share with my friends

Thank you to @netgalley and @kensingtonbooks for this ARC! It releases on January 25, 2022!

This book is dubbed as a romantic comedy, and I will say that it’s got a lot of humor in it. Three cousins, Gwen, Trudy, and Milo, are all witches but they’ve been forbidden by the Witching Council to practice witchcraft because one of their ancestors caused the Dust Bowl. The book is from Gwen’s POV, and Gwen is not a particularly developed character (none of them are, really). Gwen’s adopted sister-cousin Tannith is a total nightmare and a huge mean girl, so she sends three letters threatening to run off with one of the cousins significant others but will not specify which one. Gwen’s boyfriend is Daniel, a research scientist who is off in Vermont studying beetles.

Trudy’s is her husband of 20 years, Laird, and Milo’s is the mayoral candidate of Zenobia, Brett. Trudy, Milo and Gwen panic, and unleash untrained magic all over the town by way of cupcakes, toads, and rabbits.

It’s a little bit of a mystery, and it’s fun to figure out how they’re going to fix their own messes, but not a damn thing about this book is romantic. Gwen’s boyfriend Daniel sucks, and she has a secondary love interest in Jeremy, a research assistant at the college who works with/for Laird, who has disappeared right after telling Trudy he wants to separate. Jeremy has no personality - he just instalusts after Gwen.

It was a quick read and I was entertained, but that’s about it. No big lessons, no book boyfriends or girlfriends, but an extra star for the queer couple and for Gwen kicking Daniel Downer to the curb on her own without remorse. 3⭐️.

this was a pretty quick, pretty fun read! i really like the ”witches in a modern society” setting, and i thought the overarching plot was fun and chaotic (in a good way). i was however a bit confused at times, since it felt a little bit like the focus of the plot changed a couple of times throughout the book, and some threads felt a bit unfinished. nevertheless, i enjoyed my time reading it, and would recommend it as a quick little getaway into magic, cupcakes, and rabbits!

thanks to the publisher and netgalley for providing me an e-arc in exchange for an honest review

A Letter to Three Witches by Elizabeth Bass
Source: NetGalley and Kensington
Rating: 4½/5 stars

The Bottom Line: This was a very quick read for me as I was able to sink into the plot and the characters from the beginning. With the sending of letter filled with nothing more than the power of suggestion, one family is left scrambling in an effort to understand the forces involved in their likely demise. Thanks to a generations-old mandate, the family isn’t allowed to practice magic yet with arrival the letter, magic seems to be leaking out of everyone. The cupcakes are imbued with magic, the dirty rotten husband is a bunny, and the cranky old aunt is a story unto herself filled with magical revelations . . . . and amphibians. From the blunders and the accidents to the revelations and resolutions, I found this a wonderfully fun read that ticks nearly all the boxes I have for fiction.