I thought the book would be up my alley because of how interesting the blurb made it sound, but unfortunately I found A Letter to Three Witches plot a bit directionless, and wasn’t pulled into the story like I hoped.

This is a light and funny read with an amazing premise. It's a quick read that is really funny and is well-written and awesome. I was drawn in by the cover and premise and its a great read.

This book was so fun to read! It was fast paced and the characters really spoke to me. The comedy and romance were very interesting to read. I love witchy books so when I saw this book on Netgalley I just had to read it.

Thanks to Netgalley for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own

Guess who’s holding on to the witchy season for dear life! Yup, to no one’s surprise, it’s lil’ old me.

I was thrilled to get an ARC of this book, but, in all honesty, I wasn’t expecting to love it as much as I did. 11 times out of 10, I’m reading a romance novel or a fantasy romance or anything with a romance and a happy ending, and, while this one did deliver on those elements, the romance was not at all the main story arc. The fact that I didn’t mind it says wonders, lol.

This particular coven is located in the small town of Zenobia, New York, and it’s made of four witch cousins – Gwen, our main character, who runs a small business where she and her employees perform odd jobs for people in town; Trudy, a married mom-of-two who is approaching her forties and runs a cupcake business; Milo, who’s currently working on his dreamy boyfriend's mayoral campaign; and Tannith, the mean, callous, diabolical one of the group, who was raised by Gwen’s parents after her own passed away and has basically been the Regina George of this family.

The book starts as Gwen, Trudy and Milo all receive letters from Tannith informing them that she is moving to New York City at the end of the week and is taking one of their significant others, who she has enchanted – which is odd, considering that the family is not allowed to practice magic due to an ancestor’s catastrophic mistake while casting a spell about 90 years ago.

The letters unite the three cousins as they try to find out who Tannith has hexed: is it Daniel, Gwen’s boring entomologist boyfriend? (Does she even mind if it is?) Is it Brett, Milo's boyfriend, with his genuine political ambitions and beautiful smile? Is it Laird, Trudy’s skeptical, know-it-all professor husband?

Unfortunately, figuring out who Tannith’s victim/future lover is turns out to be kind of complicated, since none of the men are currently in town (suspicious much?).

Other than general panic, anger and confusion, the letters cause Gwen, Trudy and Milo to go, well, a little out of control, setting them up for a hilarious adventure.

The romantic lead appears in the form of Laird’s nerdy mentee, Jeremy, who seems to be hanging around way too much for comfort in these weird times. Is he a Watcher, sent to spy on Gwen and her family to make sure they’re not using magic? Or does he just want to smooch her? 😏

I loved this book so so much. It was laugh-out-loud funny and super sweet. I couldn't put it down!

Also, turns out you can’t legally publish a book about witches without having them name their business something witch-related; in this case, Gwen’s business is called Abracadabra Odd Jobs and Trudy’s business is called Enchanted Cupcakes. So, no lawsuits here. 😉

I absolutely loved this book! I was so engrossed by the characters right off the bat. Elizabeth Bass's writing is out of this world, if you've been in a reading slump this is a great place to start, it absolutely blew me away!

I wanted to like this book so much, the first 20% I was thinking it was going to be interesting and then it just got really boring and I just didn’t care about the characters anymore.

A Letter to Three Witches is a lighthearted and fun read full of zany characters.

Nearly a century ago, after a disastrous incident that lead to the Dustbowl, the Grand Council of Witches forbade one particular family of witches from practicing witchcraft.

Today, Gwen and her family are still abiding by that order. That all changes when Gwen receives a startling letter from her adopted sister, Tannith. Tannith’s letter declares that she has bewitched one of the family’s partners and intends to run away with him by the end of the week.

What follows is hilarious magical mishap after hilarious magical mishap. Get ready for some enchanted cupcakes, transformations, and a cast of blundering witches.

This novel is a quick read and told mainly from Gwen’s perspective.

After reading some dark thrillers recently, it was fun to switch things up with this entertaining novel. By the end, I still had some unanswered questions, which makes me wonder if there will be more books to follow this one.

I recommend this if you’re looking for a light and funny witchy novel.

Thank you to Kensington Books for the arc provided via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

A fast paced laugh-out-loud story. With playful banter and romance for readers of all ages. Bass creates a world of love, witchcraft and self discovery. Which I of course will be recommending to my audience!

Thanks NetGalley, the publisher and the author for sending this to me, in exchange for an honest review. I want to start with my favourite aspect of it: FAMILY DYNAMICS. I really like how the biggest source of support to Gwen. was her family, how she was so close to them and her inner circle where formed by cousins and family. However, the story felt immature, the characters felt silly and unpolished. The plot sounds really good just like a fun read but it has a lot of sub-plots and none of them could keep my intrigued or captivated my attention:(. I hate some tropes in books and unfortunately this books has them all. I don’t stand for man talking bad about women. I am meaning, when character A tells Gwen he doesn’t like character B ‘cause she is “artificial” and proceeds to say that our main character is natural (+ the intern monologue Gwen has) . The book it’s quick and, like I said before, has amazing family dynamics, probably the best ones I ever read considering the characters personalities. Thank so much, again, NetGalley and the author.

I am always sad to give a review of a book that did not meet my expectations.
What I was hoping for was to read a fun and/similar version of the Charmed series.

What I got, was an underwhelming plot where i did not care about the characters nor the storyline and although it had some laugh out loud moments, it did not succeed in keeping my interest. Most importantly, I was so disappointed in the lack of magic (which may be due to my expectations on it) but it was a letdown all the same since we are indeed dealing with witches! I did not mind the contemportary setting I was just waiting to read more on the magic and the quirks that accompanied their lives, but there was too little of that which affected my enjoyement of the book negatively which is why this was a two star read for me.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC and I hope this book finds its audience :)

Thank you to Netgalley and publishers for this eARC.

Wow I absolutely loved A Letter To Three Witches.
It centres on a family of cousins that through ancestry have been outcasted and forbidden to practice magic. In fear of the Watchers finding them and the consequences of doing magic, the three cousins stayed away until recently upon receiving a letter from Tannith.
The three cousins have to contend with dilemma after dilemma, whilst navigating their normal everyday lives.

The characters in this story are well developed and they all served a purpose. I thought it was great the way things turned out. I found myself needing to read more as I was drawn into the story, however I did guess the outcome of the "bunny" when it was first introduced but it didn't spoil the story for me.

I honestly loved this magic story, it definitely did have "practical magic" vibes and was a nice chick lit read.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Comedy, romance and fun. Thankyou for giving me the chance to read this in advance. Highly recommended and you won’t be disappointed

I had such a fun time reading A Letter to Three Witches! It truly is a paranormal rom-com and I absolutely loved it. If you’re into a fast paced book based on witches and the paranormal with some romance thrown in, then I would highly recommend this!

I always like to read spooky and/or witchy books for the month of October, so I read quite a few in quick succession. Unfortunately, this was not my favorite. Just not my particular cup of tea, but I think other readers will enjoy it.

I would like to thank Kensington Books and Net Galley for the opportunity to read A Letter to Three Witches as an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. The blurb under the author- Elizabeth Bass, said that she was a fan of old movies. I realized that after I had finished the first few pages of this book. I am also a fan of movies, and immediately recognized the plot of this book from a wonderful film- A Letter to Three Wives( 1949). The movie has a shadowy off screen narrator who writes a letter to 3 women, telling them that she will run off with one of their husbands by the end of the week. The movie then follows the wives and the husbands as they try to figure who is involved with the narrator, and how to repair their fractured relationships. The movie is excellent and won 2 oscars. This book is good- I upgraded it to 4 stars for the sheer audacity of using this movie plot. The author took the main structure an updated it to modern times( one couple is gay,) and added a backdrop of witchcraft, fantasy, sorcery and family secrets. Tannith sends a letter to her 3 cousins, all witches , telling them that she is leaving town with one of their significant others. Miles, Gwen and Trudy meet to try to determine whose relationship is on the rocks. Also, all 4 cousins ( plus a few assorted other family members , are witches, who are forbidden to do witchcraft. This is a fairly complex part of the story line, but it involves a past family mistake which may or may not have caused the Dust Bowl in the Midwest in the 30's. I do not want to give much away, but it is a good time of a read. Sure a bit far fetched, but fun, well written and enjoyable. And sometimes, that is what we need.Again, thanks for giving me this opportunity.

I wanted to like this book, but y'all the more I think about it, the crazier it gets, and the more I realize how awful it was. Overall, it wasn't great, but it had moments of funny, and and easy read. It was a book that you can't have high expectations for, and honestly, I would skip all together.

You have an extended family of witches who have been forbidden by the witches counsel from practicing magic for like 150 years because in the 1930's a member of their family accidentally caused the dust bowl. (I'm not making this up). So basically all of their problems can be blamed on their "no-good-dirty-rotten-[dust-bowl-causing]-great-great-grandfather." And if you don't know where that quote is edited from, you need a serious book-education. You follow three of the cousins through a week of their lives as their fourth cousin has threatened to bewitch one of the spouses/boyfriends and steal them away. The three cousins are frantically trying to figure out which significant other is being bewitched but also dive deeper into their lineage (because clearly they never thought to ask any questions until their 30s).

Throughout this process we find out one of the three cousins, Trudy, is unintentionally using her magic as her emotions get away from her (she turns her husband into a rabbit when they had an argument), and is now baking her emotions into the cupcakes she prepares for seemingly the only bakery in town which every single person frequents on a daily basis, which bewitches everyone who eats them. If you don't get some SERIOUS flashbacks to 1999 watching Simply Irresistible, I also cannot help you. Literally the entire plot of that movie. I digress.

There is meant to be a subplot of romance between Gwen, the lead and a grad student who is nosing around because the man who was turned into a rabbit is his professor and the grad student now believes that Trudy murdered the man, because obviously he doesn't know that Laird is a rabbit. And then happens to FALL IN LOVE with Gwen in a matter of days through a handful of not romantic encounters. Y'all I can't.

The Aunt Esmerelda was the only redeeming part of this book and that's simply because she is a sassy older woman which I love.

Thank you to Netgalley and Kensington publishing for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

We are introduced to bored and slightly wicked witch Tannith, who sends a letter to her cousins, sending them into a panic saying she is running away with one of their partners. I wouldn't say Tannith isn't evil as such, but she enjoys playing with the other three for her own amusement. Their family are forbade from using magic after one of their ancestors cast a spell with catastrophic side-effects. But this doesn't stop them, even though some of their magic still goes horrible wrong.

To be honest this book was not what I expected, it was a little childish in places, and I couldn't really connect to the characters. I think it should come with a humour tag. I think I was expecting something a bit more serious. I did enjoy it, and it was a fun read.

Expected publication date February 2022.

When I started reading this book I wasn’t expecting to love it so much. It’s was so easy to read, the dialogues were hilarious and I love the characters so much they were easy to relate mainly Gwen, and, Trudy. In the beginning I thought that I would love Tannith,
oh boy I was so wrong. I get that her life got all messed up but then she so mean to Gwen and the other for no reason and obviously they did not like her at all. Each new chapter made me lose my mind but in the good way because the new revelations make me laugh out loud so hard and it was such a good and fun book. Btw Aunt Esme was my favorite character because she was so fun and I made me laugh so much.

I recommend to anyone with my eyes closed. Btw I was a simp for Gwenemy ship.

This book was cute, funny, had cupcake magic and transformation of animals! Since there was so much going on the story, the story did lose a few sparks for me. I did read the whole thing because I wanted to see what was going to happen to : Tannith, Gwen, Trudy and even Gwen's aunt who can be snarky at times. Gwen the main character was great because she took control of how to solve the problem that was happening. I can only imagine how her stress level was.

It was different to me. I don't know if it was because so much was going on or because my mood has been on and off lately. I am glad that I read it because it did have parts making me smile and some parts giggling a bit. The romance aspect of the book did not seem that intense but it was there. I will say that the last few line in the story had my heart feeling warm. Here is the line : "Moonlight broke through the clouds and Jeremey pulled away slowly, looking into my eyes. "It wasn't the cupcakes," he said. "


If you are looking for witches in a comedy chaos, then this book is for you!

The cover is so cute!

Thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books for providing me with an ARC in exchange for a honest review.

Three witchy cousins get a weird letter from a 4th cousin stating she’ll leave town at the end of the week with one of their partner thanks to a enchantment. Except that’s absolutely not the plot of this book. 20% into the book, the focus changes. One of the cousin, Trudy has performed magic, and that’s a problem because their family are banned from practicing witchcraft since one of their old relative f-ed up big time. So the three cousins must find a solution to Trudy’s mishaps or something really bad could happen. But what exactly? We don’t really know.
Too many things are happening here. That’s a shame because each of the storylines are interesting but are not used to their full potential, so it ends up being really frustrating.
This was kind of a fun read because of the witchy aspect and the characters’ relationships but honestly stuff just gets boring because it never gets to the POINT.