Oh the feels this books gave me. A story about three cousins weaving their way through love and magic (aren't we all?). While the plot is lighter than what I'm used to, I enjoyed the story and almost all of the characters (Tannith.... What a B). The author does a wonderful job of making each likeable in their own way. I really enjoyed the bits where Griz watches Dr Tim. Hilarious. And I wonder about my cat now.... Anyway, the story really came together well. I would definitely recommend to a friend and even read as part of a lighthearted book club.

Great quick read that will leave you smiling! Thank you, Net Galley, for providing an arc to review!!

A Letter to Three Witches by Elizabeth Bass is a quick, easy read with a fun vibe for the Halloween season.

When Gwen and her cousins receive a letter from their cousin, Tannith, stating she will steal one of their partners and run away with them familial chaos ensues. While the cousins try to figure out which one of them is the target, magic goes haywire and they uncover a family secret.

This was a fun book, I usually enjoy anything with magic in the plot line and this book didn’t disappoint. It’s a simple plot with some quirkiness. I was hoping for more from the characters, such as trusting their partners and relationships more than they did. I would have enjoyed a little more depth to both the storyline and the characters background.

Overall it was an enjoyable book with some laugh out loud moments.

This is a light, fun read if you're looking for witchy comedies and easy reading. You'll likely mind all the plot holes and some breaks with logic, but the characters are personable, the story holds your attention, and there's a little sprinkling of romance. It had a bit of a childlike vibe to it, so I wondered if the author perhaps switched some gears while writing it. Still, in this fall season, any witchy story is a good witchy story, and this one has a lot of cite elements. It's a bit like Bewitched.

At first this book was hard to get into. The characters were a bit ridiculous and obnoxious and the conflict was also ridiculous. I had a hard time getting into the book and wasn't even planning on finishing it. However, I read a little further and found myself enjoying it. The key to enjoying this book is to understand that nothing is to be taken even a bit seriously. The conflict was well established and the writing itself was fine. However, it was a bit annoying how the plot kept bouncing from the main conflict to a minor conflict and back. Plus the characters were so oblivious and the romantic elements added were so annoyingly rushed. The only good part about this book was that it was entertaining in such a ridiculous way

Excellent story! Totally engrossing!. Looking forward to reading more by this author! Could not put this down!

A letter to three witches started off really slow for me. Very cute concept. Light hearted read. I feel like the slow build up should’ve had a fantastic ending. I did enjoy all the characters.

This was a , quick read. Ideal for a quick in between in the spooky season that is upon us.

At times it is quite funny, but overall the story is lacking direction and a good storyline.
Its is funny, cute, but never got into depth.
I think the story could have been deeper and the ending felt really rushed.

This is a fun, witchy, screwball comedy that was a nice light read. Nasty witch Tannith sends a mysterious and threatening letter to cousins Gwen, Milo and Trudy and what follows is a bit of a madcap story with enchanted cupcakes, accidental transformations of relatives into rabbits and toads, and the thoughts of Tannith’s familiar, grumpy cat Griz.

This book was not my cup of tea since I’m not a huge fan of fantasy….but my Harry Potter loving 10 year old daughter LOVED it. She thoroughly enjoyed the story and the characters and immediately asked if there was a second or third book!

In the quaint upstate town of Zenobia lives three witches. Gwen, Trudy and Milo are close cousins and although their family no longer practices their craft - the cocktail coven are inseparable. Then there is Tannith who was adopted by Gwens family at a young age when her parents tragically passed away. Pretending to be “sisters” with Tannith was never easy for Gwen as the beautiful, manipulative and seemingly perfect Tannith made her life miserable. One day Tannith delivers a note to each of the cousins suggesting that one of their partners has been bewitched and will be departing with her to the city in a weeks time. Since their great great grandfather caused an insurmountable catastrophe nearly 100 years ago their entire family has been banned from witchcraft and the cousins do not know how to stop this madness. Will it be Gwen’s fairly new live in beetle loving boyfriend? Trudy’s boring history professor husband? Or Milo’s handsome, mayoral candidate? As the trio slowly unravel this mystery they are subsequently caught up in spells and potions well out of their comfort zone. Throw in some potentially powerful cupcakes, frogs and bunnies and poof! - these three witches will have you completely enchanted.

Wow! This was a quick, fun read! I was looking for something fun to read and I'm so excited I found this book - was the perfect way to get me out of my 2-week long book slump.

Gwen, Milo and Trudy are three cousins whose family has banned magic for almost 150 years and they receive a letter from Tannith asking them to move to NYU. Tannith has never gotten along with the family and I would describe her as sly. I would have loved to know a bit more about the characters as I did not always understand their needs/desires.

I loved Griz! I also loved how the magic was quirky and spontaneous! It made me keep reading as I was interested in knowing more!

Overall, if one is looking to relax and looking for a light Halloween-themed book, this is perfect!

Witch cousins, who are banned from practicing magic, are faced with hurdles from family and unpredictable abilities.

This was a cute story. I'd classify this book as a 'cosy fantasy'. The world is not at stake, there are no murders. It was definitely a fun palate cleanser.

A bit long-winded at times, but a quick and entertaining read for sure.

I thoroughly enjoyed this lighthearted romantic comedy about a family of witches living in the small town of Zenobia, New York. The story starts when witchy cousin Tannith sends a letter to her three cousins informing them that she will be moving to the Big Apple, and she intends to bewitch and take one of their significant others with her. Despite the fact that their family has been forbidden to practice witchcraft for more than a century, the letter sets of a series of sorcerous events culminating in a satisfying ending. Ms. Bass has a very playful writing voice which delighted me throughout this book. I especially enjoyed the chapters written from Griz the black cat’s perspective. I love the rare book where the characters are so vividly written that I begin to cast the actors who would play them in my mind. This was one such book.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley, Elizabeth Bass and Kensington Publishing.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me an ARC!

That was fun.

This book is really cute and impractical. I honestly was hoping for something with a bit more punch behind the plotline, but I think it was a nice break from the aggressive fantasy books that I usually read.

The plot - Gwen Engel, resident of an ordinary town, is not quite as ordinary as her surroundings. She, as well as her family, is a witch. The Engels have been forbidden from practicing magic by the Council of Witches, due to a “mishap” caused by her great-grandfather (better known as the Dust Bowl).

Everything seems to be going smoothly until she and her cousins Milo and Trudy all receive letters from her adopted sister Tannith - a sly, malicious witch who never got along with the rest of the family.

The letters say that by the end of the week, Tannith will have run off with one of their partners. Cue the romantic turmoil from all three cousins. Enter Jeremy, a cute grad student who seems to show up at all the wrong times.

All this stress causes Gwen and her cousins to start digging into their family’s past, as well as their forbidden powers. Enter enchanted cupcakes and a lot more emotional confusion as the week goes on.

This storyline was really cute and whimsical, even though I didn’t really get swept up in it the way I could have been. I didn’t really care for most of the book, even if I enjoyed it.

The characters were probably my main problem, because they were very one-dimensional and didn’t really make themselves matter to me. I had trouble caring for them or their actions.

Gwen was just a basic woman running a small business in a sleepy town. That’s literally her entire personality. Her narrative was easy to read and definitely the best POV for the book. I liked her very passively, because she was actually a pretty passive character.

Trudy was the most relatable to me because of her habit of stress-baking and the way her magic kept interfering with her emotions (not that I have magic, but it would definitely happen to me if I did).

Milo was really annoying to me but I liked him when he was first introduced. I also love that he was LGBTQ+ rep (he might have been bi or pan but I don’t remember if it was specified, I just know that he had a boyfriend). But yeah he was the most annoying and useless out of the cousins for me

I thought I would like Tannith the best, not just because she was the obvious antagonist but because her ~villainous flair~ was the most compelling out of the rest of the characters. I did, but over time her backstory and personality just felt so clichéd and fake that I couldn’t appreciate it anymore. She could have been brought out so well and she just felt really plastic.

Honestly, I liked Griz the best. Griz was the talking cat.

My favorite thing about the book was probably the magic and how spontaneous and quirky it was. It gave the book so much more atmosphere and plot than it had originally, and I was really into the enchanted cupcakes and human transfigurations.

This book gave me sweet Halloween vibes that really made me smile, and that was the best part about it.

I also like the plot inconveniences, because a lot of the time magic is used to solve problems in books without any consequence. However, the magic in this book just caused a ton of problems added over the realistic ones like police officers and annoying people. I thought that was a nice touch to make the book feel more real.

Honestly, I don’t really have a lot to say about this book. It was really fun and entertaining, even if it didn’t hold a lot of substance the way I usually prefer. But I think that’s my personal opinion, and from an objective point of view, this book is good.

From my subjective view, it could have been written in a much more compelling and engaging way, especially with the stakes of the plot. It could have been made a lot more exciting and intense. But it wasn’t really intended to be intense fantasy, as far as I know.

Overall, if you like or have a craving (*lol*) for really whimsical, quirky, light reads (especially for Halloween!) I would definitely recommend A Letter to Three Witches. I would not recommend it for a deep read. It’s witchy and cute and that’s it.

Fun read perfect for Halloween. Had feels of Practical Magic and Charmed. Tons of magic and humor as well as slight romance. You never know what is going to happen next with each chapter. Gwen, Trudy, and Milo deal with Tannith's veiled threat that she sent in letter form to each. The three dig themselves in deeper and deeper as they try to figure out what is going on.

If you are looking for a quick and fun read then this book fits perfectly. I loved reading this. It was breezy, interesting and kept me hooked. If you are looking for a palette cleanser in between heavy reads or just some witchy magic. If you are looking for a book that will make you laugh. If you are looking for a book that brings you out of a reading slump, then this could be it.

Thank you to Kensington Press for the ARC, a perfect read for spooky season 🎃

Gwen, Milo, and Trudy are cousins living in Zenobia; also happen to be witches, but due to the mishaps of their elders they have never been allowed to use their powers. Then one day, their fourth cousin Tannith sends them an ominous note, with implications of deception and illegal magic, and the cousins are left in the wake of her chaos and pot-stirring (both in the sense of cauldrons and dramatics).

I thought this may be a cheesy fantasy read but it was so light, funny, and unique. Kind of like a grown-up version of “Halloweentown”. It started off slow, but characters are lovable, goofy, and mystical.

Thank you to Net Galley, Elizabeth Bass and Kensington for the ARC of this!

This book will be published on January 25, 2022.

Coming back from Salem, I knew I needed to kick off the Fall season with a witch book. And this was a great choice!

A letter was sent from a cousin Tannith, to 2 cousins and 1 adoptive sister, stating she would be leaving for NYC with one of their significant others. Then the game of them figuring out where Tannith is and whose man she was stealing.

The story moved a long pretty well and kept me engaged. Towards the end my attention was slowly lessening but pulled my back the last few chapters where it wrapped it all up. I didn’t understand why the cat had their own POV. It just felt thrown in and I thought unnecessary.

Overall I really enjoyed reading and loved escaping to a modern world where witches existed.

3.5 stars

A really great story with a lot of plot twists and great characters. I really enjoyed reading this book.

Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC.

This book was pretty fast-paced and I overall enjoyed this. It is a very lighthearted and cute read probably best read in one sitting. As other reviewers have said, I'd recommend reading this to just have a good time. If I was being overly critical, I'd have plenty of things to chose (plot holes, plot quirks, etc).