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WItchy Coffee revolves around Florence Mackenzie and her family owned coffee shop. With new competition the Mackenzie women start experimenting with coffee, in an effort to bring in more customers and run off the (charming) enemy.
Set in a small town setting, the story has a very cozy feeling. A quick and easy read, I got through the book quite fast. It also helped that it was enemies to lovers read (who isn't a sucker for those). While is was very predictable, Witchy Coffee was enchanting read!

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for giving me a free copy to read and review.

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Quick and cosy read, I love the setting and the characters. A feel-good romance with witchy vibes, easy and cosy read for a rainy day :-)

Thank you to the publisher who provided me with an e-copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Witchy Coffee is one of those fun Coffee shop AU's that you day dream about. I'm here for it, I adored the authors writing the description of coffee. The town where Witchy Coffee the shop sits at sound's like a writers dream with enough gossip to keep the mind flowing. Overall this was a fund read. 4/5 stars.

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This was a perfect read to begin fall season. I loved that the magic was more hinted at and a background to the main story so it didn't take away from everything else going on. Florence and the Mackenzie women were hilarious together. I wish Samson's relationship with his father went in to a bit more detail but loved Samson's character.
Overall I gave this one a 4/5. It was a quick fun read that will be perfect for spooky season when people are looking for magic everywhere.

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A fun and feisty book with a romance that is both hot and swoonworthy. I throughly enjoyed this and can’t wait to read more. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys romance.

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This book was really cute! I loved the family dynamics and overall atmosphere of the story and the setting, however, the romance storyline fell flat for me. I understood the tension between the two characters, but I felt like it was underdeveloped. Overall, this is enjoyable, but not my cup of tea.

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Fanciful...sweet...charming...

A fun little read that just pulls you in. Great to read by a fire with a hot coffee next to you! I hope to see more of the characters and town in the future!

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This was such a cute read! Even though the majority of this book happens around Christmas and New Year's, it was still helping me to get into a Fall mood with all of its coziness and witchy vibes. Florence loses her job as a barista the day before she was due to travel back to her family home for the holidays. When she gets there she finds out someone (a quite handsome man named Samson) wants to buy out her family's coffee shop but there's more at stake than just their family business. Florence's grandmother, sister-in-law, niece and best friend all join Florence in doing everything they can to show that their coffee shop is the one that the residents of Windia want. Along the way, Florence may have introduced a new coffee blend that cast a love spell over the whole town, but who has time to worry about that! I *loved* all of their kooky events and magical interventions and the intense family love between these strong women. There were some really sweet and touching moments between Florence and Samson that contributed to the overall feel-good nature of this story. This is great for fans of magic, strong women, family and small town charm!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read a copy of this story!

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I really enjoyed the characters in that story. The name of the book really matches the story and its characters.
Overall, it was a really good read, a quick one. I just don't know if you can categorize it as a full on romance. I see it more as a family oriented book with a dash of romance and fantasy.
I would've loved more interaction between Florence and Samson. For the first 50%, I felt like he was just a filter, that he wasn't really part of the story.
Thank you to Negalley for my eARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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This book was so cozy!!! It takes place around the Holiday time, but I promise you it could be read year-round! The relationship between our main character and her grandmother gives me Hocus Pocus vibes! If you love coffee and Hallmark cozy movies you will love this book!

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Witchy Coffee follows the story of Florence who leaves Portland and returns to her hometown of Windia to work at her family’s coffee shop throughout the Christmas holiday season. Upon arrival, Florence finds out that there’s a new rival in town trying to bring a new coffee chain to their small coastal town. It’s a story full of enchantment and other witchy moments along with a strong cast of empowering female characters. This is a quick, fun, and lighthearted read about a family doing whatever it takes to keep their coffee shop afloat with a hint of romance mixed in the middle. I absolutely adored the perfect scenery of the Pacific Northwest and would definitely visit the town of Windia for some of the Yurt’s witchy coffee! I expected the storyline to be more centered around the romance, but I was pleasantly surprised with the storyline that it did follow!

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I absolutely loved it.
I found Witchy Coffee quite funny at times and loved the story
Florence finds herself fired from her job at Sam's 'Spresso which is a coffee cart business for something she didn't do....so she does what she does best...she runs away to her hometown of Windia for the holidays.
Maybe she can save up some money working for her grandmother and sister-in-law at the family coffee/bake shop. But it's not all fun and games when she returns home she finds a stranger in a suit knocking on their door wanting to buy The Yurt, family business. But Pearl, Florence's grandmother, isn't selling....but she is hiding a secret from the family.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the authors writing kept me turning the pages until the book was finished. The authors writing captivated me from the first page and it reminded me of a cozy mystery without someone being dead.
If you enjoy clean fun books then I suggest you read this one. There is a little mystery and some romance from a strange source.
Highly recommend!

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Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
The book has Florence as the main character, firmly placed in her 'witchy' family of coffee - making females. She loses her job close to Christmas and goes home, helping in the coffee shop 'The Yurt' whilst at home. There's plenty of coffee in the novel, and a slice of romance topped off with magic! It's not a very long book, but is fast - paced, going through Christmas into new year's day.
An enjoyable, light read especially suited to winter and the Christmas period, but I'd advise wrapping up cosily whilst reading as the number of times Florence wears a soaked hoodie made me wonder why she didn't buy a waterproof coat!

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Absolutely loved this. I love a story with witches and love at it's heart. Lots of examples of love friends family and new relationships.
Deals in grief and family loss.
A very quick easy read left me feeling cozy and warm.
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Who don't love coffee with a bit of witchy ness. I haven't read this author before, I was not disappointed. The flow was smooth and perfect. Five stars.

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I love coffee and I would love to drink coffee with the MacKenzies at the Yurt.

A fun cozy filled with family, miscommunication and love.

A feel good story that will brighten your day.

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This lovely book will warm your heart when a family works to keep their coffee house and to compete with a big coffee chain. The women are intriguing and fierce. There's attraction and a slow to build romance that is just magical. I loved this sweet book and there's more to come. Be warned, this book will have you craving a coffee and romance.

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In the small town of Windia where all of the residents drink coffee and become involved in the lives of each other, there is a coffee shop fun by magical women. Florence has recently come home for the holidays and immediately gets involved in the coffee shop that is owned by the family. A stranger shows up in town to bring competition that will put their coffee shop in je0pardy. Florence and her grandmother tried a banishment spell to run him off. In addition, Florence created a challenge between the two. The woman also started using a new blend of coffee beans which has made the residents start falling in love with each other. This is a fun story that I highly recommend.

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"𝓝𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓰𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽'𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓻𝓮."

Witchy Coffee
Erin Ritch
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This story follows Florence as she heads home to Windia, Oregon for the holidays after she gets fired from her job in Portland. When a stranger shows up in town, jeopardizing her family's coffee shop, Florence Mackenzie has to step in and do everything she can in order to protect them.

I am a huge fan of reading quick, easy books between my more intense novels. This was a super cute read with a really good atmosphere. I love small and quaint towns (I can thank Gilmore Girls for this) and Windia, Oregon delivers the small-town feel so well! This book definitely gives off fall/winter vibes with the coffee shop, magic, and witchcraft - which combined together adds more spark to the story.

For me, the romance fell a little bit flat. I felt as though there needed to be WAY more interaction between the love interests in order to show the tension and the way that they felt about each other because, in my opinion, there was nowhere near enough to truly show off the enemies to lovers trope.

I did enjoy Florence’s character and how she is beyond determined to help out her family and will do anything in order to keep their coffee shop from falling into the hands of their rivals. The family dynamic was cute as well - with them all being so supportive of each other and they were also quite a funny bunch of individuals.

Overall it was definitely a sweet, easy-to-read story which is perfect to read in between books for a little bit of a break from something super serious!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review

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Thank you netgalley for giving me this ebook arc!

This story is set in a little town called Windia. The main character Florence is a barista whose family own a coffee shop in Windia. After Florence is getting fired in a coffee shop, she’s travelling to her family to Windia for Christmas. One day a tall, dark haired guy walks through the door…

Now I give you my complete honest and personal review of the book.
I completely adore these characters and the relationships between these characters! I read it in one sitting, which is completely unusual for me. It was so fast paced that the ending kind of surprised me. The tension between the main characters were amazing! Samson is an unbelievable man who helps where he can and his heart is literally of gold. My favourite character was Pearl the grandmother who is a little bit crazy but completely sweet.

Personally, I didn’t like the entire plot. I thought it was quite boring and predictable. In my opinion it was a cliché plot which didn’t made it special. Another point is that I kind of wished it was more steamy… it was a cute romance without any spice. Additionally, there wasn’t enough Christmas feeling. It never felt like it was Christmas time! But through the magical aspect, I felt a more Christmas magic than expected!

All in all, I recommend this book if you’re looking for a cute, winter & magical enemies to lovers romance novel! I highly recommend it if you’re looking for a novel which shows a strong family bond.

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