Triplets, Anne, Violet and Beatrix, are the closest of close as they lost their parents early and have depended on each other. Together they operate a cozy tea shop that features fortunes told along with sweets, treats and tea. For you see, the sisters are witches.

They've lived a comfortable life after the loss of their parents with the house itself taking care of them. However each are their own distinct person, with their own dreams. Dreams they hesitate to tell each other for fear of breaking up the trio.

When they're tasked with an impossible feat by their local magical council, they face losing their lives as they know it and learning more about their fates.

Overall this was a sweet, cozy read; however (SPOILER) I was incredibly frustrated by the lack of communication between the sisters. It felt very obvious to me, as the reader, what their outcomes should be and that it wasn't something to be afraid of. Ah well, it's always easier for someone objective to see these things.

The Crescent Moon Tea Room is a cozy magical family drama filled with tea, cookies, and love. It has such warm vibes, and I truly enjoyed the story. It follows witch triplets Anne, Beatrix, and Violet as they navigate their destinies together and apart, helping others along the way. The pacing felt slow, and it took me longer than I expected to get through despite how much I did like the Quigleys and their stories. Still, I recommend this to anyone looking for a gentle family drama with a hint of magic and a lot of heart.
Thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for this ARC!

A very interesting premise that I was very excited for that ultimately fell a little flat. It’s still a really nice cozy fantasy that has a neat witchy vibe.

This was completely lovely from cover to cover, full of intricate swirls of prose, unique magical worldbuilding, and just the right amount of tea blends and baked goods for a perfect autumn read. Each sister has her own subplot, offering the story a lot of texture, and the author pulled off more than one surprising twist, which seems particularly special for something in the cozy genre. I was also quite charmed by the sentient house, which is practically a character in its own right.

I think this would be a huge hit with fans of Alix E. Harrow, even if it sits more firmly in the "warm and pleasant" side of fantasy than her works.

This book was so sweet. I fell in love with the sisters! This was such a beautiful picture of familial love and how to fight for it! They had to overcome so many minor things to stay together. Also, the way they kept secrets thinking they could ignore the effects on one another is so realistic I can totally relate. This was nonstop good feels.

This was a sweet story about three sisters trying their best to avoid a curse. I enjoyed the story but found some elements hard to follow. The concept was cute!

This was a strange book. Overall I enjoyed it, and the character-driven plot was great, but the pacing was odd in a way I can’t quite describe. Definitely not something I was bingeing but something I looked forward to for a chapter or two before putting it down for something else.

Rating: 3.5 rounded up to 4
Format Read: 📖 beginning, 🎧middle, 📖end
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Preference: physical 📖 The audio was good, but reading this w/the spotify playlist, while drinking chai &snuggled with a blanket &a cat was such a vibe! *it took some time to adjust to listening to music in the background while reading, but once I got used to it, it was neat*
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What to expect:
🫖third person multiple POV
🫖fortune telling with tea leaves, crystal ball & more
🫖circus shenanigans
🫖atmospheric writing style
🫖family curse
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🫶🏽What I enjoyed
The beginning was SO cozy! I loved the scent, sound and texture descriptions that added to the mood, and this tea leaf reading business they run with a bakery sounds like such a delight! I also thought the tea leaf symbolism shared with each chapter was fun
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🤷🏻‍♀️What didn’t work for me
This was super cozy until it wasn’t (to us anyways). In efforts to prevent the curse from happening, one of the sisters gets controlling & it kinda felt like a hostage situation?? It was like these sisters weren’t allowed to live their own independent lives. It was a little weird & I was asking WTF 😅
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The ending came around though, the twist was a surprise and I was satisfied with the ending for the most part.
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Recommended for cozy tea lovers reading for vibes more than action& willing to overlook over-the-top reactions

This book would be considered “cozy fantasy” because there aren’t any high stakes involved and there’s no violence.

This was just a very simple story about three sister witches who run a tearoom together reading tea leaves for humans and other witches. One day, the witches council assigns them a very difficult series of tasks and threatens to take their tearoom away from them if they don’t succeed. They also discover a curse that threatens to separate the sisters, and they must find a way to prevent it from coming true.

The way the plot comes together wasn’t my favorite. One sister wants to be a novelist, one is weirdly obsessed with a Circus, and the other is like trying to hold them hostage to prevent the curse from happening.

There is minimal romance and a fun twist or two, but overall,

Thank you to Atria for my ARC!

3.75⭐️ A comfy, cozy read! This was a great book about the balance of life. You meet triplet sisters who are running their family tearoom after the tragic death of their mother. A close friend informs them that they have a curse placed on them and if they expect to break the curse, they must stay together. The book follows the sister's journey to try and break the curse. Problem is, can they stay together while still being their own person or will staying together jeopardize who they are as individuals? It was very heartwarming to see the sisters figure out what it takes to have it all. Feel good with some witchy vibes! Thank you to Netgalley for an ARC copy. This is my honest review.

Crescent Moon Tearoom is a cozy fantasy about witches who are identical triplets. They own the tearoom together in Chicago and read their customers' tea leaves. The house/tearoom is sentient and will change aspects of the house based on the sisters' feelings and activities.

The council of witches tells the sisters they must help three other witches discover their tasks in life. If they don't complete the job, they lose the tearoom. While they are on this assignment, the sisters start to have different interests and grow apart. They keep their interests from each other which creates a divide among them.

Overall, this book was easy to read but did not keep my attention very well. I feel like there was not much happening with the sisters and I got bored.

Thank you to Atria Books for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

If you like enchanted houses, magical sisters (bonus, they’re triplets!), and cozy mysteries, this may be the perfect fall read for you.

I love that this book feels like the stories of each sister are seamlessly interwoven with the bonus of the enchanted house being sentient and feeling like another character.

Sisters Violet, Anne, and Beatrix are tasked with helping three witches from their coven discover their lives’ most important tasks while being manipulated by a council of three powerful witches set on seeing them fail. Each of the sisters are being pulled in different directions, keeping secrets from one another other.

Their stories are intricately woven throughout the book, resulting in a wonderfully cozy tale perfect for a fall read.

I read an advance copy of this book and am sharing a review voluntarily

This book had a lot going on. I do wish that it was structured differently, because I felt that the story ended rather abruptly. I think that the cozy, fantasy vibes were present, I just wanted more to the build up of the twist and the resolution.

Thank you to Netgalley and Atria Books for the opportunity to read and review The Crescent Moon Tearoom by Stacy Sivinski. All opinions are my own.

In the Crescent Moon Tearoom we have three very close sisters that run an actual tearoom. Patrons from all over the city fight for reservations to this tearoom not only for the atmosphere and tea, but to have their futures read. These sisters come from a long line of witches. Life is going well until the council of witches arrive to ask the sisters to do a task for them. This task is only the beginning with the sisters being drawn down different paths. Will the sisters be pulled apart? Will the tearoom continue on? You'll need to read to find out.

This book is the ultimate cozy fantasy. The atmosphere and vibes are worth the read alone. The Crescent Moon Tearoom is a heartwarming tale with delightful characters. If you like easy going plots with lots of sisterly love, this one is for you. The Crescent Moon Tearoom is now available at all major book retailers. Happy Reading!!

such a cute cozy fantasy to add to your fall TBR

written with a nice even pace that kept me engaged and enchanted. really enjoyed the atmosphere and characters. I wish we got more mystery and magic but I really I really enjoyed this read

I am new to the cozy fantasy genre but it’s quickly become one of my favorites. This was a perfect cozy fantasy for spooky seasons. Having two sisters myself, I loved that aspect of the book. I loved how similar the sisters were but were also their own person. Definitely will be recommending this one to others!

Anne, Violet, and Beatrix are sisters and witches that own the Crescent Moon Tearoom. They spend their days reading tea leaves and using their magic to read their customers’ future. In true literary juxtaposition, the Quigley sisters are about to find that the future they thought was written- is in fact not. Add in a magical house, a Witches’ Council with an agenda, and a curse, and you have a perfectly seasonal story that, at its heart, is about how to let go and still hold on.

Despite the little bow wrapped around this sister story, I’m really hoping it’s not the last adventure for these three. I’m so invested in their story and I want more House! @stacy_sivinski I’d love to read what happens next. Big fan.

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Thanks to @netgalley and @atriabooks for this #advancedreaderscopy - pub date was 10/1/24

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The Crescent Moon Tearoom is a sweet, magical, witchy story about sister's and fate. While the story was enjoyable, I had trouble truly becoming engrossed and engaged. Certainly had some interesting characters, just not my cup of tea perhaps (😉).

This was the coziest of cozy fantasy books. This isn't my typical genre; however, I thoroughly enjoyed this story about triplet witches who find out what's important to each of them as they're faced with curses and other challenges at their tea room.

It was also great to hear the author speak locally about her debut novel when it launched last week!

This was a cozy and atmospheric fantasy book, however, I had some issues with the actual plot. This story is about three sisters who are witches that find out that there may be a curse that will separate them. They are so incredibly close and run a tearoom together where they live peacefully, but there’s this looming threat that starts making them paranoid. Further, there is a witch counsel that is asking them to complete tasks that are impossible for most witches, and if they don’t succeed they’ll shut down their tearoom.

This plot had quite a few moving parts but my biggest issue is that it didn’t make a ton of sense. At times, this felt like a hostage situation because the eldest sister seemingly didn’t approve of the other two sisters having their own lives separate from each other. I found this uncomfortable to read and concerning. This truthfully eliminated some of the “coziness” I was initially feeling.

All in all, I think this was mostly a pleasant read and felt serene. I liked some of the twists and the ending was lovely. I just wish the plot was a little more thoughtful in how it was executed.

Thank you NetGalley and Atria for this ARC in exchange for my honest review!