What is not to love about this book. It has everything you need for the witchy season that you won't need to buy another book.

This was a DNF for me. While the fall vibes were vibing and parts of the story line were cute, I never connected with the characters and things just got a little too corny. Then I heard a spoiler that the MFC turns herself into a flock of birds and I simply could not.

Could not finish, this felt very trite. It felt like the author had pulled themes and ideas from many different sources and made it seem inauthentic. I tried to get through this book but time after time, I kept hitting a wall unable to get away from familiar tropes found in a variety of shows, books, and movies.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- such a fun autumn read with magic, small cosy town vibes and amazing characters.

🎃 cosy small town
🎃 Witches
🎃 Second Chance
🎃 Romance
🎃 Magic gone wrong

Impractical magic was such a fun cosy read with magic and autumnal vibes throughout.
The writing style flowed so well and allowed me to really get into the book and enjoy it.

This book is perfect for the book girlies who love Gilmore girls but with a little magic added in 🥹

The town in which the FMC returns to after 10 years of being away seems cosy and so much fun. The world building has made me desperately wanting to experience Oak Haven first hand because it sounds dreamy 😍

The love interest/ romance seemed slightly predictable however this does not prevent me from enjoying a book. I loved the cosiness of the romance and the MMC and FMC were absolutely adorable together 🥹 The will they won’t they have their past as teenagers added so much anticipation to this story which I thoroughly enjoyed!

The FMC was such an amazing character. Her development throughout the book is so nice to read from being a guilt ridden person to healing and being forced to confront her past allowed her to grow stronger.

A second chance romance is exactly what I needed.

Thank you to NetGalley, Avon Books UK and of course Emily Grimoire for this EARC 🫶🫶

I absolutely loved this book! Good characters and storyline and all around enjoyable read! I highly recommend it and think you’ll enjoy it too!

This book definitely gave Gilmore Girls vibes with a magical twist, and I loved the quaint setting and the cozy vibes and witches. Definitely an enjoyable autumn read!!

Impractical Magic was a fun, spooky read to start off October with.

After ten years away from her small town home, Scarlett finds her magic is beginning to go on the blink. She returns home to find that she's not the only one.

This book gave me Halloweentown vibes and I was so glad for the chance to read it. It was a cute grumpy x sunshine read with a healthy dose of friends to lovers. A fun, magical romance for fans of The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic and Practical Magic.

Cozy, witchy fall read. It was okay — cute premise, but lacked on the follow through. Dialogue was difficult to read sometimes and the FMC wasn’t very likable. This would probably be someone else’s favorite though!

advertised as a Gilmore girl / Charmed cozy fantasy, I had high hopes for this book! Set in Scarlett's (FMC) hometown of Oak Haven, she returns after 10 years away to find that the magic system has gone astray and works with her two sisters, mother, and other witches to restore the magic system. while also sorting her feelings with Nate, her best friend / the one that got away.

The dialogue was hard to follow at times, but overall was a cute fall read.

tropes: cozy urban, second chance romance, friends to lovers.

Thanks NetGalley and Avon for an eARC! all opinions are my own 😊

I loved this book!! This was exactly what I was looking for this October— it’s fun, it’s sweet, it’s the perfect amount of witchy. Honestly, it reminded me a lot of Sabrina the Teenage Witch in its tone and humor. I really liked the pacing of this book too. I will say, the conflict was incredibly predictable and I did predict it from the very start, but I don’t think this book was really trying to shock you. Again, very similar to that 1990s sabrina tone, it’s more about the laughs and character development than the actual plot.

Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for this ARC in exchange for a honest review.

This was a cute premise for a book and has potential but I unfortunately wasn’t vibing with the writing style at all. I DNF at 65%

First of all, I'd like to say Emily Grimoire is a great name for an author of witchy books.
Impractical Magic is such a cosy story. It feels like watching leaves fall while drinking tea and searching in your book of spells.
Such a great read. It's fascinating. The love story is a slow burn but what a firework between them!

This was a cute tale in a picturesque town with all the witchy vibes you'd want in an Autumn read.

A witch, who moved out of her magical town 10 years ago, has to return after her family sends her an urgent message saying that things are awry. Even worse than they were back then. Upon her return, she is thrown into the chaos of her family as well as the town being stranger than ever. Oh, and her almost love from 10 years ago is still there. 

I don't know what I was expecting from this book but it just didn't quite hit me the right way. I think it was just a little too cute for my taste. It definitely has Stars Hallow vibes along with some Gilmore Girls references so, if that's your jam, this might be too.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book had potential and an intriguing premise, but I found it difficult to finish. While it’s marketed as a blend of magical realism and heartfelt drama, I struggled to follow some of the conversations and found the pacing slower than expected. The concept of returning to a cursed hometown and dealing with family ties is something I normally love, but I felt disconnected from the characters at times. That being said, I think the storyline itself has a lot of promise and it is a cute book for the fall!

This was a fun little spooky season read! I love Gilmore Girls and the ode to that was so fun. Thank you so much to Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a review.

This book was written exactly as described. It could have been an adapted novel for a late-90s/early 2000s made for TV Hallmark movie. Yet, I expected something more.

The pop references, relationships, internal and external dialogue all seemed too old for a novel being released now. As someone who grew up during this time, it sometimes bordered on cringy, much like rewatching shows from my teenaged years.

Aside from the above opinions, the book was fine. I read it while on vacation, ironically, around Jacksonville. It was an easy, cozy, low-stakes read. It wasn’t particularly thrilling, which didn’t make me feel guilty about wanting to pick up the book while on said-vacation. I read it before bed when everyone else was asleep and knew it would be waiting for me the next night.

Loved it, couldn't put it down. The cosy vibes, the story line, the characters, oh its just such a wonderful book.
Take me to Oak Haven!!!

In Oak Haven, this witch is about to brew up more trouble than she bargained for…
When Scarlett Melrose receives a call from her estranged sisters, she immediately knows something is wrong. The magic at their mother’s inn – and in fact, the whole of Oak Haven – has gone awry, and they need her help to save it.
As the conflicted middle-child, returning home has given Scarlett the heebie jeebies. And to make matters worse, she’s just come face-to-face with charming old flame and handyman, Nate.
When her spell to fix the magic goes horribly wrong, all Scarlett wants to do is flee back to the peace and quiet of her San Francisco flat. But she can’t keep running away forever, and she’ll need all the help she can to solve this magical mess.
With time slipping away, Scarlett must learn that sometimes the greatest spells really do come with the greatest responsibility – especially when love is involved…

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC and to Emily Grimoire for writing such a beautiful book.

I really liked the premise of this but sometimes struggled to get into the book. At times, the book switched from being hard to get into, to rushing through chapters. Overall, some fab characters and a wonderful world to dip in.

Oh boy.

This book is not written well. It sounds like an AI machine wrote it. The ARC copy I received was such a terrible format, that it made it completely unreadable. I did end up listening to almost the whole thing via audiobook and that made it slightly better but Jesus Christ who talks like this in real life?

Also, who edited this book? I don't mean to be so scathing, but this book had no reason to be as long as it was. The whole year at the end of the book? Unnecessary. That could have been a few days max and cut the whole thing down.

Anyways, I didn't like this but was determined to finish it. There were some cute Gilmore Girls references but god - NO NEED TO BE THAT LONG. tbh I would find a different cozy fall book to read.

This book is perfect for Halloween! I really enjoyed reading this book! The setting was perfect and so entertaining!