A cute read with diverse characters. I always love a witchy read, and I loved the premise of an entire town as a sanctuary of witches. I wanted a little more from the book-maybe it was the characters being so automatically in love- I felt like it was lacking the build up.

There was a bit of spice, tho! Which I love my witchy romances with some spice! Overall, worth checking out for a fun, low stakes witchy autumn read!


Thank you to the publisher Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for allowing me access to the Advance audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the ALC!

This book sets a cozy feel for fall! I loved the descriptions and details of the town, of the weather, and of the yummy treats! The story was good. It felt really fast to get to the love and through the conflict. However it was a sweet story with a little bit of magic! I also felt like the backstory of the magic and the spells were really well described! The narrator was good! I liked most of her voices for the different characters. Some felt a bit off but overall, they were good. This was an enjoyable story with spice and low drama! A great read for fall!

I was not a fan of this book. It read childish for me and I was not a fan of either lead character. I also did not like the narrators.

This book was a hot mess. The main characters were all over the place, the writing was very young -how many times can a grown ass woman say "bestie?" The narrator was also terrible. She infused laughter into her voice at the weirdest places, and it was really distracting. Both main characters were pretty immature, but then the MMC's character development came so fast it felt insane. The traditional third act break up (which I despise) actually came early, leaving a lot of time left in the book to just hear them have more sex.

I was really disappointed in this book, as like many others, I love witchy rom coms at this time of year. This had the classic elements, but it just was too instalove/hate/love for me. The sex was also kind of jarring, like one minute they are talking the next her c*nt is ready, I hate that word, and it was used a lot. This book was pretty spicy, and it's a quick read,. I liked some of the plot elements (witchy bakery, happy magic, hidden town), just not how they were executed or the love story or the characters.

In all, this book was disappointing, but I do appreciate the ARC.

Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the ARC of this book in exchange for the honest feedback and review.

I reaaaallly wanted to like this book, truly. Especially since it's the start of spooky season and a witchy romance is just what the doctor ordered.

But in fact, I loathed it. Every chapter kept me wanting to crash the app and DNF. The MMC was absolutely vile and annoying. There were moments where it was clear the author was trying to redeem him and make him lovable, but in the next chapter, we'd get his POV that he was truly just tricking everyone and plotting to try to ruin their lives... like bro, come on. GO TO THERAPY.

On top of that, the pacing felt so rushed and the dreaded insta-love came into play when we were doing so much telling and absolutely zero showing. "After all this time we've spent together--" WHAT TIME? Did I miss something?? I was so confused and even went back to check. I didn't miss anything.

The spice scenes were also kind of the worst. If an alien were to find this book, they'd think the human race only has one word for the female anatomy. That the word is cunt is highly disappointing. Further, there was no building of tension leading to the spice, so it really felt jarring. Like ooo we're at a festival woo and then omg they're fucking... Confusing and annoying. Like I love a good spice scene, trust. But these were not it.

In total, I think maybe this one needed a lot more time either at the drawing board or in the hands of a skilled editor. Regardless, hard pass on any future books from this series.

Overall I enjoyed this witchy themed audiobook. It was a quick listen and the narrator did a good job of keeping me hooked the whole time. I enjoyed the FMC and loved that she worked at a bakery making sweet treats to help the people in the town. She is a hard working single mother who has a close friend group that supports her throughout the novel. I loved the encounters with her friends and the fun bits of magic throughout the book.

However, I do have a few complaints. I felt that the main characters relationship progressed far too fast. They immediately went into sexual acts and then afterwards he asked about her cerebral palsy. I feel like that is something that they should have discussed beforehand. Also one of the sex scenes was just not to my liking. I felt sexual things in a ferris wheel is just beyond gross due to sanitary reasons. The other issue I have with the MMC is that he said some VERY hurtful things to the FMC that made me not only instantly dislike him from that point on, but made me wish that they did not patch things up. I just don't find it forgivable and she didn't really know him that long anyways. I truly wish she would have just completely walked away from him after that encounter. He was manipulative to get answers to his past and then was seeking to expose the town's magic.

It was still a fun and entertaining audiobook despite the few negatives. I really enjoyed listening to it as fall is right around the corner and this is exactly the type of audiobook I was looking for.
Thank you Netgalley, Dreamscape Media, and Adriana Schuh for a free ARC of this audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

This book was annoying from the get go. I was excited about a protagonist with a disability and just feel like book falls flat on many levels. I dislike so much about the characters and storyline and relationships.

I feel like two stars is generous on this one.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to listen to this book in exchange for my honest review.

This is a classic, easy going magical fall read. It is a little racy for those romance lovers. It’s a bit much for my personal taste, but the story was engaging and entertaining.

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for providing me this ALC in exchange for an honest review.

This was cute, perfect for the autumn/winter time, the writing was easy to follow and the narrator did a really good job in my opinion. Overall i enjoyed it, I loved the small town vibes, the people and their bonds. The romance was cute but i felt that their relationship happened all too fast, i'd like a little more build up. Now what i didn't so much like was Olivia instantly forgiving Draven, though towards the end his character grew on me, i just couldn't understand how he was blaming his family separation on the town and the magic when the only one at fault was his father. Another thing that i would like was a little bit more info about the spells, like how were they coming up with them and how they were working exactly. Other than that i think it was good but it could definitely be better.

Imagine listening to an audiobook and the spicy scenes are so spicy that you miss crimes being committed less than 10 feet behind you at the gym. Well that's what happened with this book. One minute I'm on the elliptical listening to quite the explicit scene, the next I'm seeing fellow gym goers attempting to restrain a man. If that's not enough to get you to try this audiobook, I'll give you a few more reasons.

Magic in the Air is a witchy fall romance with stellar representation of disabilities and of what's it's like to grow up in a non-traditional environment. The main character Olivia, is a delightful and incredibly likable character. As are her son and the other villagers in their hidden magical village. I appreciated the little bit of world building and lore.

I thought the spicy scenes were fairly well written and they definitely drew you in. I'm particular about audiobook narrators but felt like this one did a great job. I also peep that set up for a potential sequel Ms. Schuh.

I did notice there was some repetitive word usage during the spicy scenes and it was distracting to me, but sometimes that's hard to avoid. In addition Draven, the MMC, was a little less likable for me. I prefer my grown men get therapy as needed rather than having tantrums but that could just be me.

Overall, I thought it was a good read. Draven isn't my favorite MMC of all time which detracted a little bit for me but overall I'd still recommend giving Magic in the Air a shot. You might have more patience and empathy for him than I did.

Thanks to Netgalley and Dreamscape Media for sending this book for review. All opinions are my own.

Magic in the Air was a cute small-town witchy romance. Olivia Ayala is a baker in Addersfield, a small town in Rhode Island that people who know about magic or are witches can get to. She is a single mom, a powerful Latina witch, and has cerebral palsy. She has a small group of friends who support her. Then Draven James comes to town. He is charming and has a revenge plot to get rid of magic after his mom lost her magic. Olivia and Draven are drawn to each other and they find out more about each other through the little things. The spice was good in this book! The plot was sound and the romance was cute. Olivia’s son was sarcastic and I liked him. It feels a little quirky and the town feels like it could be in Gilmore Girls. This is a perfect book for spooky season for readers who like all things cutesy Halloween, cozy, and charming.

Thank you to Netgalley for an ALC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for this ALC.

I liked the small town vibes, and the magic system here. I loved the dynamic of the FMC Olivia's closest friends and the found family that they had going for her and her son. It was heartwarming and cute.

I was not however sold on the instant romance, or the infatuation with the MMC. He fell a bit flat for me, and reasoning behind some of the actions were weird to me. I did not enjoy their relationship development, fast as it were. I definitely prefer more of a slow-burn. The steamy scenes seemed a bit out of place for me especially the first ones.

I enjoyed the author's writing, I just did not buy into the story enough to care for this book. It's a shame, as I enjoy anything witchy.

TYSM to NetGalley and publishers for the audiobook ARC!

Olivia is a single mom that owns a magical bakery, a witch haven, that makes magical goodies. She's got cerebral palsy, raised in orphanages and with foster parents. Olivia's magic is very... Chaotic and linked to her feelings.

Enter... Draven James, the boy next door. The mysterious "stranger" when strangers nearly never come to Addersfield. He begins to write a story on the secret town, promising his boss a big story.

Olivia is immediately suspicious. Despite mistrusting her gut instinct that something was up, she begins to fall for him. Quickly.

Addersfield is a small charming picturesque town by the ocean, full of witches and magic but not mentioned much outside the fair scene. Are there no warlocks? Why wouldn't Olivia's son have magic? Or Draven and his brothers?

The narrator sounds like a forty year old woman (I get maybe Olivia was supposed to be older) but while she narrates Olivia and Jill, I honestly had a hard time getting through the audiobook. Jill and Parker and a lot of the side characters were immediately obsessed with Draven. The women were super boy crazy for being middle aged. They were unhealthily OBSESSED.

Their fights were so sucky and heartbreaking. Draven was acting super entitled to magic and super defensive of his Dad who left after trying to steal his mom's magic, he's also really selfish. Then, after she left town, he wondered why the people of Addersfield had stopped helping her.

I wanted to love this book, but... it just didn't hit.

A random journalist arrives in a magical town he shouldn't be able to find. A local witch is rightfully very suspicious of him and can tell he's lying, but all the other local witches encourage her to ignore all the red flags because a town elder with some future sight, senses they will be important to each other and because "she hasn't gotten laid in a while".

She asks him on a date partly because she finds him hot and partly to get answers since he's super supicious. He confesses he's here to investigate the witches because his dead mom was a witch and they get busy even though he's been lying this whole time. Both of them are apparently head over heels after one night in bed, though they've until now only had like 4 tense 5 minute interactions.

She then stupidly tells him ALL of the towns secrets and puts everyone and the town magic in danger since he has some not very well developed grudge against the town.

After he almost ruins her life and the safety of everyone she loves, she instantly forgives him and even apologizes for ALMOST hurting him, like a huge doormat idiot!

And I'm left feeling like she needs therapy because after years is foster care its clear she never learned her self worth. He definitely didn't deserve her and should have at the very least groveled...

3.5⭐
This book has all the fall vibes. The scenery and premise are perfect for a cozy Halloween read.
I loved the found family and the sense of small-town community. I enjoyed Olivia's character. She is strong, loving and she cares so deeply about her closest people. She has made a great life for herself and Daniel, despite the curve balls that life had sent her way.
The thing that bothered me in this book was how after Draven said some bitter things and revealed his ulterior motive for being in Addersfield to Olivia She took him back no question. He didn't properly apologise nor grovel.
But other than that this book is a good and fast read.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC audiobook.

This was a sweet and spicy autumnal cozy and witchy read.

It follows the FMC Olivia Ayala, who has had a harder start in life overcoming being left for adoption and dealing with cerebral palsy and being a witch. She finally opens her heart to her first love , who rejects her after finding out about her magic, leaving her a young single mum and with lots of trust issues around her magic.

However, nearly 10 years later, she has overcome that and now runs her own bakery with her best friend in Addersfield, Rhode Island—a sanctuary for witches since 1697. Her and her son Daniel have found a family and a home here. All is right in the world , until our MMC comes to town.

Draven James , is dealing with the student death of his mum and after reading through her journals finds out she was a witch. As a journalist he vows to head to this magical town and expose the witches there. Until he meets Olivia and falls her under spell.

This story covers a lot of harder life topic , but with grace and empathy. No one is perfect and we all have our own insecurites and trauma but finding people to love and accept you fully. I thought the author dealt with topics such as grief , adoption and disability in an honest and refreshing way.

Highly recommend this read.

Thanks to NetGalley and the author for providing me with an ALC of this novel.

Reading the synopsis, I felt like this would be a fun, cute book to start off spooky season! This book was so cute and innocent and then there were these random spicy scenes thrown in that felt jarring compared to the innocence of the remainder of the book and the story. And the author could only describe a woman’s lower anatomy as cunt.

I should’ve DNF’d but I turned the audio on 2x and managed to finish it. The story was completely rushed and the characters were saying I love you after like 2 dates? Also he barely apologized for acting like a total asshole and she still said she loves him? Then proposed like 2mo after that?

A singel mom Latina witch with cerebral palsy. This book is so enchanting. Finding love and keeping her family and magic safe.

I absolutely love this book.
Reminded me of my all time favorite practical magic. The magical, love, found family vibes.
Oliva is such a great character. Draven too. I loved all the characters from Malcom and Jill. There relationship made me laugh. And we all have a Jill as a best friend. But rosa as the matriarch of the "found magical" family. I couldn't stop listening to this book. I grew up in new mexico eating tamales, enchiladas, homemade salsa and it was just a nice little feeling of home I felt while listening to this book. Adrianna's writing was absolutely phenomenal. It flows so perfectly making me feel as though I'm right there. I got sucked into this story. It gave me all the feels. I was giddy the whole time. I love the town (adler) and the magic within it. This has become my top favorite reads of the year. And one of my top witchy books of all time.
I will recommend this book to everyone.
QUOTES I LOVED:

•What words were worth A moment when time stood still

•You are a dream I never knew I always wanted♡

Good fall read, blending the cozy comfort of a bakery with a sprinkle of magical romance. Olivia is a baker and a witch. Olivia's life is transformed by a touch of enchantment, weaving a story that's heartwarming. Perfect for curling up with on a crisp fall day, this book offers a blend of romance, magic.

I really like the idea of a town of witches hidden from the world. I like Olivia and her background and how she grows as a character. Draven has such a journey to make as he learns his mother was a witch and working through his anger and loss.
The narrator of the audio book is good.
This rom-com was spicier than I expected. There are multiple descriptive encounters between Olivia and Draven. The descriptions border on vulgar.
I liked the story surrounding these encounters. I would have liked less spice.
Thanks to Netgalley and Dreamscape Media for the opportunity to listen to Magic in the Air.