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.

A cute premise with a city full of witches and magic. In comes a non magic person looking to uncover what it is all about (and of course he is handsome). It was a predictable but cute/fluffy read but didn’t blow me away.

A few things that stuck out to me:
-Her kid likes him immediately?
-They get together REALLY fast, we see mostly physical attraction, and then they love each other within what seems like a few weeks? FYI there’s a good amount of spice.
-Magic is cute though there wasn’t a ton of actual magic that gets performed

Narration: all read by one person for all the voices. It wasn’t my favorite narration and I’ve listened to a lot. Some parts I just couldn’t tell whose POV it was immediately because the spoken word voices were clearly different but the in between narration was the same.


Note: I received this ARC audiobook through NetGalley.

Loves the fmc, hated the mmc, and he sis not grow on me as the book went on. What redemption are, where? Also WTF you mean she apologized to uim!? For what!? The premise was so promising but I couldn't get around him

DNFed:
I was looking forward to this book having a dual POV but then there was only 1 narrator and I was disappointed. On top of that, I feel like every 5-10 minutes the FMC would bring up her disability or the fact that she was a single parent. I don't mind a disability. In fact, I love it but when you have to constantly bring it up to remind me, I feel like you as the author aren't doing a good job.
This book wasn't for me but I am sure that others will like it.

I really wanted to love this one, but the narrator was really hard for me to get past. I didn't vibe with their cadence well at all.

This story was so fun and exciting to listen to! I really enjoyed the story! It was so fun to read about a main character who shares the same culture as myself and it made it feel that much more special! Olivia deserves the world and I loved reading about her new journey in love! Such a great fall read and it made me so excited for autumn and the chilly mornings where I can enjoy a cafecito and some pan dulce just like the characters did in the book! Love it!!

DNF 15%

I keep trying to like contemporary small town witchy romances, and it keeps not working out. I thought this one would be different because Latina main character with disability (cerebral palsy), which isn’t the typical fare. Unfortunately this still could not hook me and make me invested. From the introduction of Draven, I was side-eyeing him in a bad way and couldn’t root for him. I can see him having redeeming qualities but his motivations were just…not to my taste. There’s also some weird consent stuff with Olivia’s spelled baked goods that sits uncomfortably with me. All this to say, this book just is not for me.

Thank You, NetGalley for the ARC. This book was cute, I’m grateful it didn’t have any actual spells in it because that always makes me nervous. Also glad the 3rd act breakup wasn’t a breakup and more than just a few pages!

DNF @8%

I love a fluffy fall read set in a small town but I do think the main character had just one too many things going on (disability, foster system, and a witch). The main guy communicating that he thinks magic broke up his family? Like huh. Then the insta love? Nahhh not my thing

ARC REVIEW 📚🥰⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity to read this book. I loved the audiobook.This book comes out Sept 17 of this year. For my Gilmore girls/ spooky fans this is a must. I loved that Olivia runs a bakery in their small town that is a sanctuary for witches. She is a strong Latin witch with cerebral policy and to me I loved seeing that representation. She built this sweet little life for herself in a town where everyone cares about the other until Draven James enters the story. The perfect life she had comes crumbling down as he slowly starts making his way into the picture. Looks can be deceiving as she falls more for him the more you learn more about the secrets he's been hiding. Highly recommend