This is such a fun whimsical and fun fall read that also touches on topics such as allowing someone in, to accept/ ask for help when you need it, putting boundaries in place with family to find your happiness and it made me really happy. The narration is fantastic and I loved both of them. They really brought the characters to life.

Thank you to NetGalley for this audiobook ARC.

This story follows Sirena Caraway and Gus Dearworth.

Sirena is a kitchen witch , while Gus is a magical. Set in a small magical town - Sirena makes a wish on Halloween to redo the month of October and do it right. She awakes to find its the 1st October again and is determined to fix her failing kitchen magic and not embrass herself in front of her crush Gus.

Gus Dearworth used to be a reality star with his magical family , doing shows around the country. After a failed marriage Gus leave the lime light in the past and worked on being a better person and truer to himself.

These two start working together to help each other with Sirenas magic and the sparks fly. A sweet October based book.

Overall this book was cozy and a comfy fall read. I love the concept of a ‘redo’ wish but feel like the FMC didn’t learn as much as she should’ve during her period. There was so much growth for the MMC but I feel like hers was superficial. Overall a 3-3.5 star book. I would recommend the series to a friend looking for an easy read but probably wouldn’t reread it.

I think I would've loved this more if I hadn't already read other witchy Halloween rom-coms this year and if I'd read the previous two books in this series. That being said, this was very heartwarming and can be read as a standalone. I just like having context for background characters.

Sirena is a kitchen witch who's run into difficulty working her magic. She gets a chance at a do-over when she finds herself in a magical time-loop that allows her to repeat the month of October. Hoping to let loose and enjoy herself more than usual, she asks Gus to help her have fun. Gus is more than happy to do so as he has quite the crush on Sirena. This is a book about finding yourself and falling in love in the process.

Narration is good overall but some of the background characters were given obnoxious voices in my opinion.

Thank you to Forever Pub for providing an ALC copy of Deja Brew with me!

Unfortunately, this is a DNF for me. I think a major contributing factor is the fact that this is the third book in a series. With this being a magical realism story, I really think having read the other two would have allowed me to become more immersed in the world. However, this did not snag my attention, and I am incredibly sad about this! The premise seemed like the perfect fall read, but I had such a hard time connecting.

Thank you again to the publisher for providing the free audiobook.

3.5🌟 (rounded up)

Thank you NetGalley for the arc! I once again did not realize I was requesting a sequel, but luckily this book does wonderfully as a standalone as well!

This book is full of magical coziness and is a wonderful fall read. I love the diverse cast, some of the characters fell a little flat for me and I found myself not caring so much what happened (personal preference). It was still an adorable read that flew by, and convinced me to go back and read the other books in the series! More diverse, cozy, witchy books please!

Great audiobook to get me ready for spooky season! This is my first book by the author so I didn't know what to expect. This book was rich in character and storyline with witchy/paranormal vibes. I don't usually gravitate toward this genre but I'm glad I took a chance on Sirena and Gus. A great lesson in be careful what you wish for, Sirena has the opportunity for a do-over. She's a kitchen witch; he's a magician from a magical family. He's laying low working at the historical society instead of his family's famous show. These two together were magic, pun intended. Christopher Hampton and Marissa Hampton narrated this book and brought the characters to life. The narration made the story come alive like a movie in my ears!

I received an advance copy of the audiobook from the publisher and voluntarily left this review.

I got about 50% through this book, and it was cute, but it just dragged too much so I chose not to finish it.

Very cute audiobook for the season! I loved the story and characters, first read for me by this author and I really enjoyed.

What a fun, cozy, witchy read! Perfect for the season and just relaxing to read/listen. Audio narration was very nice. I will need to add the rest of the series to my TBR. If you like small town love, great descriptions of food, and witchy stuff, you’ll enjoy this book.

I received an arc from netgalley and the publisher.

This was a whimsical story full of fall nostalgia and activities - making it a cozy read for October TBRs.

Read this book if you enjoy:
> Friends (with benefits) to lovers
> Witchy magic
> Fall vibes
> Open door spice

Overall, this book had elements that I really enjoyed - all of the fall elements and cozy scene setting made me glad that I'm reading this one in October. The witchy elements were perfect for the season. The book is actually the third in a series (which I didn't realize), and I'll likely go back and read the first two. I didn't feel like I was obviously missing anything by starting with book three, but maybe the town and the magical elements of the town would have been more familiar if I hadn't started with this book.

The MCs - the kitchen witch and the famous magician from a magical family were interesting and the chemistry that they had was believable. I thought the backstory on the famous magician and his family was interesting and different from other supernatural books that I've read recently - which I really appreciated. The relationship that the FMC has with her sisters was an important part of the story and I loved the support that they gave each other and the role they played in each other's lives.

The narrators for this book were fine. There were times where some of the supporting character voices were a little jarring and other points were the tone and pacing felt a bit monotone/flat. But overall, it was fine as an audiobook. I do wonder if I would have enjoyed it a little more if I had read the physical/electronic version. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ALC of this book.

This was so good! The perfect, cozy fall time traveling witchy book! I really enjoyed this conclusion to the series (or is the conclusion? Hmmm?) Celestine Martin will always have a fan in me. The narrator was excellent for this as well

tis the season for witches, magicians, & romance!

🗣️ dual POV, love the narrators on the audiobooks (but the reading pace was slower than usual so I had to up my playback speed)
🔁 re-living a bad month, a re-do with new decisions
🎃 this is cozy fall embodied in a book! the perfect mix of magic and romance in a sweet autumnal bundle!!
❤️‍🔥 you’re getting pumpkin spice and spicy spice
🤎 I loved their chemistry! her spunkiness, his words of affirmation, their friendship
🍂 this will make you want to wander into the closest pumpkin patch/fall carnival
☕️ best paired with a spice cake and a warm beverage while looking at bright falling leaves on a chilly morning while wrapped in the coziest blanket!!!

this was just the lighthearted + entertaining read I needed in between my creepy October reads there’s a plot that moves things along but not high stakes to give your heart some rest🧡

thank you Hachette Audio and NetGalley for the e-ARC!

Thank you, Netgalley, the author, and Hachette/Forever for the gifted audio-book! ❤️ #gifted. My review is comprised of my honest thoughts.

Read this book if you like: Dual POV, time loop, fated mates, slow burn, steamy 🔥

This audiobook was so dang good. The narration is perfection. This is a cute and cozy read. The food descriptions are great. Make sure you don't read while hungry. 🤣 I highly recommend this, especially for a Fall read.

Thank you to Forever & Hachette Audio for the review copy!

Series Info: I grabbed this as a “read now” from Netgalley and didn’t realize it was the 3rd book in a series. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read the other two books first, but I tend to be a bit of a series purist. Deja Brew can be read as a standalone!

Review: If you are looking for something light, romantic, and a little magical, Deja Brew might be for you!
🧡 Black MCs
☕️ Plus sized FMC
🧡 witchy
☕️ time loop

There were parts of Deja Brew that I really loved. Gus was down bad for Sirena, which is always an element that works well for me. For me, there were a few pacing issues that kept me from absolutely loving the book as a whole. One area that I especially noticed this was that there was a little too much focus on the rest of the world for my taste. I wanted us to spend more time on the romantic relationship in the first half of the book. But if you like your romances to feel like a full world, where you get to know the main character’s family, friends, and backstory, you may really enjoy this element! I think since I read this as a standalone without reading previous books in the series, this element felt more flat to me.

Sirena really struggled to decide what she wanted in this book: her magic and cooking didn’t work well, she longed for love but was afraid to try and go for it, and I felt like I didn’t really understand her character because of this indecisiveness.

Overall, I did find Sirena and Gus to have good chemistry, and I was eager to see their HEA!

🎧 I wouldn’t recommend this by audiobook. The male narrator was pretty monotone and didn’t have a lot of energy in his performance. The female narrator was great though! If you prefer audiobooks to print reading, the audiobook will get the story across fine.

Deja Brew the third book in the Elemental Love Series by Celestine Martin ist the first bokk of hers that I have read and I enjoyed ,my reading - a lot, it's a pumpkin spice latte in a book it is very sweet, a bit spicy and topped with a stellar cream of fleshed out side characters.
Deja Brew follows Sirena Caraway, a kitchen witch who is strung out and doesn't trust her abilities any more. In this books she gets a magical second-chance at October and romance. After a disastrous October culminates in her embarrassing herself at the birthday party of charming magician Gus, she stumbles upon her Nana’s wish tea. And one impulsive wish later she is back at the beginning of October "Groundhog Day" Style with the chance to change things and explore possibilities. This gives Sirena the chance to ace a job interview, rediscover trust in herself and rekindle something special with Gus.
All the best ingredients for autumn reading in this one !

Sirena had a messy October, her cooking powers are not working properly and she couldn't land her career saving job so she drinks a wishing tea on Halloween and wishes for a second chance. The magical tea works and it's October 1st once again and she starts getting Deja vu of her earlier days of the month and not just her but Gus as well. August is a magician who used to perform magic on stage but he decides to get away from the stage and the tv world and settle back into Freya Grove and be a steward at a museum.
I think it's a cozy witchy romcom with lots of cooking since Sirena is a cooking witch and history lessons with fall activities like pumpkin patch and enchanting maze visits.
They are both working on their issues and I like that they don't just get together and decide that they want to spend their entire lives with each other in just a month but actually give it time, take breaks and think it through.
I loved both of their siblings; they were the definition of family.
I truly enjoyed it.

This was a mixed review for me. On one hand, I really liked a lot of the banter, and the characters 80% of the time. I thought they were well matched, and I appreciated the two points of view, and I also quite like the personalities of each character.

However. One thing that really kind of ruined it for me was all of the smutty/intimate scenes. It wasn’t because these existed— I am an avid smut reader, so I have no problem with some sex scenes in a book. But unfortunately, for me, I just didn’t like the way the intimate scenes were written. They felt too artistic, but also too clean. The words themselves were not dirty, but the descriptions were quite artistically written in a way that felt out of touch at times. I think it felt a little bit too much like an attempt to elevate a sex scene so it wouldn’t feel dirty and sexual. It just didn’t hit the right chord for me.

That being said… Everything else about the book? I absolutely loved. The characters were fabulous, the plot was super interesting, and I really liked the way that the two main characters interacted and overlapped. I just had to take away a half star for the intimate scenes because they gave me the ick.

Also, on an audiobook specific note: I had a hard time with the pacing of how the two narrators read. The female narrator read quite a bit faster than the male narrator, so listening at 1.75 the female narrator felt appropriately quick, but the male narrator often felt like he was dragging. I kept having to switch between 1.75 for the female narrator and two times speed for the male narrator. It just made it hard as a listener.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 (rounded up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Spice: 🌶️🌶️/5

Thank you, Hatchette Audio | Forever and NetGalley, for this ARC/ALC!

I think for the right reader, this book would be a hit, but unfortunately, it wasn't for me.

I enjoyed Sirena's chapters a lot more than Gus's, and really enjoyed the sister dynamic. The small-town vibe was very cute, and this is the perfect cozy fall read for the right audience.

I found it very hard to connect with the characters, and the backstory felt forced, rather than woven into the story. Almost like 'here's a thing you need to know. And another thing. Oh and this thing' rather than making it feel organic.

All that said, I would happily try another book from this author, because I see the potential for me to love it!

Thank you Hachette Audio and NetGalley for a copy of this audio book in exchange for an honest review.

Deja Brew by Celestine Martin

Sirena has been putting her life on hold but when she finds a wish tea in her cupboard, one her grandmother must have made, she makes a wish and goes back to the beginning of the month. Meeting Gus and their friendship blooming, Sirena realizes that her life wasn’t on hold, she was holding herself back.

So cute.. too cute. Omg it was so dang adorable. It’s the witchy romance I didn’t know I needed! Small town - check. Opposites -check. Soul mates with HEA.. check! It’s for all the fall romance you need. Well written, well paced and just perfect for any autumn day.

4 stars