Thank you NetGalley and publishers for audio ARC. All opinions are my own.

The description sucked me in "for fans of Practical Magic" small town witchy family, generational bond, group of women... sold to me! Except, it didn't quite hit me the same. Right now I am totally into fall vibes, despite the 100⁰ weather we are still having locally, I just want it to be cool and witchy. The tone of this book definitely did that. As a mood reader 10/10 recommend for the vibes only.

As far as content, it fell a little flat. Nothing really happened, I don't feel connected to any specific character. Elisabeth wasn't very likeable. I just feel like it could have been flushed out a little better.

As far as the audio, I did not like this narrator. She didn't have the whimsy in her voice I expect in a magic realism work. Also, the German. Wow. It is not a delicate language. It doesn't roll off the tongue. As a non German speaker, I am sure reading a physical copy of this wouldn't be a problem, I could gloss over it. But to hear the sounds in audio totally sucked me right back into reality. It was jarring.

I think overall I would have preferred an ebook/physical copy of this work versus the audio. Still recommend, but audio with caution :)