I LOVED this cozy mystery!!

With Halloween approaching, Shay Myers is preparing seasonal brews at her tea shop, *Crystals and CuriosiTEAS*, while grappling with her frustration over pub owner Liam Madigan’s decision to take someone else to the town’s Monster Mash dance. As a seer, Shay is questioning her abilities after her romantic visions keep going awry, and she’s unsure if she’s truly the gifted psychic her late mother believed her to be.

However, when a dark vision involving genealogy, Irish folklore, and magic comes true, Shay’s doubts fade into urgency. A woman is found dead, frozen in an eerie pose with a black butterfly on her forehead, suggesting a ritual gone wrong—or a murder tied to dangerous magic. As the investigation uncovers a sinister link to a mystical boardwalk shop, Shay, aided by her dog Spirit, must confront a shady figure from her past, deal with the return of her ex-husband, and face off against a criminal who may be her most perceptive adversary yet.

A Spirited Blend by Lauren Elliott the 3rd instalment in the "A Crystals & CuriosiTeas Mystery " series. I love this series! For charmed tea shop owner Shay Myers, getting steeped in Bray Harbor, California’s October festivities is spookier than she ever could have bargained for—especially when a bone-chilling murder mystery spells grave danger . . .

Can’t say this enough I love Lauren’s writing style and her books are a must have purchase for me. I become invested in the characters and what’s happening in their lives as if they were real people and friends.

I enjoy the close relationship between Shay, Jenn and Tassi. I love Gran, Liam, and her German shepherd named Spirit

The story is well-written and I found it entertaining, full of twists and turns and I didn’t completely guess whodunnit until Shay did.

I highly recommend this series to all my cozy loving friends and I can’t wait for book 4 to come out!

I requested and received an advance reader copy of this book from Kensington Books and Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed this third installment of this series. As soon as I started reading it I did not want to put it down, unfortunately I had to go to work and sleep. The ending left me wanting more though so please hurry up on writing the next book please and thank you.

Kindle Copy for Review from NetGalley and Kensington Publishing.

I received a free, advance copy of this book and this is my unbiased and voluntary review.

It’s Halloween season and aal things scary. There is nothing like a dead body to get you into the mood. Shay will use her powers to find a killer in this delightful read. The magic of Halloween is in the air as you will never know what will show up.

Another great story! The competition between stores heats up during the Halloween festival. The poor Mayor looses his wife and the mystery begins. I loved the twists and turns this book took. I didn’t see the ending coming. And I loved that the love story grew. I’m looking forward to another book.

This book is such a winner. It's the only paranormal mystery series I read as I love the author, so I can't compare it to others, but wow. It has to much going for it. Since this is book three, we know the main characters and that helps but we learn so much more.

Shay is busy with her tea shop preparing for a Halloween event. Her sister Jen helps as does Tassi. Shay is busy trying to win back her customers when word of bad things going on come to her. It's not much longer until someone dies and it is a murder. Shay of course begins looking into and feels a bit responsible.

So much goes on along with her feelings for Liam that it kept me up late and reading all day to find out the who, the why and what happens. We learn more about Shay in this book and her past. It's all just so good and so many answers for one book that I loved it. I can't wait for the next one.

Fans of this series and Lauren Elliott will love this book.

I really enjoyed this third book in the Crystals and CuriosiTEAS Mystery series. It was a great cozy mystery to read around Halloween.
It did take me a bit to get into the book. Once I was engaged, then the book became very easy and fun to read.
Shay Myers, the protagonist is getting better at her powers, and finds that there is no time for self-doubt. It was great to reconnect with the familiar characters from the previous books, and especially her dog Spirit.
She has a stall at the Halloween festival, where there was a lot of stressful competition especially from the creepy Madam Malvina, so she cleverly concocted a bewitching fizzy drink.
This book is full of mystery and has an intricate and sinister dark plot involving her troublemaker ex-husband.
At the end of the book not all intrigues and mysteries are resolved, opening a path to the next book in the series. I can’t wait to read the next mystery book in this series.

Thank you to Net Galley and Kensington Books for providing me with an advance copy in return for a personal review of this book.

I highly recommend this book it's a good serie shay must figure out who murdered the mayor's wife. It has a little magic a d fairies in it

Halloween is just around the corner in the small coastal town of Bray Harbor. Shay Myers is running her shop, Crystals and CuriosiTEAS and she's about had it with Liam Madigan who's dating yet another girl. That means her romantic premonitions are off which makes her doubtful about being a gifted seer as her late mother believed. But bad omens soon come true and a woman is murdered and a connection is soon found to a boardwalk mystic shop. Shay and her dog, Spirit, are tracking down a shady figure while dealing with her ex-husband showing up in town. Can she help find the killer or has she met her match?

Lauren Elliott is one of my favorite cozy mystery authors and this series has quickly become a can't-miss. I was blessed and received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. This is my honest, unbiased review. This book was well-written and the characters were well-rounded while the pace of the plot is fast-moving. I love Shay as she's coming into her own and learning just how strong she is after the end of a disastrous relationship. Shay now has friends and family who mean the world to her and who are there for her. There's a sense of closeness with friends and family in this book which is touching. I was drawn into this captivating story and kept hooked from beginning to end. The mystery was fun to solve with multiple twists and turns and red herrings. This book has intrigue, mystery, romance, and a paranormal aspect which all combine to make this an excellent read. I highly recommend both book and series which I believe is best read in order. You can read the book on its own as the mystery is self-contained but you get more from things by following Shay from the start.

A Spirited Blend is the third book in the Crystals and CuriosiTEAS Mystery series by Lauren Elliott. I have liked each book in this series, but I think this one was my favorite yet. The characters are now really developed and Shay is much more understanding and accepting of her specialness. This book also took a giant leap forward for some characters that I really enjoyed! The murder was really fun to try to figure out and I love that there are still several mysteries to solve in upcoming books. A Spirited Blend is a wonderful, spooky, cozy mystery and I highly recommend it.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book. All opinions are my own.

This was such a festive cozy mystery read! Competing tea shops, faerie lore, a dog companion named Spirit!

I loved following Shay’s journey of creating the perfect tea, investigating a local murder and discovering unknown family ties. The writing and story felt magical and a perfect read for October.

This can be read standalone but is part of a series! I am definitely intrigued to read more from this author and really enjoy this.

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I think that the author killed off the wrong miscreant. Should have gone for the ex-husband and/or his newest wife, rather than the terminally foolish social climbing wife of the mayor. Said fool believed that she has a magic amulet proving that she is a hereditary witch but winds up dead in an area that appears to have been staged as a fairy ring. Shay owns a tea shop and does leaf readings but has been having some problems with declining business due to machinations by her frenemy who also has a similar shop and had been abetting the mayor's wife in her delusions of grandeur. Add in some spells, rituals, a bumbling suitor who thinks that he and Shay are too closely related, and you have a really complex witch's brew and a great mystery story.
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#ASpiritedBlend #NetGalley is another adventure in this cozy mystery series.
Shay is an interesting character and although I like this series very much, I had a difficult time getting into the book.
I'm not sure why I struggled with the story, but unfortunately it happens.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of this book.

A Spirited Blend
by Lauren Elliott is a great paranormal cozy mystery that is the the third book in the A Crystals & CuriosiTEAS Mystery series.

I’ve enjoyed this series so far, and am finally getting the vibe of Shay and her new home in Bray Harbor, California. She is still trying to find her way, her place, and sort out a lot of feelings in regard to family and new acquaintances.

A spooky Halloween theme fits well with the plot and strange murder/mystery that Shay gets roped into…and it all ends up being entertaining for sure.

Here’s to the next installment!

5/5 stars

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When Shay Myers began her day, she didn't expect pub owner (and secret crush) Liam Madigan to come running to her for advice on his love life (again). In fact, she's so tired of it she sends him away, but he thinks she's just having a bad day and will get over it. But it's not the day that has her bothered. It's the visions she's been having. And when a local citizen steps in for a tea reading, Shay can't believe what she sees -- or hears. The woman thinks they might be related, even though Shay tells her it's not really possible. But the woman persists, and shows Shay an object she found among her mother's possessions. Not able to completely convince her, Shay sends her off, and then worries about what she's seen in the tea leaves. Asking the help of Liam's wise Irish Gram, she fears the worst.

But then her ex-husband and his new wife appear in town, telling her they've bought a local winery that was for sale. As if things couldn't get worse, she finds they do. A friend-turned-enemy has opened a rival shop, and someone else shows up, who's willing to do her harm. Now, with visions that only spell possible doom, how can she find the truth? Then someone is murdered nearby, and she's not sure if even Gram can help her with this one...

This is the third entry in this series, and I do believe it is the best one yet. While I have loved this author's other series as well, I am tending to love this one even more. I am so over tales of witches, vampires, and werewolves; but a series about a seer is indeed unique, and the story line behind all this makes it believable as well.

Shay didn't always know she was one; she discovered it after her return to Bray Harbor when her marriage and life fell apart. In this book she is beginning to understand more, not only about herself, but also having ideas, with the help of Liam, of what happened to her before (I cannot say more as it will give away too much of the book). Suffice it to say, it gives an opening for future books, and also gives us a glimpse of Shay's past, not counting her Irish heritage.

Finding a killer isn't going to be easy, especially once she learns her nemesis has arrived in town, and the fact that her now-enemy might be involved. It's good she has Spirit to protect her, she needs him more than ever. There is plenty going on here, not only with Halloween, but with Shay trying to keep her business open, trying to figure out what is going on with her ex, and, of course, trying to find a killer.

The ending is surprising, which is how it should be; the climax is stirring, but nevertheless a tad sad. Yet there is more to come, and I eagerly await the next in the series. Highly recommended.

I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher and NetGalley but this in no way influenced my review.