When her grandmother suffers a nasty fall and asks for help managing the family business, coffee-addicted single mother Veronica Blackthorne moves her sixteen-year-old rom-com-obsessed daughter to Mystic Hollow, Connecticut. Veronica is ecstatic to return to New England, but when she arrives, she quickly finds out that Mystic Hollow Books, her grandmother’s pride and joy, needs more than a little TLC.
Hoping to save the bookstore from a big-box rival, Veronica enlists her sometimes mentor and sometimes crush, Adam Whitford, a controversial but popular author, as the keynote speaker to kick off a literary festival that will hopefully bring in a new wave of customers. But when Adam turns up dead, all that romantic potential turns into a nightmare as Veronica becomes the prime suspect in his murder.
As the local sheriff investigates his murder, Veronica decides to take matters into her own hands to solve the case and clear her name. With the bookstore’s future on the line, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Until her gran reveals the biggest secret of all—the bookstore is magical, and it was a botched love spell that led to this entire mess.
If you love Gilmore Girls, magic, and cozy mysteries then this is the series for you.
For Gilmore Girls fans, it is the mother-daughter relationship, Veronica and Phoebe. However, author Stacie Ramey goes a step further and includes the grandmother (or great grandmother depending on which character Veronica or Phoebe). There is a Luke-esque character in the Sheriff Mack who serves coffee alongside law and order. There is coffee, fast talking, and Veronica’s mother who is very Emily.
The magic is interesting and I would like to read more about it in-depth in future novels to the series. However, I would not say this is Harry Potter style magic. It’s more Sabrina the Teenage Witch (the original!) but sprinkled.
Mainly it's the mystery. The connection with Veronica and the literary festival. There are so many suspects, but there is a light-heartedness. It's also mainly a fun, ridiculous type of reading.
Overall, I rate this novel 5 out of 5 stars.
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