Book Reviews: The Spellshop, Wormwood Abbey, and Gladwynn Grant Shakes the Family Tree

On By Erin @ Cracker Crumb LifeIn Uncategorized

Hello everyone! It’s time for another mini book review post!

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst: Oh my goodness and all that is wholesome, I loved every single bit of this book. The author states in her author note that she wanted to write a book that felt like drinking hot chocolate – all cozy. And I would say she definitely succeeded. This book just made me smile. It made me happy. It filled me with all the feels. If I could crawl into a book and live there, I would drag Billy, Wyatt, and I into this one. It had jam and magic and jam and cinnamon rolls and talking plants and merhorses and sigh.. just everything.

This book is perfect for you if you like:

🍓 Cozy fantasy
🍓 Cottagecore
🍓 Slow burn romance
🍓 Found family

Wormwood Abbey by Christina Baehr: “I looked up and saw the rose window with stars in it. They were not glow worms, but real stars, with familiar constellations. I breathed again. I was not in an underground cave. I was in the ruin of the Abbey Church, the monster had fled, and my cousin needed my help. “

Oh my goodness this book spoke to my Gothic book, science, reptile loving self. When Edith and her family receive a letter from her father’s family that he hadn’t spoken to in years, they return to his childhood home, a crumbling Gothic Abbey. What should be a very practical and straightforward type of visit becomes something much different – at least for Edith. This book is full of secrets and mystery, friendship, and surprises. I absolutely adored it.

One way you know I loved it – the author sent me a free ebook with no obligation to read or review, and when I started it, I knew this was a book I had to read a physical copy of. (I much prefer a physical book) So I checked it out from the library. And now that I am finished with that copy, I know I need to purchase my own copy – and the rest of the series as they are available. Yep. I loved it.

“Tea doesn’t wake me up like coffee does. It doesn’t hug me and tell me everything is going to be okay if I just drink it..” I thoroughly enjoyed this third installment of the Gladwynn Grant cozy mystery series by @lisarhoweler . A journalist with a nose for news and a penchant for vintage fashion, Gladwynn is never far from the drama, whether she likes it or not. This book had mystery, style, two possible love interests, and all the family drama you could ask for. It was a fun book that pulled me in, compelling me to read until I found out whodunit. I am looking forward to seeing what is next in store for Ms. Grant!

This book is for you if you like:

☕ Charming settings
☕ Amateur sleuths
☕ Cuddly pets
☕ Good guys win

And that is it from me today! I hope that whatever you do today, you do something that makes you smile!

12 thoughts on “Book Reviews: The Spellshop, Wormwood Abbey, and Gladwynn Grant Shakes the Family Tree”

  1. You’re making me want to ignore my library loans and dive right into Spellshop and Wormwood Abbey 😀 They’ve been on my TBR (and shelf) and taunting me, but I keep having other things jump in the way …

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  4. marsha57's avatar marsha57

    I have never been a big book owner, primarily because I didn’t have a place to put them. Now, I have even less space so I envy you your bookcases! Now, my classroom was another matter entirely! I did hang onto several books, but I donated them when we moved to this house. I’m glad I finally let them go on to a new home in a first grade classroom because I wasn’t reading them. Now, I have a very small two shelf bookcase that holds books with very special memories attached to them.

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    1. I used to have a whole room of books like these people on Instagram and TikTok. However, once we added Wyatt to our family I had to start getting rid of books to make more room in our teeny house. Lol. Now I have my office but there isn’t much room for books sadly. I only buy books that I have read already and love, and then still not too many. Now ask me though, how many books Wyatt has? Lol.

      I love that you donated your books to another classroom. All those students who will have the chance to read them now! And I love that you have a very special collection of books. 🙂

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