Lovely cozy fantasy. It obviously doesn't have a lot of depth, but it's good in its genre. Characters are nice, and although the potential was there, macho behaviour was kept to a minimum. I never felt that the male lead considered the female lead to be weak, and although he did protect her, it did not feel disrespectful. ( )

A super cute cozy paranormal series. This one is set in coastal Maine, with each book written by a different author. I started with this one because it’s written by an author I’m familiar with and know I love. Charlotte is a recently empowered witch working at a library, and struggling to learn to use her powers. She has to be careful, however, because while there are supernaturals living in Everlasting, Maine, there are lots of regular humans, and the supernaturals are way not outed. She finds a creepy old book and being a book nerd, decides to rescue it from the trash because, reasons. Cute guy Walker comes into the library for a temporary membership. Turns out he’s a shifter working for a secret organization on the hunt for an evil book of spells (which of course he doesn’t tell Charlotte, assuming she could be the witch in possession.) And cue the meet cute.

This was short and sweet, and perfectly delightful. Nice touches of magic, good twists, and cute cat scenes. Will check out more in this cozy series.

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.
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Witchful Thinking by Kristen Painter

4th book in the Everlasting cozy mystery series. Each book stands alone by different authors with the town of paranormals in Maine in common.
A novice witch is targeted by a witch hunter because she’s found a grimoire.

A cute and often amusing mystery with just a smidge of romance.
A really fun town with a great concept. I hope they continue the series so we can learn more about the residents. Especially the sheriff and the calendar deputies.

I loved the beginning with emphasis on the importance of books in Charlotte’s life.
Excerpt:
“The offending object was still in Millie’s gaunt hands, a shabby thing about the size of a dictionary with a tattered leather cover and gilded pages that had long since lost their golden gleam. Shame. Charlotte loved books in any condition, but this one had not been well-cared for. “Maybe it could be restored—”
“No.” Millie clucked her tongue and shook her head as she pulled the book away from Charlotte’s gaze. “This book should have been discarded, not donated. The title is completely worn off.”
Pain clenched Charlotte’s heart a little. The thought of a book being discarded had that effect on her. Books were…well, everything.
Millie tried to open the book and snorted. “And the pages have been glued together. Abominable.” She tossed the book into the trash bin.
The heavy clunk of it dropping to the bottom pealed like a death knell through Charlotte’s soul as she went back to her cart of books. Even if the pages had been glued together, it could still be decorative. Books always looked nice on a shelf. Or under a plant. No book deserved such an inglorious end as the trash bin”
Excerpt From Witchful Thinking by KristenPainter ( )