Celestine Martin – Cannonball Read 17

Instead of hiding their skeletons, the witches invited them to tea and fed them coffee cake.

Deja Brew by Celestine Martin

October 1, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Deja Brew was a perfect read for me at this particular moment. I’ve enjoyed this whole cozy series centering the Caraway family of witches in the fictional magical town of Freya’s Grove on the Jersey shore. Celestine Martin blends magic, family (good and bad), rediscovering fun, finding your authentic self, and a heartachingly sweet (and spicy) romance. Sirena is a kitchen witch who has lost her confidence in the kitchen and is burnt out from the constant grind of work. After a terrible October where […]

A Couple of Witchy Rom-coms

Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin

The Witch is Back by Sophie H. Morgan

November 8, 2023 by RevGirlUtena Leave a Comment

I love supernatural rom-coms, especially ones about witches. Here are two I read in October. Both with punny titles. Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin Lucy Carraway is a witch about to go to her ten-year High School reunion. She wishes she could brag about all of her accomplishments, but she feels like she has been stuck in a rut after never leaving her small town. One night, she and her sisters, who are also her coven, use their grandmother’s Wish Spell and Lucy finds that […]

A good kiss should hint at the possibility of love. A perfect kiss should make you believe in a lifetime of love.

Kiss and Spell by Celestine Martin

September 27, 2023 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Kiss and Spell is lovely. Celestine Martin has taken the small town witch romance and married it to the fairytale inspired romance and put her own spin on both. Celestine Martin’s writing is magical. I’ll be reading a scene, and suddenly she’ll turn a phrase so that I can see the longing, the sparkle, and the glitter. Kiss and Spell is a confection with just enough weight to not overwhelm with sweet. Ursula was a bit of an antagonist in Witchful Thinking. She was engaged to […]

“It’s the waters within you that scare me.”

Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin

November 13, 2022 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

CBR14Bingo – Time: Is it (finally) the right time for Lucy and Alex, aka the question every second chance romance ever asks? Its release also had an unusual timing – it’s clearly set during the summer and has a beach read feel, but was released just in time for Halloween vibes season. I don’t know what’s with the abundance of cozy witchy romances lately, but I am all here for it! Even with the witchy vibes, this is more of a beach read as it’s […]

He looked at her with wonder, as if he’d seen an undiscovered ocean meant only for him to explore.

Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin

September 19, 2022 by Emmalita 3 Comments

A couple of years ago I read a charming witchy Yuletide short story in the first Love All Year anthology. The author was Celestine Martin and I kept an eye for her name. When Witchful Thinking popped up on NetGalley, I snatched it up. This is Martin’s debut novel and it is charming. It’s imperfect, it dragged a bit in the middle, and it took Alex an annoyingly long time to get himself together. That said, it was a lovely read with pluses that outweigh […]

Not all Holidays are Christmas

Love All Year: A Holidays Anthology by Elizabeth Kahn

November 22, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I loved this anthology of holiday romance novellas. I knew I would. When Elizabeth announced she was putting together an anthology of romances centered around non-Christian holidays, I knew she would put out a thoughtful and entertaining book. I’m hoping this will be the first of many Love All Year anthologies. All of the stories were lovely, each in their own way. I wasn’t ready for any of them to be done when I reached the end. For the most part, the stories were about […]

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