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Gilmore Girls meets Practical Magic in the latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chicken Sisters She gave up on magic. But magic didn't give up on her. Three generations of magic. Two rogue exes. One Tarot deck. The perfect recipe for chaos. Flair Hardwicke knows three things: magic is real, love isn’t, and relying on either ends in disaster. So while she’s grateful for the chance to take over her grandmother’s Kansas bakery after she finally leaves her cheating husband, she won’t be embracing Nana’s fortune-telling side-hustle. Hers is a strictly no-magic operation—until the innocent batch of Tarot card cookies Flair bakes for the town’s Halloween celebration unleashes the power of the family deck, luring Flair’s unpredictable mother to town, tempting Flair’s magic-obsessed daughter, and bringing back Flair’s first love while ensnaring her ex in a curse she can’t break. Flair’s attempts to control the chaos only make things worse, playing right into the hands of a powerful witch. Suddenly there’s far more at stake than her status as the most reluctant witch in town, and the magic Flair has long rejected becomes the only card she has left to play.
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Honestly, I felt like this book tried to be a bit of everything. Was it a cozy magical realism tale or a romance or a bit high contemporary urban fantasy? I feel like 10 or 15 years ago it would have been wrapped in a cover to sell it as an urban fantasy with more of a sinister vibe (which is in the story for sure) but the cover sold this as a modern romance with a magical bent.
Of course, tarot features predominantly, so of course I was going to read it but I'm not sure I would recommend it to others. It was such a hodge podge of genres I'm not sure who would appreciate it.
If you're looking for a bake shop, single mom witch of a teen with her own mommy issues and a thwarted youthful love interest who also showed back up after all this time, then this is the book for you. Oh, and an evil sorceress. Can't forget her.
Finally, the best friend who lives next door who gets treated like a doormat by the main character?That's a trope that needs to stop.