The Coffee House Witch & The Unwelcome Guest (The Cobblestone Coven #4)
by Ariana Jade
My Rating: 4 stars
Genre: Cozy Fantasy
Age Category: Adult
Type of romance: f/f
Blurb:
Not all is well in the Cobblestones.While life with the grumpy cat might have settled for Cassie, it’s not going to stay peaceful for long. A source of negative energy shows up to disrupt her life and it’s going to take more than a simple cleansing to get rid of it.
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The Coffee House Witch & The Unwelcome Guest is book 4 in the Cobblestone Coven series and it follows witch Cassiopeia and her return to her hometown. It’s a cozy fantasy with a sapphic romance in a magical world with talking animals and lots of light-hearted banter.
My Review
I received a free copy from the author and voluntarily reviewed it.
I really like this series so far and this was a great installment in this series. Cassie has a lot to deal with in this book, an unwelcome guest is back in town and stirs up some old trauma, she doesn’t know how to tell Faye she’s in love with her and then there’s the grumpy cat Balthazar who she wants to stay as her familiar.
This book felt like an important one with everything that’s going on and some good progression made on all the plot lines. I liked seeing Cassie grow and change throughout this book and it was wonderful to see her figure things out and stand up for what she wanted.
I liked seeing her interact with Faye more and trying to figure out how to tell her she’s in love with her. I liked that there wasn’t a big romantic perfect gesture about this, but instead they sort of stumble into it awkwardly. I also liked reading more about Balthazar and Cassie and was eager to see if he would agree to stay as her familiar if Cassie actually managed to ask him. Balthazar is such a grumpy cat, which is fun to read about, and there’s something heartwarming about the way they interact and when he is nice.
The scenes with the unwelcome guest were hard to read. It was clear there was a lot of bad memories associated with this person and I just felt so bad for Cassie. I am glad she had her grandma in her corner willing to stand up for her.
To summarize: I really enjoyed reading this book. There are various different plot lines going on and plenty of progression with all of them. I liked reading more about Cassie and seeing how she changes throughout the series and eventually figures out what she wants and how to communicate this. I liked seeing her interact with Faye, the two are so cute together and I was eager to see how and when Cassie would tell Faye she’s in love with her. I also like reading about Cassie interacting with Balthazar and hoped Cassie would tell him she wanted him to stay as her familiar and whether he would agree to that. The last chapter of the book was really good and I am eager to see where things go next.
Great review Lola, it sounds like the story pulled you in and made you feel what she was experiencing.
It’s been a great series so far and indeed the author did a great job of making me feel what the main character was going through.