e-Audiobook, 07:17:13
Narrated by: Alexa Magro & Lindsey Dorcus
Release Date: September 9, 2025
Published by: Books on Tape
Read from: October 29, 2025 – November 2, 2025
Stand-alone
Source: PRH Audio App (I received this ALC free from the publisher and their audio app. This did nothing to influence my review!)
Content Warning: Medical Content, Emotional Abuse, Injury/Injury Detail, Toxic Friendship, Bullying, Cursing, Cancer, Death, Grief
For Readers Interested In: Romance, 2sLGBTQ+, Witches, Fantasy, Holidaze (Halloween), YAA brooding witch and a bubbly mortal must team up during their town’s fall festival in this cozy sapphic romance, perfect for fans of Gilmore Girls and Wicked!
In the charming town of Fableview, every day is Halloween.
Darcy Keller, resident ray of sunshine and town spirit princess, loves every moment of Fableview’s fall festivities. But she’s also really ready to leave for college next year, even though her parents expect her to stay and take over their Halloween empire.
Enter brooding new girl Anya Doyle, a real-life witch and almost a full member of her coven. In order to be initiated, she has to choose a mortal ally to act as her “protector.” But having moved around so much, Anya is completely friendless. So she does what any self-respecting teenage almost-witch would—she lies and tells her coven her secret crush, Darcy, is willing to do the job.
The solution? Work together, of course. The girls agree to help each other out, attending everything from a costume parade to a pumpkin patch party to an apple bobbing contest together. But with Anya’s magical powers and Darcy’s future independence on the line, the last thing they need is the added complication of pesky feelings . . .
*MY THOUGHTS*
This was so cute! I thought this was going to be a completely different book lol It turned out to only be like just a romance but one of them was a witch. IDK if that made it better or worse lol But overall it was still cute.
Ok so the setting was cool. I wished we had gotten a better look at it tho. It seemed to be one of those books where the setting was as much a character as the characters. It seemed alive with all the events and fun it portrayed to make the reader wonder why in the world the Darcy wants to leave.
The magic was just cute. We don’t get a real explanation on anything besides the fact that we knew Anya needed Darcy to be her ally. But weird things happen and there is someone that Anya knew from the past that was really terrible to her because of something that wasn’t in her control. Even that wasn’t explained until another incident like it happened near the end. It was a bit much.
The romance was ok. I thought it was cute and they got to do all the super cute Fall things like the apple bobbing and the pumpkin patch. But it never felt super real? I just didn’t feel the chemistry besides when they were finally together at the end. I THINK it was because one of them seemed really stand-offish because she didn’t want to get into anything right before she left.
Overall, I this was kinda basic but kinda cute. I don’t think there was anything that made this anything more than just something cute. I wished there had been something that made it stand out. It had the potential to be so much more.
Overall, I give this
