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Witches Get Stuff Done by Molly Harper
3.0

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

When Riley arrives in Starfall Point, the magic inside her gets activated. She inherits her late aunt's Victorian haunted house, along with a live-in ghost butler and journals, to guide her through this new chapter in her life.

It took me a while to get into this one, but omg I loved the haunted house so much!! It was easily my favourite part about this book. I know it's blasphemy coming from a romance reader, but this book truly did not need romance. In fact, it would have been 10 times better without the romance. I really did not care about Edison, the librarian.

I liked that Riley has her own coven, although it felt like Alice and Caroline quickly accepted the existence of ghosts. But I just went along with it for fun. I loved the chapters dedicated to solving ghosts' problems and deciphering Riley's aunt's journals and letters. The overarching plot doesn't get resolved. I assume Alice and Caroline will each get their own story and we will further explore the plotline.

Overall, this book has a great concept, but the execution could have been better. There were some odd hiccups here and there, the pacing was a bit odd, and the romance was superfluous. But the paranormal aspect was a lot of fun and I just love ghostly stories. This book is a mixed bag, but I had fun reading it.