A review by court4nier
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

3.75

If you enjoyed Legends and Lattes or The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, wrap one of those into a very cozy Sherpa sweater and you have The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst.

In The Spellshop, we meet our main character Kiela, a semi agoraphobic librarian that prefers books over people. With her city near ruins, she and her assistant Caz (a sentient spider plant) flee with a crate of spellbooks to the only other place she’s ever called home. But the island is not what it once was with magic missing and Kiela- with the help of the sweetest cast of side characters- is determined to save it.

I wasn’t exactly sure what cottage core was, but this is it. Not only was The Spellshop heartwarming, but it was full of magic, friendship and a little bit of romance. Where could you go wrong? When all the action filled fantasy gets a bit too intense, nothing will calm the heart like reading The Spellshop.