A review by columnclub
A Season of Spells by Sylvia Izzo Hunter

lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

I think my main issue with this instalment was the plotting – different points of conflict were thrown in too late and underused, and it felt like this was to put more tension into the plot when I would happily just have read a book about Sophie reviving Morgan College and Lucia navigating her engagement. Lucia in particular felt criminally underused, becoming a POV character after her introduction in the previous book for the sake of maybe eighty pages overall, and I was hugely disappointed not to really see the development of her relationship with Roland on the page. Like the others, it was still a cosy and charming read with some great character moments, but I'm left wondering whether the book was pushed in the wrong direction during editor stages or if aspects of it just failed to land.