This was a really cute read. I loved the magical realism and constant food references. There was a lot going on here that maybe could've been simplified. It would make a fun, quirky rom com for sure.

A wonderful novel about family forgiveness and second chances. I also loved the whole supernatural effect of being able to talk to ghosts. Every life has a purpose, and the author made an interesting approach about spirits sticking around until they finish the job they were meant to do before they died, whether it was to get revenge or find their loved one. A beautiful story indeed :)

Are you looking for a book to take on vacation once we’re all vaccinated and you can leave your house again? If yes, I definitely recommend The Kindred Spirits Supper Club as a prime candidate for cute, lighthearted summer read.

Being from Wisconsin, I generally can’t pass up a book set there, and having previously read Reichert’s The Coincidence of Coconut Cake, which was like a love story to Milwaukee, I was excited to read this newest novel of hers. And the Wisconsin flavor was certainly there in this one as well, especially in the food - beer battered cheese curds, Brandy old fashioneds, brats, and Spotted Cow beer all make appearances. Multiple characters bring up Wisconsin trivia facts (something that feels so relatable) and the opening scene takes place at a waterpark.

Though there is a happily ever after at the end of The Kindred Spirits Supper Club, it reads more like women’s fiction than romance. Sabrina struggles with a lot during the book - she lost her job, had to move back in with her parents and is dealing with her sometimes crippling anxiety, and I feel her arc of discovery is just as important as the romance arc. There are other stories interwoven as well, including the ghosts’ stories (the women in Sabrina’s families help ghosts move on by completing their last wish) and this gives the book some flavor but I feel that it is somewhat surface level. For example, though this story does deal with death in some capacity, as there are literal ghosts, I never felt like it was overpowering or too intense.

I am typically not one who can predict where a book is going, but I could tell where the ghost story was going to end up when I was 37% in. It felt like a secondary romance arc, and is really a sweet addition, even if it is predictable. As for romance between Sabrina and Ray, we have the “fake dating” trope, and a very slow burn. The one sex scene is somewhat fade to black. But Ray is an adorable, slightly awkward sweetheart who just wants to love Sabrina and that warmed my heart.

Even with Sabrina trying to make relatively big life decisions over the course of the book, and struggles with anxiety, there isn’t much angst in this book. It didn’t stress me out while I was reading it. And at the end of the day, that’s likely why I enjoyed The Kindred Spirits Supper Club - it’s a perfect book to escape in for a few hours. Just make sure not to go in too hungry!

Content warnings: Sabrina has anxiety and has a panic attack, one character is implied to have had dementia before he died and struggles communicating as a ghost, one scene where Sabrina is unwillingly kissed by an ex-boyfriend, Sabrina has a few flashbacks to being bullied as a child because of her ability to see ghosts

Thanks to Berkley and Netgalley for an advanced copy of The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert.

This book made me want to hop on a plane and go to Wisconsin. These supper clubs sound like fun and I love the idea of beer and cheese with everything!

I'm not usually a big supernatural fan, but I liked how The Kindred Spirits Supper Club mixed in Sabrina's family curse of seeing spirits with the book and it seemed so natural. Sabrina moves home to the Wisconsin Dells and is coming to terms with being back in the town she was bullied in growing up. Ray has moved to town to take over his uncle's Supper Club and is facing some family pressure to move back to NYC when he meets Sabrina.

I liked that this was different than your usual rom-com and the characters for the most part were great. I loved the small town and there were cute moments in this book. Also Sabrina's anxiety was a big part of the book.

The Kindred Spirits Supper Club is captivating and enchanting! I enjoyed every moment—the humor, the poignancy, the quirkiness, the romance—all of it touched my heart. I especially loved the characters, Ray and Sabrina foremost, but Molly, Harry, and even Belle were an unexpected delight! I cheered long and hard for Ray and Sabrina, and watching them grow and trust and find the acceptance and freedom they needed to be who they truly were was simply wonderful.

The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert is a wonderful standalone novel. Sabrina Monroe, our heroine, has returned home to Wisconsin Dells, after losing her journalist job. Sabrina left home years before, as she could not handle the family curse, as well as the nasty mean girls who teased her as a psycho. The Monroe women have a curse, being able to see ghosts, those with unfinished business, with Sabrina having escaped when she left town. Now back home in Wisconsin Dells, she sees the ghosts again.

Sabrina has always had anxiety attacks, but manages to leaves the spirits to her mom, but suddenly they begin to appear to her too. Of course, the one ghost who has been with the family for years, is the delightful fun loving, Molly, who Sabrina has always loved since childhood. Sabrina gets a job to help save money, which she needs to eventually return to Washington again, but her boss is the evil Erika, one of the mean girls, who always brought her down.

Sabrina meets charming and hunky, Ray Jasper, who has started taking over the family-owned supper club, and he finds himself very attracted to her, though she has no interest in getting involved in any relationship. Soon Ray manages to convince Sabrina to help him prepare for the annual gala, and offers to pay her top dollar, which she decides to accept. Sabrina slowly begins to enjoy Ray’s company, especially when he starts defending her from Erika and her boyfriend’s constant rude comments.

What follows is a slow burn romance between Sabrina and Ray, with both falling for each other, but issues stand in the way. Sabrina sees ghosts, and occasionally she will accidently answer their call for help, another reason as a child that Erika and her friends called her a psycho. Ray begins to hear some of her sudden comments, which Sabrina fears will push him away from her. Will she tell Ray the truth, or leave Wisconsin Dells.

I really enjoy this lighthearted fun story, and love both Sabrina and Ray together, loved their comradery, as well as the delicious recipes he made for her to try. The wonderful family secondary characters were also great, such as the fantastic Molly. Most of all I did love Sabrina and how in time she was able to control her anxiety, continue to be caring to help the ghosts, and learn to deal with the insults from her enemies. Ray was also great, as he did everything to build up his business, and his love for Sabrina was instrumental in helping her move forward.

The Kindred Spirits Supper Club was a fun, heartwarming romance, wonderful family and great characters, lots of enjoyment of good food, with a dash of paranormal (ghosts). Amy E. Reichert did a wonderful job writing this fun story, and I suggest you read this book.

DNF. I really liked the premise but the writing did not work for me at all. It wouldn't be fair to the book if I finished reading and gave it a low rating.

This was super cute! I'm familiar with supper clubs and I loved the setting of both Wisconsin Dells and a supper club itself. Very fun.

Delightful. A nice breezy bit of fun that everyone needs once in awhile. Ghosts, supper clubs, romance, humor. What more could you want?

This was an interesting concept for a book. I wasn’t sure going into it, but after reading the first few chapters I was hooked. Sabrina is an extremely anxious, socially awkward woman, but then again her qualms are completely justified since she is constantly in the presence of ghosts. She broke my heart in the beginning. Her struggles with anxiety, both social and internal, spoke very true to real life. It pained me to see her in such an unhealthy environment where she couldn’t break away from or even seek any help.

I felt that both characters were guarded in the beginning marking it hard to connect with them, but once they took those barriers down and opened pieces of them to one another the story felt genuine. It became more heartfelt and intriguing. Together Ray and Sabrina are at ease. They complement each other in ways I haven’t seen between two main characters before. They bring a calm and serenity in the midst of chaos and expose vulnerabilities that made them feel real rather than just imaginary characters in a story.

It’s told in an interesting way where the author seamlessly ties both past and present point of views for Sabrina and Ray giving the reader a better understanding of each character. This book is imaginative with an in-depth look on mental health and the search to find your path in life. Though I did have a hard time connecting with the characters in the beginning, as the story progressed and more of their personalities shined, the story really opened up. Overall this is a unique story with a fun plot and characters that are interesting and diverse. Thank you to Berkley for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I have been a long time face of Amy's. In fact I own and have read every book she has written. So of course I had been waiting eagerly for her newest release. As with her other books, Amy just has a way of putting together a story and its cast of characters. And as a midwest girl, I love being transported back to my home. I grew up going to the Wisconsin Dells so I was absolutely thrilled when I heard this book was set there. There were so many fun references, and I could so easily visualize the Dells as I read. Admittedly I was a little skeptical of the ghosts and supernatural element of this book, but they ended up being my favorite portion of the story. As with Amy's previous books, The Kindred Spirits Supper Club has it all - family, love, and of course food! I loved this book and can't wait for others to read it!

This book is such a fun rom-com! Sabrina sees ghosts. Her female family sees ghosts and helps them to finish something they need to do before moving on. Sabrina has terrible anxiety and seeing ghosts certainly doesn't help. She moves away from home to get away from the ghosts but moves back home after she loses her job. She meets Ray and she says she doesn't have time for dating as she needs to find a job. Their relationship has its ups and downs and was so fun to read! Molly the ghost is awesome and I loved her scenes! I received an advanced readers copy and all opinions are my own.

Thank you for my review copy, all opinions are my own.
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Am I charmed? Yes, thank you for asking. This title came for me outta nowhere. I adored it.
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A sweet, fun and sometimes ghosted romance. I smiled the whole way through. The characters were absolutely delightful. I can't say enough good things.
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If you enjoy Romance with a side of paranormal....trust me.....it's the fun side. Pick this one up!

I really really enjoyed this one from Amy Reichert. After discovering her late then inhaling all her books I was excited to get more.

I loved seeing Sabrina and Ray’s relationship bloom. It was lovely to see a man really respect a woman and understand what she needed.

This story contains a fun element of magical realism with Sabrina and her mother seeing ghosts of the recently deceased. They help these people take care of one last thing so they can move on. One of Sabrina’s ghosts, Molly, has been around for a while, and helping her move on is harder.

Eventually Sabrina’s worlds merge. Of course some drama comes up, but this is a romance so there is a sweet HEA.

I appreciated how Sabrina’s anxiety was portrayed. I feel like Reichert did a lot to show how anxiety manifested for Sabrina rather than just stating she experienced it. It felt more genuine.

I would definitely recommend this one.

Now give me a beer and some cheese curds.

My little Wisconsin heart loved this book so much, and I couldn't get enough!

Kindred Spirits Supper Club follows Wisconsin girl Sabrina as she battled anxiety, wants to gtfo outta WI and is also dealing with her family secret of helping ghosts "move on". Enter Ray, a dude from NY who wants to give up his fancy life and continue running his great uncle's WI supper club.

This book was filled with so many Wisconsin things that made me happy: extremely nice people, bubblers, Spotted Cow, curds, crumbling aged cheddar, kringle, etc. I loved it! It was like a love letter to my home and I ate it up.

I also loved the quirkiness of the story surrounding the family secret of helping ghosts "move on". Fans of historical fiction might like this, as it ties back to history various times!

My only complain is that Ray didn't seem to click with me. I couldn't quite place him as a character.

All in all, cute book and if you're from Wisconsin READ THIS!

I couldn't love this novel more! "The Kindred Spirits Supper Club" was such an adorable novel with loveable characters. The added storyline of supernatural gave the book a fun twist along with additional moments of pure delight.

"The Kindred Spirtis Supper Club" gives readers a meet cute, 3 tropes in one book: fake dating, forced proximity and friends to lovers (all of which I love) and a slow burn closed door romance. I wouldn't think all of this would fit into one book, but it worked flawlessly with Reichert's novel.

Ray and Sabrina are equally loveable in their own way but together? They are perfection. Sabrina, awkward and uncomfortable in Wisconsin Dells, shines when Ray, a nerdy New York foodie, provides her with a job for the local end of Summer event. During their time together, both work through their own family secrets to discover they both can help each other in more ways than they ever imagined. Together they move through the awkward stages of finding your place while embracing who you are.

Honorable mention goes to Molly's character. She was just what Ray and Sabrina needed in their romance!

"The Kindred Spirits Supper Club" instantly made for love Reichert's writing style. I am eager to read more of her work!

All the warm and fuzzy feelings!!!

Picture this: misty mornings • picnics at dawn • love notes • butterflies in your stomach • cozy diners • watching the sun fade • coming home after an exhausting day• ghost stories told under the covers •

I ADORED this book!! Not only did it get me out of a reading slump but this just felt like a big ol’ warm hug!! The author did a marvelous job at not only crafting lovable characters but also writing a unique and compelling story that had was bursting with heart! I loved the supernatural/magical element to the story, but I especially appreciated how the author tackled Sabrina's anxiety. I often found myself being able to relate to bits and pieces of her journey.

A perfect book to binge on a warm day!! Thank you Berkley for the free copy!!

Take a dash of humor, a pinch of self-doubt, a dollop of the supernatural and a smidgen of romance and set it against the backdrop of the one-and-only Wisconsin Dells and you get THE KINDRED SPIRITS SUPPER CLUB.

This was exactly the light, quirky, cozy weekend read I needed. The characters were endearing, the small town setting was nostalgic and the mystery was delightful. As a Wisconsinite, I appreciated all the nods to what makes Wisconsin uniquely Wisconsin- supper clubs, cheese curds, Spotted Cow and of course, a well-crafted Brandy Old Fashioned - the official state cocktail. (scroll for recipe).

MORE: Women's Fiction. Light on the steam/closed door

Short Review: How many times can a book make your heart swoon and your stomach grumble for cheese curds? I'll let you read it and then answer. All the feels. Loved it.

"Eight. I love the word 'epic' but I rarely use it."

Long Review: I'll gladly use it. This book was epic. It has everything - ghosts, romance, cheese curds, post-it notes, puppies, mystery. What's not to love about that? Seriously.

Sabrina has a family secret. The women in her family can see ghosts and in turn are charged with helping them with their unfinished business so they can move along to the other side. For young Sabrina, that resulted in being bullied and labeled as strange and weird. For adult Sabrina, it's become a trigger for her ocd/anxiety making it extremely difficult to keep jobs and build relationships. But all that's about to change with the help of a romantic movie loving ghost and an unexpected Margarita. I loved Sabrina from the beginning and I love how the author gives us a glimpse into how she manages her anxiety on a daily basis.

Oh and let's not forget Ray. Swoon (again). Ray and Sabrina are couple goals. I loved getting to know them.

I am absolutely in love with Sabrina and Ray and I am absolutely in love with this book! It is just a joyful read and something that made me feel very happy. Don't we all need that now?

Sabrina is like most of the women in her family and can commune with the dearly departed. This has made her feel like she has needed to escape Wisconsin and stay away from the spirits. When she loses her job, she heads back home just in time for the arrival of Ray. Ray is back in town to takeover the Otter Club restaurant that his late uncle left to him. When he is in charge of the gala, he uses Sabrina and she uses him to get another gal off her back. Of course, we all know they love each other and that eventually they will get there but getting there is half the fun. Plus there is a sweet ghost named Molly who still hasn't found her closure and she is a blast as she helps things along.

I am so glad that Amy E. Reichert is an author and I am so glad that she blesses us with her gifts. She is never disappointing and I think this one is my favorite.

Thanks to Netgalley and Berkeley Publishing for an advance copy of this delightful book.