I want to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the audio version. This book just just okay. I didn't really connect with any of the characters. I felt like the characters were teenagers instead of grown adults.

This was a cute little witchy book. Pegged as romance buuuut not really. It's like a family drama? Kind of cozy mystery? I'm not sure. But it is fantasy. That's all I'm really sure about. A little similar to [bookcover:Witch Please|56233936] [bookcover:The Ex Hex|56554626] but THOSE are definitely romance. I like the uptick in contemporary witchy books lately. They're fun! Nothing amazing, a lot still needing explaining (why did we even have a Griz POV?). This must be the start of a series because there's a lot to still be explored, especially repercussions.

This was not my favorite, the characters were flat and the story didn't hook me. I have no idea why the second narrator was necessary, the cat didn't add anything to the book, which really could have used a little something. Even the romances were flat and didn't really pull me in.

This was a fun and action packed book that was Immensely enjoyable in audiobook form. I want a spin off of a few particular characters.

ARC from publisher via NetGalley but the opinions are my own.

This book was adorable. It was a wonderful paranormal story for a cozy Sunday. The three cousins were hysterical with the trouble they got themselves into. The 4th “cousin” provided a great villain and you are never quite sure what she was really up to. It was wonderful to see these witches discover not just their magic, but their senses of self-worth! And Aunt Esme!!! I need an Aunt Esme!! She was a hoot! I’m a sucker for bits and pieces from an animal’s point of view and this did not disappoint. Even Grizz found his sense of self-worth! ❤️ The narrators are wonderful and added greatly to the story!

DISCLAIMER: I received this book free from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

A fantastic story about how magic can go haywire without practice, and while trying to stay off the radar or the witches council.

3 cousin witches receive a letter from their other cousin stating she is leaving to move to NYC on Friday but won’t be going along, in fact the other person going with her is someone that was living with one of them. These letter start a chain of events that just keep spiraling out of control.

I loved how the story developed, the mystery of the letters and what was going to happen next. I laughed a lot while listening to this story.

Thank you to Net Galley and Dreamscape Media for the audio ARC in exchange for my honest review.

If you’re one to keep the witchy season alive all year long this is for you. It’s a light-hearted and funny read that reminds me of the Tv series Charmed or Sabrina the Teenage Witch from the late 90’s. I wouldn’t go into it looking for much depth but the oddball scenarios the characters find themselves in keep the story moving along.

I’d consider this to be a very light romance. Although there was a romantic storyline it definitely didn’t take main stage in this book and really didn’t make much of an appearance until the last third of the book.

I enjoyed the audio narration. There were a number of female characters and I found it easy to distinguish between them while listening.

Overall a fun read but probably not one I’ll be recommending often. I’d say it’s ideal for a Halloween read if your looking for something quick and light with a bit of magic thrown in.

DNF at 30%.

The characters were all terrible people. They are all supposed to be in their 30's and above but acted as though they were preteens. Between mocking everyone, for litterally everything, including the people they supposedly cared for, and having the absolute worst relationships, bordering on abusive in that 'the 90's were a different time' mentality where stalking, body shaming, monetary control and pettiness were tried to be made 'cute', I couldn't continue.

Stalking someone is not love.
Stealing passwords and monitoring someone's bank account isn't love.
Belittling your cousins partner isn't love.
If you have trust issues big enough that you can't ask your partner straight out if they are moving to another city, that isnt love.
If you have a partner you can't trust around a cousin because you are worried they might cheat, that isn't love.
Mocking someone for what they enjoy (be it bugs, reenactment armor, or history) isn't love.

I usually try not to bash books, especially at only 30% done but this was bad.

We should not be promoting relationships like these as cute and quirky. This is abuse.

This isn't rom-com, this is gaslighting manipulation.

Wow! 2022 Favorite! I really enjoyed this book and fingers crossed for another book in this world. I loved all the characters! The book follows Gwen Engel and her family of witches that have been banned from using magic due to her great-great grandfather that casted a spell that caused the Dust Bowl. Gwen and her cousins all receive a letter from Tannith, Gwen's adopted sister, letting them know that she will be moving to New York and she will be taking one of their boyfriends/husbands with her. Gwen and her cousins must figure out who without alarming the Council of Witches. No spoilers. I can't recommend this book enough. Thanks #netgalley for the early review copy!

Bumbling witchy hi-jinx and a fun cast of cousins witches.
This also has tasty sounding cupcakes, a kitty names Grim and some bunnies.
What more could a girl want for?
Highly recommend!
Much love to NetGalley & Dreamscape Media for my DRC.

A Letter to Three Witches was a lighthearted romcom with a little bit of magic. It was a quick and fun read - i listened to the book in one day. I definitely hope there’s a sequel based on the ending. While there was some closure I think this could be a very good and well-developed series. The characters were likable and funny. The narrators were good but because it’s a Netgally audiobook the audio quality was not great. I definitely look forward to reading more by Elizabeth Bass. Thank you to Netgally for the ARC.

This book is a variation on themes I enjoy: witchcraft and sisterhood. I was pleased when it began with the point of view of a cat named Grizz and I would have liked more of his voice.
If cozy fantasy were a recognized genre, this book would be cozy fanrasy--something I didn't know I'd enjoy until I read it.

Three cousins who come from witch families receive a letter from their devious cousin Tannith, informing them she is moving and will be taking one of their significant others with her. To add to the drama, even though they are all witches, they can’t practice witchcraft because a great great grandfather set off the Dust Bowl and now his whole family is banned.

With a promise of witches, magic and romance, I had high hopes for this book. Unfortunately it fell a bit flat.

I struggled with several things:
1. Tannith, although the primary instigator of trouble, is set up to be a major character in the first chapter, but she is relegated to the background or as some distant figure most of the book.
2. The three cousins initially panic about their significant others cheating on them and how wrong and awful they are for it and then *spoiler* two of them turn out to be cheaters themselves.
3. Gwen’s boyfriend Daniel is made out to be a bad person because he’s suspicious when he finds his girlfriend asleep on the couch with another man, then treated like crap for his suspicion.
4. Insta-love with no chemistry.

But it did have some great redeeming characters and moments:
1. Cranky Aunt Esme was the star of this book, as far as I’m concerned.
2. The cat familiar!
3. Magic cupcakes.
4. Fantastic narration.

This book is meant to be fun and lighthearted, and it mostly delivered. It just had a lot of inconsistencies and, unfortunately, wasn’t for me. 2.5 stars

Fans of Alice Hoffman and Sarah Addison Allen will be pleased with this fun novel. And it seems there may be a sequel from the way the book ended…
Gwen Engel is a witch who’ s family is not allowed to practice their magic. It seems Gwen’s great-great-grandfather was the cause of the Dust Bowl and as such, was banned from spellcasting by the Grand Council of Witches. They’ve even placed snitches in the community to,spy on Gwen’s family to make sure no one is practicing magic. However, Gwen and her cousins, Trudy and Milo, receive a letter from Gwen’s adopted sister, Tannith, stating she’s enchanted one of their partners and is going to run away with him at the end of the week, all hell (spell?) breaks loose and hilarity ensues!

*Special thanks to NetGalley & Kensington publishing for this advanced audio version.*

I listened as an audiobook and loved it! It was cute, quirky, and entertaining. It truly did remind me of an old sitcom, and I found that so refreshing. The female narrator fit this to a tee. She was very easy to listen to.

Gwen's family as witches gave a unique twist to the story. Although it is classified as a romcom, the story was not very heavy on the romance. The romantic relationships in the story were sweet, but they were not the main storyline by any means. Overall, definitely would recommend!

A wonderfully witchy mystery.

This book centers around a family of witches who are prevented from practicing witchcraft as a punishment based on the actions of an ancestor. The idea creates inherent tension because it is asking a group of people not to do something that is so inherently in their nature but completely forbidden. The only natural result was for things to go haywire, and of course, they did.

I also enjoyed the way that the author used magic as a solution and a barrier. There were older, more experienced witches in the story that could easily solve the protagonists' problems, but some magical mishaps take those options away, leaving three cousins to bumble through spells they've never tried.

Starting with the letters was a unique way to begin the story and created tension from the front, but I wonder at the necessity of the letters. They didn't seem to add anything to the story or solve anything. Yes, it caused you to wonder who had run off with the protagonist, but it came so soon that it didn't give time for the reader to become invested in the relationships enough to truly care who had run off with the protagonist and if that was truly a bad thing. It didn't really add anything to the story (at least for me), but it also didn't take away from it either, so this aspect of the book is a bit of a wash.

The one thing that bothered me, and it really was only this one thing, was how completely horrible the author made the protagonist. She was horrible to her family, horrible to animals, selfish, mean, and utterly without redeeming qualities. I have a weakness for the baddies, and I like my villains to be a bit more complex. I would have liked her to have more depth, a true motivation for her awfulness. Not to justify it, but just to make her seem like a real person.

Other than that one issue, this book was a wonderful read. I breezed through it quickly, and happily. I enjoyed the banter between the characters and the mystery as it unfolded. Everything seemed to wrap up nicely. I wasn't left with any unsettling or unsatisfying questions, and there was a nice lead in to the the next installment in the series.

I came into this book totally blind. It was a fun listen! 3 cousins get a mysterious letter from the 4th with a warning she was leaving and taking one of their loved ones with them and hijinks ensues. The cousins are forbidden to use their magic so when magical things start happening to them they start to wonder if they should start using their powers to fix things. Can they turn their uncle from a frog back into a human? Can the cupcakes that got laced with magic be fixed? And so much more!

i really enjoyed this book. Honestly this is categorized as a romance or rom-com, but I wouldn't really categorize it as that. Sure there was a little romance in it, but it was mostly focused on the 3 witches and the troubles they get in while their cousin is away. I also didn't see a huge importance to the cat perspective every so often. Anyways if you like witchy things and a nice women's fiction read, I would definitely pick this book up!

A great story about the relationship between 3 cousins, and how often times when we think the world is against us, we're really just self sabotaging.

I wouldn't really define this as a Rom-Com, the romance is very light and sort of in the background of everything else going on. Also, it was a good story, but I didn't find it very comedic, it felt like it was trying very hard ro be quirky and funny.

Overall a great story, Narrators were great.

*Thank you to the publisher for this eARC.

I loved this book! I must have been in the mood for an obvious Rom-Com good time! This was a light-hearted fun book that I finished in one sitting.

It’s exactly what it says it is!!! It’s. funny, tropey, madcap fun!

An adopted sister sends 3 cousins a letter that says she’s moving to NYC & stealing one of their men to go with her. She’s a great antagonist, I hated her LOL she’s been a life long torturer for her adopted sister & was so mean to her cat.

All three of the cousins have reasons to suspect their man might be the one & each one will convince you in time that their’s is the one!

The family has been cursed, an ancient relative created the dustbowl so the entire family is forbidden from using magic. When magic is accidentally performed it’s just the first of many hilarious accidents.

If you like silly madcap rom-cons with a little obvious miscommunication (no real YA angst), magic & a bit of a mystery then you might also enjoy this book. It really made me smile. Exactly what I didn’t know I needed.

Thank you NetGalley & Dreamscape Media, LLC for letting me listen to an advance copy. I LOVED IT! Publication day, 2/1/2022.

3 stars

It's only January and yet I know that when I look back on my reading in December, this book will sit squarely in the middle of my ranking for the year.

A Letter to Three Witches is definitely cute and quirky, containing the requisite small town and the added fun of magic gone wrong. It delivers on its premise and doesn't pretend to be anything more than what it is. Everything about it is pretty straightforward from the characters to the twists to the plot. It's a book that you can just sit back and enjoy without trying to think too hard, which is something that I think I really needed right now.

Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for a fair and honest review!