Ann Aguirre has the capability to create magical realism read that are fun, spicy, and still cozy. While this newest book in the Fix It Witches series stands out with new supernatural characters, I still enjoyed the quirky found family vibes and unique blend of personalities living in the only purple house in town. The blooming relationship between Iris and Eli was endearing and charming. This book is a perfect way to kick off the upcoming fall season with cozy witchy rom-coms with heart and heat!

I can see this working for some people, but it didn't quite do it for me, and felt like the kind of story that appeals to me more as a concept (I still enjoyed the barest bones of the story!), but falls short in the execution.
The light-hearted and humorous tone didn't suit my taste (truthfully, I had expected something like THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITHES, and this sort of paled in comparison), and it felt quirky for the sake of quirkiness without ever really hitting the emotional intended highs for me.
I also found the male love interest to be ................ a bit stalkerish and also a bit of a loser where he's meant to be whipped and endearing.
Overall, sadly not for me, but I think people who like their romances on the lighter side might enjoy this.
Round of applause for Carly Robins's audio narration, though.

Iris Collins is struggling. She doesn’t feel like she fits in with her family. She’s behind on her rent which is causing tension with her roommates. Nothing is going her way. So, when she inherits a house from a distant relative she sees it as the perfect chance to start over. Find new roommates and finally get her jewelry making shop started.

Eli Reese is incredibly successful, but he hasn’t always been. Even with all of that success, there is a part of him that still feels like the outcast he’s been in the past. When he see Iris, his childhood crush, he’s determined to help her and soon enough he ends up swept into everything.

At the time, I didn’t know this was part of a series. A series where I read the first book and really didn’t vibe with it. If I had known that from the start, I wouldn’t have picked this one up.

The setup for this one was pretty messy. Iris’ family is awful, a complete disaster and then it’s never brought up again. There was so much that went along with that I felt could have been brought up and it wasn’t. Instead it moved on to the theme of found family while also bringing up ‘real’ family which felt gross.

There were also moments when it was trying to be inclusive, but it felt so weird. It would come out of left field and felt forced or the author was trying too hard to include it and have discussions about it.

Each side character ended up getting their own arc. While I think it’s wonderful and I love to see side characters get developed, with the sheer amount of characters it quickly felt overwhelming for me.

Iris in general is truly a mess. She’s been struggling with money, so this house was going to be a way for her to earn money. Yet the decisions she makes don’t make any sense for that. It drives home that she’s poor with money, but then never seems to learn or help her. Not to mention the money issues seem to disappear. If you suspend belief here, that’s fine. With all the other issues that I had, I was unable to suspend belief.

I found Eli creepy. He was hinging on one interaction with Iris, that she doesn’t remember, and completely in love with her. He even admitted to stalking her and it wasn’t a vibe I could get behind.

The romance also didn’t do anything. Part of it could fully be that I didn’t like Eli. But, there felt like there wasn’t really any chemistry between them. Their relationship seemed to move quickly and didn’t give time for any possible chemistry to build before they were suddenly in a more domestic life.

Overall, this really wasn’t the book for me. If you’ve liked the other books in the series, definitely try this one and see what you think!

📖My Thoughts📖

I can’t love this book enough! It was one of the best rom-coms I’ve read this year! I love the characters and the whole dynamic between them all. I think my favorite part was the beautiful relationship they all developed in such a short period of time. It was so sweet and heartwarming. I would love to see this as a Hallmark movie. I had so much empathy for the characters. To see complete strangers that came to live together becoming more like a family and accepting one another, offering support and kindness, was so heartwarming. I really enjoyed this book. I couldn’t stop reading it!
Thank you Netgalley, Sourcebooks Casablanca and Ann Aguirre for the opportunity to read and review this wonderful book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

This beautiful purple book was my first „witchy" book for the coming season. It is set in the same town/ realm as the Fix-It Witches. This book does work as well as a standalone - Iris Collins and Eli Reese the MCs in this new book have both just recently moved to St. Claire.
The Fix-It Witches coven is mentioned and asked for help but ultimately this is more of a spin-off since neither Iris and Eli are witches - this is paranormal romance so they aren't human either but you'll have to read to find out.
This is a wonderful book of found family since Iris coverts the old purple Victorian house she inherits into a safe haven for all sorts of different people - ages, ideas, and all by letting rooms to earn a bit of money and renovating just bit by bit. I just so enjoyed seeing how all the people come together and offer each other support. In some wavs the romance between Eli and Iris felt secondary to Iris' journey to self-sufficiency and the building of a home where she and the other misfits who find her can be safe, home and appreciated. lenjoyed this book and now I want a new addition to this series since several characters basically offer themselves up!

Cosy Fantasy und ich werden einfach keine Freunde mehr in diesem Leben. Süßes Cover, nette Idee, aber für meinen Fantasygeschmack dann doch zu „low-stake“.

A cozy fantasy book with fixer upper vibes. This book is the fourth book in the fix it witches series but can be read as a standalone. I co-read this book with the audio version and I totally recommend it! The audio reader is perfect for jumping between the different characters and highlighted the funny moments.

We follow Iris who recently inherited a purple house with gingerbread trim. After inheriting the house, she filled the house with roomies and started to decorate. I loved the range of characters but it had a lot of characters so take notes as it’s hard to follow at times. But, I really enjoyed following Iris in finding roommates and finding herself.

The ending is sweet and had me hugging the book!!! I absolutely loved it and would recommend to anyone interested in cozy fantasy.

Thank you net galley, the publisher, and author for gifting me this ARC ✨

I expected a wholesome, heartwarming read, similar to The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, but unfortunately, this fell a little bit flat for me. It was a pleasant enough read, but I didn’t fully warm to the characters. My favorite part was the found family trope and the setting: a big Victorian house that becomes a home for all kinds of supernatural characters; I also like the fact that this book is really inclusive. I didn’t however really like the romance part of this novel: the MMC was a bit of a stalker, which I didn’t find cute or charming at all. All in all, there’s nothing wrong with the story but I didn’t find it particularly memorable. It’s part of a series and even though it can apparently read as a standalone, it maybe would have felt different if I had read the other books first?

This is book four in the Fix-It Witches series, but it feels more like a standalone or even the start of a new series. It's in the same universe but mostly unrelated.

Iris Collins moves to St. Clair, after inheriting a house from her aunt. She's been the black sheep of her magical family, and this fresh start is a good opportunity for her. Iris ends up accumulating a diverse group of roommates that help her in fixing up the dilapidated old Victorian house.

I adore a book about found family, and this one is magical, super cute, and a load of fun.
The roommates are a very unique cast of characters that end up loving and supporting each other.
There's also a romantic element to the story, and that too was sweet and enjoyable.

This was absolutely my favorite book in this series! I'm definitely hoping for more.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca an NetGalley for the advance ebook to read, review, and rate.

Beautiful and realistic fantasy about a found family! I'm aware that is an oxymoron, but all the characters had very human emotions and feelings, even if they weren't human. My only qualms with the story were minor grammar errors and the flow of the story felt clunky at times. If the chapters alternated points of view, or if there was space, or even a different font it would have been easier to follow at times.
4 stars!

This book was well written and I enjoyed it very much. The plot kept me interested from the moment I started reading.

I thought this was such a cozy great read! I loved iris and her adventure with the house and all the people that rented a room from her! I loved the found family aspect of it and loved all the characters so much! And I really loved Ian and coming in with his love for iris and just being on her side because she really never had that before. I loved the fantasy/paranormal element of it too and felt like it added a great twist to it.

I really was excited about this story and the premise but discovered pretty quickly that it's a 4th book in a series. I wish this had been clarified in the description on Netgalley. That was strike one. Strike two was just the writing overall. I got through about half the book before I had to DNF. It just wasn't for me. The writing went from cheesy to repetitive. The queer rep, while appreciated, ended up feeling incredibly forced. Everything was just a bit muddled and I just didn't have the energy or care to finish. 2.5 stars.

The Only Purple House in Town is the fourth book in the "Fix-It Witches"-series, although I didn't know that diving in. You might miss some cameos from previous books or take some getting used to the world but it can totally be read as a standalone.

I did love that it lead to a beautiful found family trope, which was my favourite part of the story. Although the tale is mostly told from Iris and Eli's perspectives, it was the side characters that made the story more enjoyable.
I just can't seem to get that Eli had basically stalked Iris since he was 11 years old, because she did something nice for him once. I get that it was a big deal for him but it just gave me the ick. Eli thinking about Iris, looking her up on social media, deceiving her and moving in with her, all the while she had no idea they had even met was a little weird to me.

Overall, The Only Purple House in Town was an easy, and fast read.

Iris is lost in uncertainty as the only member of a very successful family. It's not even that she's never felt a part of it because she's the only one who didn't inherit a gift in her vampire family, it's that they continually rub it in her face that she's still figuring things out. She's also severely in debt and about to get kicked out of her house. Until she inherits a beautiful if dilapidated purple house from her great aunt. She decides that the best way to finance its repairs it to take on roommates, and this is how a collection of misfits that are perfect for each other start gathering in The Only Purple House in Town.
But the best part of it is that the story of found family isn't the only dopamine hit contained in this book. There's also the fact that the perfectly awkward hawk shifter, Eli Reese, has had a crush on Iris since she saved him from bullies as little kids. Only his attempt to approach Iris reveals that she doesn't remember him and ends up with him becoming one of her tenants even though he's loaded and has no need for housing. Their relationship is adorable from the get-go and only gets better as they both discover how wonderful the other is.
There is seriously so many great messages of acceptance and helping each other in this book that I sat down and couldn't walk away from the sweet feelings it engendered until I reached the wonderful HEA.
This book is a sweetly magical hug full of happiness. Everything from the awkward romance and the perfect found family to Iris finding herself and some confidence, it's utter uplifting perfection.

Delighted thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the magical read!

It started well enough but then it started to drag and now I'm very meh about it and really care to know what happens next with these characters. I really had high hopes for this one since I enjoy this author's work but this one just isn't working for me. I'm DNFing at 17%.

Thanks to the publisher for the gifted copy.

I have mixed feelings about this book. I really wanted to love it, but certain things gave me lukewarm feelings about the book overall.

I loved the concept of Iris inheriting a big purple victorian house from her great aunt. Iris never fit in with her family and frankly, they were a bunch of jerks to her. Iris develops quite the found family throughout the book and I absolutely adored that part. All of the characters that go live with Iris as roommates are delightful and were perfect for the house and this book.

Except Eli.

Eli rubbed me the wrong way from the start, when we find out he's been pretty much internet stalking Iris over the years. He admits it readily to the reader, but doesn't tell Iris until the end of the book. AFTER he's bee living with her and starting a relationship with her. It really creeped me out and gave me icky feelings. I think that should have been handled very differently.

I also thought this book was rather long, and started throwing random plot points at us that could have been skipped altogether or simplified. For example, all the things with Iris's parents showing up - I liked that we found out why she never fit in with her family, but there was a lot thrown at us that just seemed unnecessary.

So this is why I have mixed feelings about this one. Loved the concept, loved the found family, didn't like Eli, and thought the book dragged on at parts.

I will read the next book by this author and I plan on checking out her backlist. I didn't realize there were 3 previous books in this series, although this one could 100% be read as a standalone.

This started out so promising! I really enjoyed the characters at first. The whole, him moving in to “help iris” and whatnot felt weird, I was hoping I’d get less weird about it? But it didn’t happen.
And then the whole fairy thing at the end I was just done with it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for this Advanced Readers Copy of The Only Purple House in Town by Ann Aguirre!

There was a lot to like in this book, some other things, not so much. The book was clever in many ways, comparing the treatment of witches and other supernatural beings to how certain communities are treated in our country today. There were some witty references, like "Binder", a dating app for witches. However, I felt like the author was ticking off all the boxes by making a point of what someone else called "forced inclusivity", and not just the queer community.

The biggest problem is Eli's stalking and how it the author tries to make it acceptable. Sorry, it's not normal.

I was not aware this book was part of a series, albeit a standalone tale, but with the amount of things that bothered me about this book, even the tiniest ones, I don't think I'm in a rush to read the others.

Thank you, NetGalley, for the chance to read and review this book. All opinions are mine, and freely expressed.