This is the first book I've read by Sangu Mandanna and I adored it! I can't wait to read her previous book. I loved all of the characters especially all the house guests and their found family but Roo Roo was probably my most favorite just causing chaos. It was a great world to visit and I look forward to reading more of her work.

Sera Swan was one of the most powerful witches until she resurrected her great aunt Jasmine and lost almost all of her power and was exiled rooster or Matilda and her wanting a goat, a 23 year old knight, a fox, and her energetic nephew. When Sera finds a spell to restore her power she needs a little help and then Luke a magical historian shows up at the inn with his sister in tow might be just what she needs to figure it out along side her found family.

4.5/5. I have been waiting for this book for 2 years, and I'm very happy to say it was exactly what I wanted! The absolute definition of cozy, this was sweet, tender, and full of so much heart. This felt very low stakes, but I adored the plot. I know this book took a long time to publish and was pushed out, but assuming some of that time was just being in editing, and I felt like that time was well spent. This felt like a very tight, well paced story.

Sera was such a great character, and I adored the romance as well. The full cast of characters was just so lovable, and I would have stayed in this story even longer if I could have.

I hope Sangu Mandanna never stops writing these sweet, cozy witchy books. If she writes a million of them, I will read them!

Loved this story so much! The whole book just wraps you up like a warm hug! I love the way everyone who is magical, experiences how their magic feels so differently from one another! I love Sera as a "grumpy gargoyle", a strong, sassy, independent woman who has struggled with her mental health. And all the supporting characters are just so eccentric, eclectic, and just plain lovely. Thank you, Netgalley, for letting me read this ARC, but now I have to wait to add it to my cllollection!

I didn't loooove the ending, but I'd still wholeheartedly recommend this book.

When young Sera Swan finds her aunt and guardian dead in their garden, she ignores magical law to resurrect her. It's a powerful spell, and it uses up all of Sera's magic, leaving one of the most powerful witches in the world with practically no magic and banished from the magical community.

Years later, Sera still hasn't recovered her magic, so she helps run a magical inn with her (resurrected) aunt. Without her magic to help, she works hard to keep the inn from falling apart and handles the unusual inn guests, including a former witch now in fox form. But, Sera hasn't fully lost faith that she can restore her magic and when an unexpected, slightly grumpy, more than slightly attractive guest arrives, Sera might just find a way.

I really love a cottage witch vibe sort of book, but they're often a little too... happy for me. Everything just (magically) works out, everyone gets along with each other, and everyone is super progressive/accepting. I find those books so cozy and wonderful, yet sometimes I'm a liiiiiittle bored by them/want to roll my eyes at the perfection of it all.

I thought this book was going to be very cottage witch vibes, and it was, but it felt more realistic to me. Other than the ending, I found this a pretty quick read that was both hopeful and heartwarming but with a mix of grit.

I have been waiting for this book ever since I read The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches when it first came out. I absolutely love the cozy worlds Sangu Mandanna creates, and this story very much captured the same warm and fuzzy feelings as Irregular Witches. This is a wonderful story about acceptance, love, and family. I found myself in turns laughing and crying on nearly every page.

This really is a 5-star read for me, but I do have a major qualm with the ending that is a personal peeve of mine. The overall themes of family, belonging, and appreciating the magic within hold strong overall, but I wish one small element was different.

That said, this really is the perfect cozy fantasy read and I'll be recommending it wherever I can.

This book felt like being wrapped in the coziest of blankets while a bit of mischief brews in the background. It’s whimsical without ever being fluffy, and emotional without ever tipping into heaviness. Sera is the kind of heroine I adore; wry, a little worn down by life, but still quietly yearning for more. And the romance is absolutely delicious. Luke is the kind of emotionally-repressed, secretly-soft academic that I fall for every single time. Their dynamic had that perfect opposites-attract spark with so much tender tension underneath. The writing balances light-hearted charm with moments of real emotional weight in a way that feels effortless. It’s not just about spells and magic. It’s about found family, second chances, and what it means to find your way back to yourself. I loved every moment of it.

This was the cozy kind of fantasy that I just love. It's magical, funny, and heartwarming. Sera Swan is a powerless witch who runs an inn with her aunt and a cast of quirky fun characters. Sera dealt with some mental health issues, and has a prickly personality at times, but that made her growth throughout the story so great to see. I loved the found family aspect and seeing how they helped Sera. The setting was perfect, with great world building. Overall just an enjoyable cozy read.

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the gifted copy. All opinions are my own.

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping is a hot cup of tea while the snow gently falls in book form. While the characters are unique and dimensional, the conflicts faced throughout are universal with a magical twist. Racism, Xenophobia, and ableism are all themes woven throughout. It also loosely follows the format of "we need 3 things, lets figure out those 3 things" that I always enjoy, without being reductive or cliched. The romance takes a backseat to found-family themes, but is nevertheless charming.

Sera Swan is the glue that keeps the Batty Hole Inn together. After being exiled from the Guild, a magical school/governing power, Sera takes the reigns of the inn her and her great-aunt Jasmine own. With zombie chickens and exiled foxes, she finds a way to make everyone feel at home while dealing with her own struggles of a witch without all her power.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for providing a digital reviewer copy in exchange for my honest review and thoughts.

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping captured my attention immediately. The whimsy, the sweetness, the descriptions of what magic feels like ✨ I loved getting to read about Sera and her magical family and the inn that becomes a safe haven for witches and humans alike in need 🫶🏼 this cast of characters is charming, a little morally grey, and all around the sweetest of personalities. Jasmine, Matilda, Theo, Clemmie, Nicholas, Posey and Luke each represented something different, and I loved them all so dearly. A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping is about friendship, identity, what happens when something that is a crucial part of us gets taken away, and how we proceed in life without it. It's also about finding family and a reason to continue going every day despite questioning where one might belong in the world.

I was absolutely in love with The Secret Society of Irregular Witches, and I'm so happy to have read and loved A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping ✨

Thank you @berkleyromance for the advanced reader copy!

It’s a story about Sera Swan (❤️ that name!), a powerless witchy heroine and an Inn of eclectic characters including a zombie rooster and a cursed fox.

𝐀 𝗪𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡'𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 (Pub 07.15) is cozy, magical, heartwarming and humorous. Themes of found family and second chances abound while our grumpy heroine pursues a restoration spell while avoiding the glare of the Guild.

Fantasy light (Perfectly accessible for non-fantasy aficionados like me)
Well developed side characters
Romance takes a backseat (open door)
Charming
Whimsical with depth
I hugged by Kindle
Representation: autism, queer characters, disability, Indian

A cozy, whimsical fantasy, A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping is such a great read! Sera Swan used to be one of the most powerful witches in Britain until she resurrected her great-aunt Jasmine and got exiled from the Guild. Now she runs a magical inn where she deals with quirky guests in need of safe haven—and then she finds about a spell that could restore her power. Icy magical historian arrives at her inn just in time too to help, but he has no interest in staying at this in, regardless of how bewitching Sera is to him, but the longer he stays, the more they all find there’s more to the inn than magic. This has big House on the Cerulean Sea energy. It is cozy and sweet with eccentric and lovable characters that all bring something so special to the story. I loved the gentle magic throughout this, and it just has so much heart in it. It’s funny and heartwarming and sweet and beautifully written!

This was a cute, cozy story about a witch who has lost most of her magic. She lives in a sentient inn with her aunt and a cast of found family characters who were called to the inn by her particular magic she cast on the inn accidentally a while ago. The romance is cute, the quest to get her magic back is interesting, and there's a talking fox. What's not to love??

THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITCHES is one of my favorite romance books of all time, so I had high expectations for Sangu's follow up--and A WITCH'S GUIDE TO MAGICAL INNKEEPING met every expectation! The stakes felt so high for these characters, but never compromised the warm, cozy atmosphere and world that Sangu has built. Sera is a messy, imperfect, angry heroine and I absolutely loved seeing her growth. I also wanted to hug and bake cookies for every single resident of Batty Hole (especially Nicholas), and so appreciated how fully developed every side character was! This was a perfect book for me, and I can't wait to sell this along side IRREGULAR WITCHES in July!

cute and cozy with a found family's worth of quirky (bordering on downright twee tbh) side characters and a magical inn to boot. like this author's first book, I found the final conflict to be rushed and a bit unsatisfying but I enjoyed the characters and the overall vibe.

This book was BEAUTIFUL!! So cozy and magical. Sangu has a way with words that I will never be able to critique because they are just so beautiful! Highly reccomend!

Oh, Sandu Mandanna — you’ve done it again! Following in the footsteps of her debut novel, this cozy magical story set in the English countryside is a balm for the soul. With a cast of kooky and endearing characters, a main character who undergoes a believable transformation, and a reminder of what’s really important in life—all I can say is, more more more!

I loved this author's first book, so I was really excited for this one, and it did not disappoint at all! Similar cozy found family vibes, similar loveable characters, similar well-written romance.* I loved the autistic representation too! After the first quarter of the way in it was hard to put down. I'll definitely be reading more of Mandanna's work in the future!

Thank you to Netgalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the chance to read and review this ARC.

*Mild spoiler warning: Though I just looked at the blurb again and it says Luke was her one night stand from years ago?? That must have been in an earlier draft and was then edited out, that's so interesting. Maybe he was going to be that knight or something haha. I'm so curious about that now.

I've heard this book comapred to The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, but this book far surpasses that title. While this book has all the makings of a cozy title to curl up with on a rainy day, it goes deeper than that. Each character is developed and impacts the plot. I found myself rooting for our main character despite her cactus-like personality. Readers of fantasy and romance will not want this book to end.

Loved! I loved the way magic was woven into modern life. I loved the diverse characters and the heart in each one of them. This cozy fantasy romance had just enough conflict to keep it exciting but I loved that most of it took place in one setting that felt like a character all in its own. It explore family, loss, love, and difference in a sensitive and authentic way.

I also appreciated the depiction of the mental struggles the main character dealt with. It felt real and not romanticized. I felt like it was done with care and thoughtfulness.

This book was a cozy and magical read featuring found family and quirky cast of characters. I enjoyed seeing the relationships of everyone staying at the magical inn and how they interact with each other. The romance between the main characters felt like it lacked some spark, but I overall enjoyed this read. I would recommend for cozy fantasy readers who appreciate found family.