This is a cute and cozy spooky season read.

There were only two reasons that I didn’t give this a higher rating. Personally, I felt that the spicy scene added very little to the story and removed some of the real focus of the plot (inferring it with a “fade to black” would have been less disruptive and still made the same point), and the use of the f-word often for an adjective felt a bit lazy.

Overall though, I loved the story and the characters. It is a fantastic found family story with a touch of magic.