thewritebooks 's review for:

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review

I think one of the joys of reading cosy fantasy, along with fanfiction, is that you can always be pretty sure you know what to expect, There's probably going to be books, there's probably going to be tea and coffee, and we're probably going to be setting up a shop of some kind. This lovely book had all of these things, and also a wonderful island setting.
Again, as you would expect, it takes a gentle wandering plot of settling in and beginning to make friends - and reacquainting with nature which was so lovely (and something I feel is not a requirement for cosy fantasy - thinking about Legends and Lattes which was much more urban).
I don't know that this is the ideal genre for me but this book did have me suitably envious of an island life!