It’s fall time in the enchanting small town of Silverlake, home to witches, shifters, and other magical people. With the town in the running to be named Witch Reader’s Magazine’s Best Fall Getaway, the mayor is obsessed with making sure the local atmosphere is extra cozy and charming. Unfortunately, the journalist the magazine sent out to evaluate the town ends up being kind of a bigoted jerk… and then he ends up dead on his hotel room floor.

A cozy mystery with a dash of magic, Potions, Poison, and Pumpkin Spice is the 7th book in the Mystic Inn Mystery series but reads well as a standalone. Angelica, the main character of the series, is warm and likable and runs the local Mystic Inn with her aunt. The whole town is full of wonderfully unique, magical townspeople who all play their part in the story and give the book charm. The mystery is interesting and not predictable, with just the right amount of twists and turns.

I listened to the audiobook, and it was the perfect accompaniment as I puttered around my house this fall. The narrator (Aimee Reid) did a fantastic job of bringing the story to life, capturing the tone and mood of the book. The audiobook was only a little over 4 hours long, the perfect length to finish in one sitting.

Potions, Poison, and Pumpkin Spice is a fun and festively fall read with everything you want in a cozy mystery: a likable heroine, a charming setting, a clever plot, and a touch of magic.