This was a suitable entry in the cozy small town witch romance genre, this time putting a You've Got Mail spin on the romance. I definitely liked Fitz more than I liked Tom Hank's character in the movie. However, I didn't like Charlie's character as much as I like Meg Ryan's. Charlie made some bad decisions,

one of them completely overshadowed the one sex scene in the book, it was impossible to enjoy because I could not stop thinking about what a bad choice she'd made and how it was going to come back to bite her, especially because there were plenty of other things she could have done instead! It was poorly justified.

She does blame herself for these mistakes, but in a petulant way, and the narrative and supporting cast just brush them off and tell her she didn't actually do anything wrong. The relationship issues felt entirely one-sided on her part, I'm not even sure why Fitz liked her considering how often she gave him mixed messages, threw stuff at him, and blamed him for her problems. There were a couple times when they discussed the possibility that the family shop wasn't doing well and might close, and I thought "maybe it should." I think possibly I'm being overly harsh and I was just not in the right headspace for this type of story, or maybe the main character and I got off on the wrong foot and she didn't manage to win me over like Fitz won her over. I think the best thing she did was defend Fitz and his sister a couple times when the small town mob mentality tried to blame the newcomers for their problems. I liked Charlie's parents. I thought the audiobook narrator was great. If you want Gilmore Girls + witches this will probably work for you.