Bread, Coffee, Magic by Jessica Rosenberg

The sequel to Butter, Sugar, Magic this series seems to be highly entertaining and has this reader eagerly waiting to move along in the series (sadly the To Be Read pile/crates are getting bigger as more books keep getting added to them). Cassie thinks things are going great in their new town, but her daughter is not as happy and wants to return home to Georgia, or does she just want her dad back in her life? Cassie’s ex-husband shows up unexpectedly and makes a great show for his daughter about how he wants them back, but once there is an accident and Aurie’s magic is revealed things take a bit of a turn. Cassie has forgotten what it is like to have family and friends who will help you and when Aurie is kidnapped all her magical friends stand by her as she fights to get her daughter back. Not only does Cassie get Aurie back, but she and Crystal sort of adopt another witch who has a very unusual power and promise to protect her and help her out. The witches in this town are there for one another and provide the reader with great laughs and a bit of adventure. This is a great series and happy to get the next book in the series to see what these ladies are up to next. This town and these characters really do feel like a magical version of the Gilmore Girls for fans of that TV show. 

Character List/Book Summary:

Cassie – now owns a bakery her great aunt left her. Realizes that she covered for Max (her ex-husband) too much during their marriage to not let Aurie down and Aurie does not know the real story. Learns she is an air element witch, not just a baking witch, and this means she can move objects. After Max takes Aurie/Aurie sneaks out she gets scared and gratefully accepts the help of her fellow witches. 

Aurie – Cassie’s daughter, invited her dad to visit for the weekend, only sees the best in her dad. Thinks her father is telling the truth when he tells her that Cassie left him and he wants them both back. Her mistake with the bunnies scares her, and she becomes afraid of her magic. Lies to her mom about helping Hattie and sneaks away with her father, who kidnaps her and drops her off a boarding school.

Max – Cassie’s ex-husband who did not care that Cassie and Aurie were not returning to Georgia, until his mother cared. Tells Aurie that he will buy her a school uniform and that she can live with him in Georgia. Spies on Cassie while she is at the bakery and gloats when there is a mistake and makes comments that she cannot hack owning the bakery and it will fail. Tells Cassie that she can stay and do whatever but Aurie is his and he is taking her. After kidnapping Aurie and dropping her off at a boarding school he threatens Cassie. 

Crystal – works in the bakery with Cassie, becomes her partner in owning/managing the bakery. Has an odd feeling about Christina but does not know what it is. Explains why Christina’s magic is bad news to Cassie. Is with Cassie when she goes to get her daughter back. 

Christina Williams – new in town with her brother, who travels helping witches build homes and restore spots with magical abilities. Explains to Cassie she is a witch and asks for a part-time job, after an incidnet admits to Crystal and Cassie she can stop time. Asks Cassie if there is a way she can stay, because she does not want to keep moving with her brother from town to town. Stays and takes care of the bakery while Crystal and Cassie get Aurie back.

Raphael – Christina’s brother, hired to consult on Lancaster Manor. His parents made him promise to protect his sister. Cassie convinces him to let Christina stay and that she will protect Christina. He helps Cassie learn to control the flavors she tastes about other people’s emotions. 

Margie – Juliette’s grandmother, kept telling Juliette half of the bakery belong to Juliette to cause trouble. 

Juliette – Cassie’s newly discovered cousin. Helps Cassie realize she has been accepted unconditionally by her friends and family in the town. May have found a trace of Cassie’s dad, Hugh, in letters found in an estate sale, she often attends those.

Bea Blackwell – Cassie’s great aunt. Tells Cassie in a dream that the bakery is hers and Juliette can’t take the bakery, but something dark is coming Cassie’s way and it will take everything Cassie has received since she to Portney to get through it.

 

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