I’m in need of cozy reads with little to no trauma points and preferably nothing smutty either. I loved The House on The Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, so anything with that vibe would be perfect. I’m also in the middle of The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer and it’s a lovely read so far. Thank you! ☺️
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There’s a sequel to The House On The Cerulean Sea if you haven’t read that!
You might like Remarkably Bright Creatures. One of the narrators is an octopus! It’s lovely.
Try The Appeal by Janice Hallet. It’s all done with letters and emails and various other types of messages. It’s a lot of fun, a bit of a mystery, and well worth the read.
The blue castle, lm Montgomery
The Guncle and sequel
Here are some you might like:
Greenteeth by Mollly O’Neill
Wolves and Brioches by Alysa Salzberg (an indie author I recently discovered — I just finished this book and it was really fun and cozy)
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Not fantasy, but my favorite comfort book)
Ok!
The Spellshop – opens on burning library, but then it’s smooth sailing.
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches – it is a bit spicy, I think fade to black? But very found family vibes like house
The House Witch – male house witch that starts his new job as head of the summer palace kitchens.
Weary Dragon Inn – no romance, opening an inn. Finished series!
Cursed Coctails – blood mage with chronic pain moves to the temperate south to help ease his aches. Author has chronic pain and the representation is spectacularly written.
Howl’s moving Castle
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
A Psalm for the Wild Built is incredible and will leave you feeling warm inside.
Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford sounds like the perfect fit! It’s about an older lady who gets on a show similar to Great British Baking Show.
The keeper of lost things by Ruth Hogan
Ayesha at last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Meet me at the museum
Three wishes by liane moriarty
The shop of little found things by Paula Brackston
The lager queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
The curious charms of Arthur pepper by Phaedra Patrick
How to age disgracefully, howls moving castle, Kiki’s delivery service
*Legends and Lattes* was a really nice, cozy read. An orc mercenary basically gets over that life and takes her savings to open up a coffee shop. It’s a peculiar genre for me compared to most of my reads, but it was super low stakes and comfortable. I think you’d like it.
Elin Hildebrand is my go to for that. Especially the Winter in Paradise Trilogy!