Cozy enthralling page turner

All the books that are on my tbr are tear jerkers or non fiction about tragedies or conflicts, but right now I need something that will be hard to put down while not tipping into the horrors

This issue is I’m picky when it comes to lighter happier books

Overall I like magic, fantasy, light romance, YA, historical, mystery

Books that fit the bill but I hated
– house on the cerulean sea: I hated how saccharin and unrealistic the kids were written and I disliked how all character development was fully explained to me by the narrator

• legends and lattes: I just wasn’t that invested in the characters and there wasn’t much plot for me it was just kind of flat

• Vera wongs unsolicited advice for murderers: this one started out great and interesting but immediately fell off I think hundred pages could have been edited out and it would have helped

• the unfortunate side effects of heart break and magic: stop writing books where nearly 30 year olds are still hung up on guys they dated for a hot second when they were a teenager yuck

Books I’ve loved and want more of

• A very secret society of irregular witches: liked the plot the voice the pacing the characters felt well written and not hammy caricatures of cozy archetypes

• love Agatha Christy but looking to branch out and not just ready another hercule poriot

• spellshop: this had some issues (characters weren’t very interesting) but the plot and world building and the voice all made up for it

• big outlander fan but caught up on all the books