Spells & Caramels Magical Mysteries: The Complete Series

By: Erin Johnson

Narrated by: Hannah Somerville

Length: 63 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

The complete series!

Ten full-length paranormal cozy mystery novels.

One delightfully witchy series you'll never want to end.

Twenty-nine-year-old Imogen Banks is hashtag struggling.

After a disaster ends her career, destroys her home, and burns up all the money she’s saved to open her own bakery, she enters a baking contest for an all-or-nothing last-ditch chance at getting her life together.

But when she arrives at the mysterious island off the coast of France, she discovers all the inhabitants of the quaint town are magical, and if she wins the contest, she’ll become the next royal baker at the castle on top of the hill. No worries that the last royal baker appears to have been murdered.

And one more small thing—Imogen herself is apparently a witch!

As Imogen struggles to learn new spells, wrangle a snarky magical flame into baking her desserts, and try and not burn the whole white tent down in the process, a fellow contestant drops dead with all evidence making Imogen the top suspect.

But she hasn’t only caught the eye of the bumbling and pompous police inspector, who’s doing his best to pin the crime on her. With a hunky medic and a broodingly handsome baker vying for her attention, Imogen’s whipped a little romance into the mix.

But when she discovers ties between the recent murder and the previous royal baker’s death, Imogen’s out to not only clear her name, but figure out which of the cooks has a taste for killing.

Will Imogen tap into her fledgling powers in time to save herself, or will it all prove a recipe for death and disaster? 

This boxset contains the complete 10-book Spells & Caramels series. These books are fun, clean, imaginative mysteries you’ll stay up all night binging.

©2021 Erin Johnson (P)2023 Erin Johnson

All the great things about cozy mysteries

I loved the complete series! Each book had a good storyline, and each was entertaining enough to keep you engaged. The narration was good, though I was distracted by the narrator making the tongue click, snap, clap, etc. noises and then reading the line indicating who made the sound. In the second book, around chapter 23 or 24, there are many editing mistakes by the narrator, and that was very distracting.

cute little story

i really enjoyed this series but she used "that's what she said" too much

enjoyable

I truly like the storylines, characters, and descriptions throughout the book. it took me a little while to get used to the narrator but eventually did. so, hang in there if you're just starting this series.

Good series but repetitive writing

I picked this series up at the recommendation of another cozy author I LOVE. I thought book one took awhile to get into but then I got attached to the characters. Currently on book 6 in the series and the author has used “released a breath I’d been holding” three times by chapter 8 which is an overused phrase in general in books but 3x this early in the book things like that are annoying to me. Outside of that, I love the diverse characters, and the narrator was quite good once I got used to her. So outside of the repetitive phrase use throughout the books and series it’s enjoyable and fun.

the friendship and the love they had for each other

I loved every bit of it from the beginning to the end I have no dislike in the story

well done

I like the description of things happening or faces being made extra sounds to help paint a picture of what is happening.

characters family

it was a good listen little romance, not alot of swearing colorful cast family and the importance of

Loved it, but..

Considering narration: The narrator was wonderful. However, there was one chapter- Book 2 chapter 24 I believe- that wasn’t edited so the audio included claps and repeating lines. There were also a couple of chapters that had an echo to the audio. Other than that, great quality narration, voices, consistency, and audio.

Story: Loved the story. It was fun and clean. However there were a few things that pulled me out of it. 1. The author uses a few descriptions so repeatedly that it was too much- especially “curls the lips”. There was also an increasingly obsessive fawning over “how cute x couple” was. Also too much “whimpering” for a group of adults. It matches one character specifically but it was used repeatedly for many characters. It was too much. 2. The push for inclusivity in the story felt a little forced. 3. There was too much “weak at the knees” type reactions for me. When almost every encounter with a character gets into this type of description it throws me out of the story as it feels you’re telling me how much they are perfect for each other. This is unnecessary.

The good: I loved the characters. The plots were fun and these make great audiobooks to listen to. I liked the overall arc of the 10 books. It felt natural. Even with the issues I mentioned above, the rest of the writing made listening to this 10-book series a joy. I would listen to it on my way to and from work (over an hour commute each way), and while doing other tasks such as shopping or yard work. I do recommend these.

INCREDIBLE VALUE,FUN WITCHY.

Incredible value box set full of adventure, friendship, sacrifice and self discovery. Set in a human world, this adopted girl soon realises not all is as it seems. l totally enjoyed her adventures and challenges and l know anyone liking paranormal and witchy beings will love these stories. Thanks to the author and narrator for jobs well done.
RECOMMENDED CLEAN BOX SET.

❤️ Iggy!

I love these books. I have never listened to any of Erin Johnson's books, but I am hooked ! I think Iggy makes this book he was funny he makes you laugh out loud at inconvenient times but overall the entire 10 books works love them and I will read them again and again.