If Wishes Were Retail

By: Auston Habershaw

Narrated by: Brittany Goodwin

"Irresistibly fun and funny, with a ton of heart and depth! This is the kind of book that sneaks up on you and sticks with you!" ―Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop

In this hilarious debut fantasy cozy, a rebellious—but enterprising—young woman and an ancient—but clueless—genie set up shop at the local mall.

Alex Delmore needs a miracle. She wants out of her dead-end suburban town, but her parents are broke and NYU seems like a distant dream.

Good thing there's a genie in town—and he's hiring at the Wellspring Mall.

It'd help if the Jinn-formerly-of-the-Ring-of-Khorad knew even one thing about twenty-first century America. It'd help if he weren't at least as stubborn as Alex. It'd really help if her brother didn't sell her out to her conspiracy theory-loving, gnome-hating dad.

When Alex and the genie set up their wishing kiosk, they face seemingly-endless setbacks. The mall is failing and management will not stop interfering on behalf of their big-box tenants.

But when the wishing biz might start working, the biggest problem of all remains: People are really terrible at wishing.

©2025 Auston Habershaw (P)2025 Tantor Media

A light, cosy, and hilarious fantasy story

This was one of those books that I couldn’t stop listening to. It was poignant at times and had me snort-laughing at several parts. It was equal parts quirky, whimsical fantasy and crash down to earth reality. The narration fully immersed me into the story to the point where I could tell who was talking by the change in voice. My only criticism is that it went by so fast - I want more!