The Spellshop

4 stars  Cozy fantasy following Keila, a librabrian who flees back to her childhood home after a revolution erupts in the imperial city where she works, taking with her crates of books and her assistant a sentient spider plant named Caz.  This was a cute and charming little read. I had liked the authors previous fantasy  books, and here she also created a very interesting and original world.  I liked the characters and the romance subplot was cute though a bit boring.  The pacing and story were not completely perfect for me and some plot elements resolved a bit too quickly without any emotional impact or came too late into the story, it felt a bit too surface level. The magic was also interesting but lacked depth and exploration .  Overall I still preferred the other two books I read from her (Race The Sand and The Bone Maker), but this was a nice read overall.