Uncharmed is, in a word, adorable. It’s a cozy magical romance that will please anyone who’s hungry for a little late fall magic. Filled with lessons about finding your real place and continuing the universe established by Rewitched, it’s a quick-paced, sweet-natured world – the perfect place to find yourself.

London-based witch Andromeda “Annie” Wildwood is Glinda the Good on steroids. She’s pink, she’s perfect, she’s a witch with a purpose and joy in her heart. She runs the Celestial Bakehouse successfully, has a white cat named Karma at her side as a familiar, and abhors imperfection to the point of using a necromancing spell called Splendidus Infernum on herself to keep her house – emotionally and literally – in order.

Annie is a part of the Selcouth Coven and yearns to make up for her family’s spotty reputation – which is why she’s trying to butter up a super-elite inner circle within the coven called the Society in the hope of getting her Crescent. Annie ferrets out information about new coven members, acting as a detective for the Society. But then she’s ordered to watch over orphaned witch Maeve Cadmus, and everything changes.

Maeve is not in control of her magic, and she and Annie are sent to a cottage in the middle of the woods so Annie can observe Maeve and Maeve can learn to harness her powers. The cottage is owned by Hal Bancroft, famous warlock explorer, and he is not happy that he has to put up with Maeve and Annie. There’s just one problem – Maeve recognizes and can see through Annie’s Splendidus Infernum. Will Annie abandon perfection for a new future with Maeve and Hal?

Uncharmed is such a big, warmhearted delight. Annie needs to learn how to let go and allow herself to be human; Hal needs to learn not to be a grump, and Maeve needs to learn how to open up. Clearly, they’re destined to be a family. All of the found family tropes ever are on display here, and I wallowed through them happily. The romance between Annie and Hal is cute, though the book tends to pull focus on Annie’s inner workings and her relationship with Maeve.

The magical system continues to be fun here; I loved Karma, and I love how the society of witches work (and how Maeve and Annie help deconstruct them). There’s really nothing I didn’t like about Uncharmed – it’s as warm as a cup of apple cider, and twice as bracing.