Kristin's Bookshelf

📖 Batter and Broomsticks
✍️ Danielle Garrett
📚 Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries, Book 9
🎙️ Kelsey Navarro Foster
🎁 Provided by NetGalley & Tantor Media
🗓️ September 29, 2026
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Danielle Garrett is one of my “if she writes it, I will read it” authors, and the Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries have become one of my favorite series alongside Beechwood Harbor, Magic Inn, and Nine Lives. At this point, I’m completely invested in these characters, with Rosella and Grandma Rose easily among my favorites.

Listening to “Batter and Broomsticks” was a new experience for me. After hearing Amanda Ronconi narrate 30+ books in Garrett’s magical universe, this was my first time experiencing one with Kelsey Navarro Foster behind the mic. I’m already a big fan of Kelsey’s, and while it definitely took a little adjusting to hear familiar characters with new voices, I thought she did a great job stepping into an established series. Her narration is charming and engaging, and I’m looking forward to hearing more from her.

One thing that makes the Sugar Shack mysteries unique is the overarching storyline involving Orion and the Order that has been building since the beginning. Rosella may be dealing with a more immediate, local mystery in each book, but somehow those events keep weaving back into the bigger picture. Because of that, I think this would be a difficult series to jump into out of order.

And I always love when the fairies get involved! This time, people are buying tracking fairies, botanicals are being stolen, and it all eventually connects back to the amplification stones and the larger mystery Rosella has been trying to unravel.

Personally, I think Sugar Shack is best binged. Give me the books one after another and let me disappear into this world for a while. Waiting between installments is harder because my brain does NOT hold onto all those little details forever, especially with such a layered overarching mystery.

Definitely start this series from the beginning and work your way through. There’s so much happening beneath each individual mystery that it’s worth having the entire story fresh in your mind!