An Well-loved aunt from her past reaches out for help. Susannah rushes to her aid only to find h er Aunt Erma isn't anywhere to be found. The whole town seems to know she is coming and there is a note on the door of the bakery to take over. Too bad Susannah has no idea how to make the pies her aunt is famous for. What follows is almost comical in her attempts to bake pies to everyone's liking. As she learns the trade, things get better, but then strange things start happening the town. A magical story read best with suspended reality.

An enjoyable quirky book that’s not quite contemporary romance and not quite fantasy. It’s a peculiar mix of magic and typical chick-lit. Wouldn’t be the normal type of book I’d read but it was very engrossing. The story kept you hooked throughout and a range of characters that were engaging and entertaining. Would certainly look for more books by this author.

Susanna gets a phone call from her aunt asking for help in her bakery. When Susanna arrives at her aunts small town, she finds her aunt gone. Susanna has to run the bakery which she learns to do as she goes. Strange things start happening. Magic is in the air..,

Sabrina the teenage witch meets Gilmore Girls is what sums up this book quite accurately. It has that little hint of magic in everyday life that you might recognize from Sabrina. (The sweet version of Sabrina, not the Kick Ass version now on Netflix.) And the small town feeling and its quirky residents from Stars Hollow is certainly there.
Saying that you might suspect that I absolutely loved this book, but sadly I didn’t. It’s a nice, little in between book, but it’s not a feel good book that I will remember in a few months’ time. The premise however is absolutely amazing. As some of you might know I am a sucker for everything food café related in the feel good genre. And of course I love everything witchy or magical. So A Slize of Magic seemed right up my alley. All in all it is. It hits all the right boxes. There is magic, food, a quaint little village, a sweet love interest and lots and funny dogs. All the right ingredients for a lovely, heart-warming, funny story.
But the writing was what threw me of a little. It was very simple and straight forward. No character development, all very one dimensional and very fast paced. This might nog sound like negatives, but in this case it was. A Slize of Magic is a very short story, so it is logical that everything progresses really quickly. But for me it is not an excuse for absolutely no character development and no world building. This whole book is set around magic, but the actual magic only makes its appearance by the end of the book.
Apart from that I think at times the story is a bit to childish or maybe the protagonist Susanna is a little simple minded. Throughout the whole story weird things are happening and Susanna just ignores them all. A kitchen that cleans itself, a cat that gets clothes out of the closets… She acts like this is all completely normal and nothing is going on. I just can’t describe it any other way than simplistic.
I actually think I would have adored this story if it was more fleshed out and the focus would have been on the magic more. I started to enjoy the story so much more for the last 20%.
All in all a very quick read. An ideal little Schnabel for when you need a moment to turn your brain of and indulge in some sweet smelling pies with a sprinkle of magic.

Review will be posted online on 11/02/19

Oh how I wanted to like this book but I just found it lacking in story, character development and it didn’t really hold my attention. I found myself skimming over the pages, and glad when it was finished. Sorry

This wasn’t terrible but I also cannot say it was a very good read. The story was mildly entertaining but predictable and the writing was a bit messy at times.
Overall this was a lighthearted fast read but I am not interested enough to read any more in the series..

Huge thank you to Harper Impulse and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to review this book!

What a thoroughly enjoyable little story! It wasn’t quite contemporary and it wasn’t quite fantasy, in fact I’m not sure what category I’d put it in, but either way it was the perfect thing to read between other very long, intense (and sometimes not as enjoyable) novels. It was funny, quirky, and somehow weirdly cosy. It kind of reminded me of a fluffier version of Practical Magic meets New in Town and I adore both of those movies. "Big city girl trying to adjust to small town life" is one of my favourite guilty pleasure tropes and with this one there's the added bonus of magic!

Full (spoiler-y) review here: http://wmsreads.tumblr.com/post/181734798542/

This is a cute, engaging and funny story. At the hurried and vague request of her aunt, Susanna rushes to her aid only to find her aunt missing and a pie bakery to run. Susanna does not bake and her pies show it. If not for the daily devoted crew of friends and the handsome, Henry, the pie shop would go under. Plus, there are some weird things going on in the small town and Susanna is determined to figure out what is going on and to find her missing aunt.

Enjoyed the book and was a cute story. I would give it 3.5 stars. It made me hungry for pie, maybe not Susanna’s. All around it was a fun read and made me happy. It was full of magic and mystery. I wish my kitchen would magically clean itself every night. I loved the characters, story and writing style. I definitely knew something was going on with all the strange things that happened in the town, especially the spotless kitchen.

Susanna receives a message from her Aunt Erma requesting help with her pie shop. Susie hasn’t seen her aunt in years and drives to Hocus Hills to help her out. When she arrives, there’s no sign of her aunt just a note asking her to keep the pie shop running and to take care of Mitzy, her dog. Making pies is not Susanna’s strong point, plus a cookie shop has opened up a few shops down. The Morning Pie Crew does their best to help Susanna out. Aunt Erma still hasn’t shown up and people are starting to worry. Strange and mysterious things keep occurring in the town. Eventually the truth is revealed to Susanna.

I’m not sure how Susanna never suspected anything. How did she think the dog was able to get on top of a book shelf? I definitely recommend the book, especially if you are a fan of magic and pies and a bit of romance. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series. (Loved the sneak peak of A Slice of Christmas Magic)

Thanks to NetGalley, Harper Impulse and Killer Reads and the author A.G. Mayes, for a free electronic ARC of this novel.

I loved this cute and heartwarming book with a touch of magic.
It was entertaining and engaging. a page turner I couldn't put down.
I liked the characters and the setting.
I'd have preferred some more magic but I hope this is part of a series and there will be more in a next book.
I look forward to reading other books by this author.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC

An enjoyable read with an unexpected twist. The author's jaunty writing style made this an intriguing read that I couldn't put down.

“A slice of magic” by A. G Mayes is a mysterious magical fiction with a dash of romance in it. Susanna receives a voice mail from her Aunt Erma who had disappeared from her life 20 years ago. She was requesting her to help her at her pie shop for a while. Susanna always thought why aunt Erma had left and this was a perfect opportunity to ask her some questions. The next day, she packs her bag and drives to the town of Hocus Hills where Erma lived. When she gets there, she finds out that Aunt Erma is not there, leaving her to take care of her pie shop and dog Misty.
The plot was okay. There was little to no character development. The magic was introduced very late the book. It took a while for the story to make sense but maybe it was because it was a different story idea. I hope it will be better by the next book in the series.

I like cozy mysteries and I like books about bakeries, but this book is really too poorly written to enjoy. The plot is very thin, the writing substandard and the editing is embarrassing (please ask the editor to learn the difference between "I" and "me"!) I don't publish unfavorable reviews, so this book will not be reviewed on a website,.

Susanna hasn’t seen her aunt Erma in over twenty years. She still doesn’t know why her aunt cut contact. Now Susanna receives an urgent request from her aunt, she needs Susanna to come visit her.

When Susanna arrives, her aunt is nowhere to be seen. No one knows when she’ll be back. Susanna needs to bake pies at her aunt’s bakery and watch her dog while she’s away.

But Susanna can’t bake and has never had a dog before. So things would be rough to begin with. But to make matters worse, the people in town are very quick to gossip about how bad Susanna’s pies are. And a new lady moves to town, opening a cookie store right nearby.

Add in the fact that people in the town seem just a little bit odd. Strange things happen that Susanna can’t easily explain.
When she overhears people in town using words like “magic” she starts to really wonder what’s up.

I love magical realism. I loved a lot of the ideas here. But the magic portion of the book took awhile to get to. This just makes me want to pick up the next book even more. I want a whole book with the magic present in it.

I got to read an early ebook edition from NetGalley. Thanks!

Thank you for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I liked the ideas and characters very much. It definitely had that small town feel, and the main character was caught in it's supernatural bubble.
It felt like it took a while for the story to come together though, as well as the romance side of things. It is a good start to the series however and I imagine more exciting things are going to happen in the pie shop.

A lovely easy read, highly recommended. A magical twist is included too, which makes this different to other similar boy meets girl in cafe type book. Thankyou Anna!

A. G. Mayes provides an easy to read and well written look into family dynamics and small town living. Susanna receives a cryptic call from a relative she hasn’t heard from in years and goes from the city to small town and has to adjust to everyone knowing everyone and everything. Susanna’s initial trials with baking go as well and hilarious as one would expect. The book takes you inside family life where a simple disagreement causes years of problems. My only complaints are the the reveal of the secret seems wedged in, a few characters can use some development and the finale seems rushed.