February's Featured Cozy Mystery

Reasons to Read Eat, Pray, Hex

Eat, Pray, Hex is one of those books that looks and sounds good from the start and gets better and better as you read. Author Tara Lush is a very talented writer with a strong, engaging voice. Her descriptions take you to the places she’s writing about, her tone puts you in just the right mood for every scene, and she’s super funny! Eat, Pray, Hex has some genuine laugh-out-loud moments thanks to Tara’s wickedly good sense of humor.

Another great reason to read Eat, Pray, Hex is the amateur sleuth, Amelia. She is a very relatable protagonist. She’s been knocked down and is attempting to get back up and dust herself off—all while having hot flashes and trying to manage an impossible situation with a peeling, struggling hotel and a ghost who doesn’t want to cooperate.

Although Amelia knows her way around a cookie recipe, her other talents are limited—or so she thinks. It turns out she has a hidden power that (with some honing) may end up being just what the inn needs. With the help of her found family and a few notes from her aunt, Amelia takes charge and reclaims her life. It is wonderful to watch her arc from the beginning of the book to the end.

The supporting characters are an eclectic bunch with their own quirks and talents. They include a charming and handsome historian, a wildly eccentric but lovable inn caretaker, an enthusiastic New Age bookstore owner, a modern and lively cowgirl, and a super adorable orange cat named Freddie Purrcury. These characters assist Amelia in a Scooby-Gang-like fashion and help make the story extra entertaining.

The story is set in Cypress Grove, Florida, which adds to the fun. Cypress Grove is the “psychic capital of the world.” It has a rich paranormal history and draws many people with psychic powers. The streets are lined with beautiful homes and unique parks resembling botanical gardens. One such park is Enchanted Eternity Park, a cemetery with recipes for tasty food on the gravestones. Cypress Grove is fictional, but it is based, in part, on another Central Florida town called Cassadaga, which is known as the "Psychic Capital of the World” because of the many psychics and mediums who call it home.

Eat, Pray, Hex concludes with a delightful recipe that you will have fun reading, making, and eating! The recipe is for a treat mentioned in the books and would make the perfect snack for a book club or a night of solo reading.

Eat, Pray, Hex is available in ebook, paperback, and audiobook. It can also be read with a Kindle Unlimited Subscription. If you enjoy audiobooks, you may want to consider listening to Eat, Pray, Hex. The audiobook version is read by Anna Maste, whose warm, articulate voice provides fantastic and nuanced narration for Amelia and the various characters in this story.

Eat, Pray, Hex Reader Reviews

Here are a few quotes from readers who have read and reviewed Eat, Pray, Hex by Tara Lush: