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Wholesome/ Low Angst Book Recs

Wholesome/ low angst book recs for when you can’t deal with fictional conflict on top of your own. Each of these are a breath of fresh air and a big warm hug.

This is the coziest fantasy read out there. Minka Moon has always felt alone and like the odd person out her whole life until she starts tutoring three young witches at Nowhere house about how to control their magic. Minka finds family and herself and it’s delightful.

Yardley is a wedding planner who is always taking care of everyone around her but doesn’t make time for herself. When a client and her brother come into her life, Yardley finds a connection with them and she learns to prioritize things that make her happy. Most wholesome and Hallmark-like book ever! The side characters are lovely and they save a dog?! Sign me up for more.

Most charming and wholesome holiday romance yet! The worst that happens is at the hands of alpacas. If you need an easy and happy read, this is it.

If you need a sweet and mild book where NOTHING bad happens but also nothing really happens at all but it's still charming, this is the one. Rachel is a single mom who just got out of a dead end relationship and is looking to have a fresh start. She takes a job across the country at a brewery hotel in Lake Erie. In true Hallmark fashion, Rachel re-models the startup hotel and her life.

A fun and sweet Bridgerton-like graphic novel where a marriage of convenience becomes a strong love and marriage. It also tackles topics like purity culture and virtue.

I was not interested in Greek mythology until this book. It'll pull you in! The whole series is YA and wonderful and fun. Percy Jackson has always struggled with misunderstood powers that arise when he is angry and seeing things he can’t explain. When he is shipped off to a school with other kids like him, he learns to wield his powers and information comes to light about where he really comes from.