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Witchful Thinking, by Celestine Martin
My Verdict: Read It Eventually
The highschool crush MMC is a merman! Not sure why that's such a selling point for me but IT IS. Who needs more werewolves when we can branch out a bit? (JK I will always take werewolves.)
This is a low-key easy read. I recall being a little surprised by the spice just because the rest of the book is so tame, but I'm not complaining.
While Witchful Thinking isn't going on my favorites list, it was funny and sweet and I'm looking forward to continuing the series.
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I received an audio review copy of this book from the publisher.
A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon, by Sarah Hawley
My Verdict: Read It
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I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review.
Mr. and Mrs. Witch, by Gwenda Bond
My Verdict: Read It Eventually
My only prior experience with the Mr. and Mrs. Smith is the Jolie/Pitt vehicle, which crackled with sexual tension. We found out later why that was, of course. Anyway, having not seen the original 1940's version, I can't say which inspired Bond more. The set-up is similar: two people are at the altar when they discover their group's arch-nemesis amidst the assembled guests. (How this wasn't caught during the invitations step, I don't know.) Savannah is a very powerful, curvy witch with a secret job saving the world from magical disaster. Griffin is a nerdy professor and part of a group that hunts witches. They meet while both searching for the same dark magic object and have a glorious one-night stand. They meet again later on another mission and when they find out they both live in Atlanta, GA, they decide to set a date and location to meet again. The present-day agent vs. agent narrative alternates with scenes from the past as the two build their relationship. That decision makes their separation (and maybe killing of each other?) more emotional, but some of it came too late in the story to have a real impact.
Overall, I liked this quite a lot more than Not Your Average Hot Guy, which was clunky and had I think one intimate scene that felt really forced (writing, not the MC's forcing each other). The pacing in this was better since it's not a duology and the built-in tension from the set-up helped propel the story along. That said, I don't think I would have finished it if I wasn't reading it in audio. The alternating timeline simply wouldn't have worked for my brain. Read this if you like gangly bookish MMCs, star-crossed lovers and curvy witches who defy family expectations because they want love.
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I read this audiobook through Hoopla funded by a public library.
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