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katkinney's review against another edition
5.0
Yay! This sweet romance had ALL the Nocturne Falls magic I love in Kristen Painter’s books. Marigold, one of three witchy sisters, runs a flower shop she helps make awesome with her green witch magic. She’s raising a daughter on her own. Wyatt, a private investigator, is in Nocturne Falls temporarily doing business for a client. They cross paths, and sparks fly. This had so many easter egg moments and drop ins with familiar characters from past books as the town prepares for Cole and Pandora’s wedding. With a cursed object and a terrible spell, along with bad wizards and witches lurking about, it was the perfect amount of paranormal to go along with the romance and good old Nocturne Falls goodness. I can’t wait to see which couple KP writes next!
dzzzywbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Still cute fun in this series and I always love when they add a human to the mix.
bookdrgn's review against another edition
4.0
As usual Painter writes with witty dialogue, fleshed out characters and visits from other Nocturne Falls characters. I am hoping Birdie gets a HEA soon.
I would move to Nocturne Falls in a heartbeat if it was a real place, with all the fun characters included. I’ve been a fan of these books since the first one and I’m looking forward to more.
Marigold has always been a good character. Single mom of a budding witch who, at 11, is getting her powers early and already planning her wedding to the Sheriffs son Charlie. Marigold works as a florist, a fitting vocation for a green witch. When she meets our hero, she is doing a favour for a local while also planning floral arrangements for her sister’s wedding, plus other weddings in town.
Wyatt is a homicide turned private detective, raised in foster care after losing both parents at 4 and an aunt by 5 years old. He doesn’t know what family feels like and isn’t sure he wants to when he stumbles into our heroine at an auction. They are both after the same items.
The mystery was ok, but predictable, bad witches and wizards, an evil pendant, good guy life-saving and eventual taking out of the baddies and everything works out. I’m left wondering if the news of Marigold’s ex, Saffie’s father, returning a real threat or was Newt messing with Marigold? That was unresolved.
The romance seemed too easy. Wyatt wavered between wanting to try and have a family, marriage etc to determined bachelorhood multiple times in a seemingly confused manner and then he is in love. All over the course of a few action-packed days. But, this is a supernatural town, so anything is possible.
I was hoping they would have discovered Wyatt had some latent supernatural DNA in him, which would explain why he sensed danger before it happened. Much like Roxy had in her bloodline and when they discovered hunter Abigail Van Helsing was a werewolf.
Wyatt’s quick interaction with Marigold’s daughter was humorous, if we see more of this couple in future books it would be good to get a glimpse of their relationship also.
The bad witch, Faleena Smalls, I initially thought she may have been Saffron’s paternal grandmother and that had been the danger Newt had warned Marigold about. I do wonder if this character was named after a certain controversial author, she was the first person I thought of when I read her name.
This is a good addition to this quirky world of supernatural. I look forward to the next one.
I would move to Nocturne Falls in a heartbeat if it was a real place, with all the fun characters included. I’ve been a fan of these books since the first one and I’m looking forward to more.
Marigold has always been a good character. Single mom of a budding witch who, at 11, is getting her powers early and already planning her wedding to the Sheriffs son Charlie. Marigold works as a florist, a fitting vocation for a green witch. When she meets our hero, she is doing a favour for a local while also planning floral arrangements for her sister’s wedding, plus other weddings in town.
Wyatt is a homicide turned private detective, raised in foster care after losing both parents at 4 and an aunt by 5 years old. He doesn’t know what family feels like and isn’t sure he wants to when he stumbles into our heroine at an auction. They are both after the same items.
The mystery was ok, but predictable, bad witches and wizards, an evil pendant, good guy life-saving and eventual taking out of the baddies and everything works out. I’m left wondering if the news of Marigold’s ex, Saffie’s father, returning a real threat or was Newt messing with Marigold? That was unresolved.
The romance seemed too easy. Wyatt wavered between wanting to try and have a family, marriage etc to determined bachelorhood multiple times in a seemingly confused manner and then he is in love. All over the course of a few action-packed days. But, this is a supernatural town, so anything is possible.
I was hoping they would have discovered Wyatt had some latent supernatural DNA in him, which would explain why he sensed danger before it happened. Much like Roxy had in her bloodline and when they discovered hunter Abigail Van Helsing was a werewolf.
Wyatt’s quick interaction with Marigold’s daughter was humorous, if we see more of this couple in future books it would be good to get a glimpse of their relationship also.
The bad witch, Faleena Smalls, I initially thought she may have been Saffron’s paternal grandmother and that had been the danger Newt had warned Marigold about. I do wonder if this character was named after a certain controversial author, she was the first person I thought of when I read her name.
This is a good addition to this quirky world of supernatural. I look forward to the next one.
amandak70's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
deanie's review against another edition
4.0
This is a cute romance between witchy florist Marigold Williams and human private investigator Wyatt West. Marigold has been a great supporting character in several other books and deserves her own happily ever after. Plus there are a lot of things about this book that make it unique -- including the villain and the ending. One criticism, is that like many other books in the series, some of the conflict comes from the characters keeping secrets from each other, which I don't really like.
redhairedashreads's review
4.0
Series: Nocturne Falls #10
Rating: 4 stars - It was really good
Single mom Marigold Williams finds herself instantly attracted to Wyatt so when she needs a date to her sister's wedding she asks him as a favor. What she doesn’t expect is to fall in love with him and introduce him to the paranormal side of Nocturne Falls.
Another Williams sister falls in love! This instalove story with Marigold and Wyatt was so cute. I adored Wyatt. He was so protective, kind, and supportive. I loved how these two decided to start a relationship and discussed their fears of commitment at the same time. They never hid their fears from each other and were honest from the beginning about it. Wyatt also was so great with Saffron. He didn’t push her to like him or support their relationship. He just talked with her and allowed her to express her feelings about their relationship. Basically, he will make a great stepdad to her.
This story was fascinating because this is the first full length one involving the witches. We see how dangerous their magic and artifacts can be. Also we finally get to see a little of what Alice is capable of and that she isn’t as scary as she seems. I really hope we get a book with her in it in the future because she is the most mysterious woman of Nocturne Falls.
Overall, I adored this couple and their story. This is one of my favorite series because they all are fun, sweet good stories that make you want to smile. I will never be tired of Nocturne Falls and their residents.
You can also find my reviews at Red-Haired Ash Reads.
Rating: 4 stars - It was really good
Single mom Marigold Williams finds herself instantly attracted to Wyatt so when she needs a date to her sister's wedding she asks him as a favor. What she doesn’t expect is to fall in love with him and introduce him to the paranormal side of Nocturne Falls.
Another Williams sister falls in love! This instalove story with Marigold and Wyatt was so cute. I adored Wyatt. He was so protective, kind, and supportive. I loved how these two decided to start a relationship and discussed their fears of commitment at the same time. They never hid their fears from each other and were honest from the beginning about it. Wyatt also was so great with Saffron. He didn’t push her to like him or support their relationship. He just talked with her and allowed her to express her feelings about their relationship. Basically, he will make a great stepdad to her.
This story was fascinating because this is the first full length one involving the witches. We see how dangerous their magic and artifacts can be. Also we finally get to see a little of what Alice is capable of and that she isn’t as scary as she seems. I really hope we get a book with her in it in the future because she is the most mysterious woman of Nocturne Falls.
Overall, I adored this couple and their story. This is one of my favorite series because they all are fun, sweet good stories that make you want to smile. I will never be tired of Nocturne Falls and their residents.
You can also find my reviews at Red-Haired Ash Reads.
moreilly1917's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0