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wanda_madelaine's review against another edition
3.0
This was cute. If you are looking for something light, or a break from reading a series, this standalone is refreshing.
It talks about friendship, family, belonging, love and confidence.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
It talks about friendship, family, belonging, love and confidence.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
briaraq's review
1.0
I don’t know why but this book felt very middle school to me. Maybe it’s the prose…I am glad that there are more wlw books for teens though/ They deserve to see themselves in books as well.
Thank you to BookSirens and Isabel Hansen for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to BookSirens and Isabel Hansen for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
narlisar's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
chocolatemilo9's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
ieemee's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
fast-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? Yes
4.5
I really love Isabel’s novellas- this one explored the themes of societal control and pressure. It’s a friends to lover - forbidden romance . This is a slow burn cute romance with no spice.
ari_reading_'s review
4.0
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I really enjoyed this book, I loved the chapter titles and how they set the tone of the story points. I loved the writing and found it to be kind of funny at times. The chapters were short and it was a book where you could read without focusing too much.
I flew through this in a good way and its a great book for halloween.
I really enjoyed this book, I loved the chapter titles and how they set the tone of the story points. I loved the writing and found it to be kind of funny at times. The chapters were short and it was a book where you could read without focusing too much.
I flew through this in a good way and its a great book for halloween.
jessenicolas's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
A cute little LGBT YA Book but there were so many errors that it was hard to read. It needs a better editor
bdzimmerman15's review against another edition
4.0
Thank you to the author and Book Sirens for the ARC of this book. All opinions are my own.
This was really cute! I enjoyed the premise and thought LJ and Mira were great together. This was a really sweet, quick read. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read. I loved that it was centered around Halloween. You don’t really get to see that, that often.
I thought this was sweet, fun, witchy and such a quick read. I highly recommend it!
This was really cute! I enjoyed the premise and thought LJ and Mira were great together. This was a really sweet, quick read. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read. I loved that it was centered around Halloween. You don’t really get to see that, that often.
I thought this was sweet, fun, witchy and such a quick read. I highly recommend it!
megglettep's review against another edition
3.0
This was a really cute little story about high school reluctant-friends-to-lovers. It was short and I was able to read it in one morning while I puttered around the house. The chapters are super short and it follows a "yearly" structure where to book is divided up into 4 or 5 parts which each take place over a day. This truly isn't my favorite structure for any book, but this book was short enough that I stuck it out for the ride.
Two witches reject/fail out of their coven when they're sixteen. Following this they only have their power for one day a year on Halloween. They take this day every year to practice their magic and get petty revenge on the people who were bitchy to them. Eventually this yearly ritual blossoms into a chaste romance with a happy ending.
Since it's set at Halloween it would have been a perfect autumn read and I recommend that others read it then. As I read it in May, the seasons didn't quite match up, the cute romance can be enjoyed any time of the year.
Unfortunately, this book is riddled with small grammar mistakes and continuity errors. At the beginning, Mira has two different last names (Curtis or Carson), which I assume just means her name was changed in some draft, but imperfectly. There's also a few cases where a quotation mark " is replaced with a colon : . This is a really simple mistake that could be fixed with a simple going over, so this reads like a first draft.
Overall, a nice wish fulfillment piece that I was happy to read and happy it was short. If there had been more depth, it could have been stretched out to a longer story that took place over more years and followed the characters for longer before their happy endings, but it was fine as was. It reminds me of 'Payback's a Witch' by Lana Harper (also sapphic) and 'The Ex Hex' by Erin Sterling (het pairing), and I recommend those to people who enjoyed this book as well. <3
Two witches reject/fail out of their coven when they're sixteen. Following this they only have their power for one day a year on Halloween. They take this day every year to practice their magic and get petty revenge on the people who were bitchy to them. Eventually this yearly ritual blossoms into a chaste romance with a happy ending.
Since it's set at Halloween it would have been a perfect autumn read and I recommend that others read it then. As I read it in May, the seasons didn't quite match up, the cute romance can be enjoyed any time of the year.
Unfortunately, this book is riddled with small grammar mistakes and continuity errors. At the beginning, Mira has two different last names (Curtis or Carson), which I assume just means her name was changed in some draft, but imperfectly. There's also a few cases where a quotation mark " is replaced with a colon : . This is a really simple mistake that could be fixed with a simple going over, so this reads like a first draft.
Overall, a nice wish fulfillment piece that I was happy to read and happy it was short. If there had been more depth, it could have been stretched out to a longer story that took place over more years and followed the characters for longer before their happy endings, but it was fine as was. It reminds me of 'Payback's a Witch' by Lana Harper (also sapphic) and 'The Ex Hex' by Erin Sterling (het pairing), and I recommend those to people who enjoyed this book as well. <3