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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
3.5
Not bad! A little cliché and cheesy here and there, but I love a witchy romcom. The banter and spice were great, I think the plot could’ve been developed a little more but LBR I didn’t expect an epic love story from this
Not bad! A little cliché and cheesy here and there, but I love a witchy romcom. The banter and spice were great, I think the plot could’ve been developed a little more but LBR I didn’t expect an epic love story from this
I give this four stars for the amazing titles of each chapter
Not your ex's hexes is a paranormal romance book about Rose, a witch who gets arrested while trying to free abused horses and is sentenced to community work in the place she broke into, which turns out to be an animal sanctuary...
Not only that, but Rose is very annoyed and equal parts attracted to the vet owner of said sanctuary, Damian, a half-demon.
It is a shame that this book did not live to its synopsis, because the world itself has so much potential!
Let's start with the positives:
- this modern-day setting in New York City, with witches, demons, shifters, and angels living in the open, while not a new concept, is pretty good in this book, but I kept wishing that we would learn more about the "Supernatural Council" that is the government for supernatural creatures? Especially since Rose was supposed to be the new ruler for witches and Damian's brother is ruling on it...
- the book is pretty quick to read, and the prose not difficult.
Unfortunately, that's the amount of things I liked...
- While the writing is easy to read, the expressions used sometimes really took me out of the story and made me roll my eyes out... While I don't mind the author taking creative liberties and making up words, in a contemporary setting we still have to adhere to certain rules... I don't remember all of the expressions and words, but if "sucktastic" is a word the author employs, I'm not on board...
- Damian: is he a REAL vet??? because the author does not really show this... or he's one of the worst vets I have seen, because he needed Rose to use her magic to calm down a horse AND figure out what his injury was (infection in its hoof)... WHAT??? you didn't need to drive an hour to find her and get her there for this...???
- The relationship was starting off with a sexual tension, but then quickly changed into a "fuck buddy arrangement", which allowed the author to write a lot of smutty scenes without actually showing the reader the advancement of the relationship itself, or anything else really by the mid-point of this book...
- The sex scenes... while not bad in themselves, when you repeat nearly the same ones three times in a book, it starts to be too repetitive...
- The ending... HUM, how to say this, such a letdown, it felt rushed in the amount of pages, but also a dumb way to resolve things and way too easy...
I am still thinking that I might pick up the next book since it seems that it will be centered on the third sister and an angel, and I want to learn more about them, but I will probably be disappointed again...
Not only that, but Rose is very annoyed and equal parts attracted to the vet owner of said sanctuary, Damian, a half-demon.
It is a shame that this book did not live to its synopsis, because the world itself has so much potential!
Let's start with the positives:
- this modern-day setting in New York City, with witches, demons, shifters, and angels living in the open, while not a new concept, is pretty good in this book, but I kept wishing that we would learn more about the "Supernatural Council" that is the government for supernatural creatures? Especially since Rose was supposed to be the new ruler for witches and Damian's brother is ruling on it...
- the book is pretty quick to read, and the prose not difficult.
Unfortunately, that's the amount of things I liked...
- While the writing is easy to read, the expressions used sometimes really took me out of the story and made me roll my eyes out... While I don't mind the author taking creative liberties and making up words, in a contemporary setting we still have to adhere to certain rules... I don't remember all of the expressions and words, but if "sucktastic" is a word the author employs, I'm not on board...
- Damian: is he a REAL vet??? because the author does not really show this... or he's one of the worst vets I have seen, because he needed Rose to use her magic to calm down a horse AND figure out what his injury was (infection in its hoof)... WHAT??? you didn't need to drive an hour to find her and get her there for this...???
- The relationship was starting off with a sexual tension, but then quickly changed into a "fuck buddy arrangement", which allowed the author to write a lot of smutty scenes without actually showing the reader the advancement of the relationship itself, or anything else really by the mid-point of this book...
- The sex scenes... while not bad in themselves, when you repeat nearly the same ones three times in a book, it starts to be too repetitive...
- The ending... HUM, how to say this, such a letdown, it felt rushed in the amount of pages, but also a dumb way to resolve things and way too easy...
I am still thinking that I might pick up the next book since it seems that it will be centered on the third sister and an angel, and I want to learn more about them, but I will probably be disappointed again...
3 stars.
These books are fun reads. I feel like there was too much going on with the plot, and yet not enough romance between Rose and Damian. About half way through the book, I started to be more interested in Damian's brother Julius. If his book gets written, I'm jumping on it.
The ending was unsatisfying, but I won't go into it to avoid spoilers.
These books are fun reads. I feel like there was too much going on with the plot, and yet not enough romance between Rose and Damian. About half way through the book, I started to be more interested in Damian's brother Julius. If his book gets written, I'm jumping on it.
The ending was unsatisfying, but I won't go into it to avoid spoilers.
I adored this sweet, sassy, and spicy romance! Second in her Supernatural Singles series, April Asher crafted such a fun book to read. Rose and Damian were perfection together both in and out of the bedroom. Add in various odd jobs, cute puppies and horses, and sister shenanigans and this was a winning book for me.
Thank you to author April Asher and St. Martin’s Press Romance for the advanced reading copy, receipt of which did not impact my review.
Thank you to author April Asher and St. Martin’s Press Romance for the advanced reading copy, receipt of which did not impact my review.
I enjoyed the first 2/3 of the book. However I loathe a miscommunication/could easily be solved with one conversation trope. It all went downhill for me at the 65% mark. However if Olive’s book is written I will likely read it.
I really enjoyed the first book in this series but this one was just awful. Ignoring all of the grammar and spelling mistakes, it was just incredibly boring. It took me so long to read it that I put it down and read two other books before trying to pick it back up again.
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Animal cruelty