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A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley

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amy_in_the_city's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a cute book. I loved Oz, the cinnamon roll demon. I would have liked for the timeline to have been stretched out a bit as I find falling in love to the point that you'll give up everything to be together in the span of about 2 weeks (I think?) to be unbelievable. The

third-act breakup

, while annoying, was understandable as it fit with the characterization. I think

Mariel

should have apologized more at the end. I appreciated Mariel's character journey dealing with her narcissistic mother and finding her own sense of self worth after years of being told she wasn't good enough.

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greystory's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This was cute. Quick, easy read. This felt more urban fantasy than anything. Demon was basically like a human with horns.

* Mild grumpy/sunshine (demon wasn't that grumpy)
* Accidental demon summoning (love that)
* Green witch
* Learning to establish firm boundaries and speak up for yourself
* Emotions are exhausting
* Learning to love life
* Dealing with shitty family
* Very supportive ride or die friends
* Mild fake dating (if you love this trope because of people genuinely pretending/practicing to be a couple, that doesn't happen much here)

Listened to the audiobook and the narration was decent. Ideally I would have loved a different narrator for the demon so it could have a male voice but I got used to the female narrator's fake dude voice pretty quickly.

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zalouis's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

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direguard's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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amberinpieces's review

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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thereadinghammock's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I love the idea and premise of this book. The main characters were great, the banter came around after the FMC/MMC found their bearings with each other. Some of the one-liners had me actually laughing out loud. But almost all of that was drowned out by the nightmare that was Diantha Spark. That witch was horrific to everyone. Her abuse and cruel treatment of her daughter, and the conniving, competitive, overbearing attitude she had toward everyone and everything else in the book made it so difficult to enjoy the rest of the hijinks and story development. I get that Mariel had to overcome all that to find how her magic worked for her and I'm thrilled that she got there eventually, but I almost gave up on this book two or three times because of Diantha alone because I couldn't stand her that much.

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jodierose14's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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mattiedancer's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Writing: 2.75⭐️/5

The book started with some fine writing, and quickly fell apart. In terms of getting the plot across, the writing did an adequate job, but it didn’t really do ranything else.

Characters: 3.5⭐️/5

The characters were fun, but felt a bit flat and/or cartoonish.

Plot: 3.25⭐️/5

Again, while the overarching plot is incredibly fun, it definitely felt like it had a few more than a few holes. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed the demon and the witch attempting to work together and eventually falling in love.

World 3⭐️/5

The world is fun but predictable.

Who Should Read This Book?

Fans of romance genre
Fans of fantasy romance with spice
Fans of a fast enemies-to-lovers trope

Content Warnings?

Sexual content, child abuse, dysfunctional family, stalking, toxic relationship, bullying, animal death, emotional abuse,

Post-Reading Rating: 4⭐️/5

I had fun.

Final Rating: 3⭐️/5

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merryfaith's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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cwallace1005's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I knew, I just KNEW, that Ozroth was another Adam Driver fanfic character. But I quite liked this book! I was surprised by the amount of magic in this book, and I had a really good time with it. Mariel and Oz were really cute

except for that freaking third act breakup. That was literally the worst part of the book and completely unnecessary. Authors, be more imaginitive, please.

I liked that there was more plot going on than just steamy romance. I thought there were a few loose ends and definitely some contradictory things that happened, especially at the very end of the book, but it's easy to ignore those. Fun read!

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