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Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare

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hannux's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

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bujo_bellel's review

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funny lighthearted mysterious 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 LOVED the grumpy-sunshine like AHHHHHH! I love love love Reggie and Ben! They're so cute together and I love how they slowly fell in love!! I really liked the plot, it was a great introduction to the world and also I think the characters in the book are really well done. I was slightly annoyed by the constant Ben is big and Reggie is small thing but it was not that bad and I guess it kinda makes sense in the world. The introduction to the book is not the smoothest and took me a while to settle into the world but I liked how Reggie kind of healed Ben and protected him when no one has done that before. I think we probably didn't need to know all that much about Nick and his partner (sorry forgot his name), low-key unnecessary imo.

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sariereads's review against another edition

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emotional funny mysterious medium-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

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maregred's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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kitwhelan's review

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lighthearted fast-paced

3.25

An enjoyable witchy romance/Reylo fanfic (which I’ve just gotten used to thanks to Ali Hazelwood, even though I abhor the ship IRL). I would’ve liked a lot more worldbuilding, but it’s definitely light on the fantasy. Sexy & fun though!

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kayschwe's review

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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renpuspita's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

2.0

I'm not a mummy, Reggie. I'm just long-lived"

For me this book is all over the place. Also, judging from the cover alone, Jessica Clare apparently a fans of Reylo shipping and that's why instead being hazy I can't help to imagine the MCs's appearance are matched both Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver. Bruh, even the cover illustration is so lazy with the hero face pretty much like Driver, lol. I'm shudder in thought to read another Reylo fanfic pulled to published such as The Love Hypothesis because I can't shake the image of the actor & actress when imagine how the h/H looks like. It's another thing to have a model on your cover because they are kinda anonymous. To have them look alike actor A or actress B can ruin your imagination.

Tbh, the premise for Go Hex Yourself is interesting. Rey...er Reggie is an ordinary human that happen to be a familiar for a 2ooo-ish year olds witch named Leia...er I mean, Drussila. Rey or Reggie didn't believe of magic at first but learn it in hard way and become closed with Dru's nephew that at first pretty gung ho to get rid of Reggie and think she's not suitable to be Dru's familiar. Dru's nephew, Caliban or Ben (I kid you not. Clare didn't try to change the name. It's literally Ben, the same with Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren. In this phase, I might be stupid to not recognize this as part of Reylo fanfic become published although maybe it's never posted in AO3 or what), at first is a misunderstand warlock. Cold, ruthless, always wear black from head to toe, with his ruffle wavy hair, but go from jerk to tsundere person when Reggie sees through him. There's another characters that pretty much Star Wars-ish, like Ben's acquaintance, Willem that remind me of General Hux and also Penny, Reggie's new friend that suspiciously feels like Rose Tico. Welp. Another thing that I'm not so sure is the gay best friend that become roommate. Don't get me wrong, I really like Nick and also his boyfriend, Diego. I just see that it kinda become staple in the some romance books I'd read.

However, despite so many similarities, the story is mix of modern setting and fantasy. The witches and warlocks are hiding in plain sight but have community of their own. The magic is pretty much simple although intriguing. The stake is also low so basically this can be categorized as mix of paranormal romance and cozy fantasy. Clare try to write both Reggie and Ben as more than 2D characters. Reggie with her control OCD and her manipulating parents, but I don't get her because she's sometimes pushover and doormat, sometimes become a spitfire. On the opposite, I did like the way Clare write about Ben, because I admit that an antihero that fall to the heroine first and fallin hard day by day is my catnip. It's just I can't help to imagine them as their SW counterpart so it can be distracting, lol.

I read one of the review that called this porn because of so many "d" and "p" words so I expect this to be bordering erotica. But, eh, nope, pretty tame to be exact. The romance can be categorized as slow burn with some sexual tension and they only do the deed near the end of the book. Also, literally just have one proper sex scene (the previous didn't count since it's mostly foreplay heavy). So, pretty much tame for my taste and while well written it's just make me go bored and want to skip to the end of the story *sad noises*.

I just remember that I had read Clare's book before that is Jessica Sims book and realize that I didn't like that one so maybe this is the case when it's me not the author. I just didn't connect with her writing. Aside from the Reylo's element, Go Hex Yourself actually have potential and perfect if you want to read a witchy paranormal romance with low stake.

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bzliz's review

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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? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is a cute fun witchy read perfect for light fantasy romcom lovers. It has fanfic vibes for sure but I’m not a Star Wars/Reylo fan so I wasn’t distracted or bothered by that.

Reggie takes a job that she thinks is assisting Ben’s Aunt Dru, who she believes is a fake witch. Ben tries to scare her off because he’s a grumpy and brooding loner but she sticks around and eventually learns magic is real after being temporarily turned into a cat. She begins her job proper as Dru’s familiar- a magical conduit and sort of apprentice- and she occasionally assists Ben also. They’re attracted to other but, again, he’s a brooding loner and she’s a little too cute and perky. After the tension boils over, Reggie plans to leave but Aunt Dru gets cursed and she has to work together with Ben to find out who cursed her and break the spell so Dru doesn’t die.

It’s not very spicy (there’s 3 major scenes but some minor discussions and feelings throughout) but I did like the playful “enemies” to lovers banter between Reggie and Ben. It loses some points from me because one of the spicy scenes takes place in the bottom of a well which is a little too silly for me to take seriously. Other tropes include grumpy/sunshine and forced proximity. We also have a kooky meddling old lady which is fun.

I did call the twist at the end but it wasn’t very challenging to pick up in those hints.

Content warnings:
Blood (on page):

used throughout as part of magic casting, none as a result of violence but it’s hard to avoid if you’re squeamish about mentions of blood.

Sexual content (on page):

discussions and mentions of genitalia and arousal throughout, 3 major sex scenes including dirty talk, manual sex and penetrative sex.

Abandonment (on/off page):

Ben’s parents left him alone pretty much from birth and visited him once or twice a year max until he killed them.

Animal death (off page):

Rare mentions of animal sacrifices relating to magic casting. No such sacrifices happen on or off page in this story and none of the animals in the story are harmed.

Child abuse (off page):

Reggie’s parents financially take advantage of her. Their neglect of her as a child led to her tendency to obsessively clean and organize. They take out credit cards in her name and con her out of her savings.

Death of parent (off page):

Ben kills his parents after his mother causes a breakout of the plague and lets a hundred thousand people die because she was feeling petty. He did this to give them a kinder, swift death compared to others who were planning to put her as a witch so she’d be burned at the stake.

Suicide (off page):

one of Ben’s corporate clients felt guilty about running people’s lives using Ben’s magic and he kills himself. Ben has feelings of guilt and doubt about his chosen career after that.

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This was really fun! The only thing I didn't love is how the male narrator voiced female characters. I would have liked one narrator better.

Medium spice.

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bookwormbullet's review

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emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-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

4.0

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