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How to Fake It with a Fae by Amy Boyles
4.0
Bridgerton, but make it witchy
*minor plot line spoilers*
Listen, I’m a sucker for a cozy romance, and this one serves it in spades! It was such fun watching it unfold from Addison’s POV in particular - she’s funny, kooky, awkward and really quite loveable. The meet cute is hilarious and the initial banter between her and her fated beau is snappy and smart.
I would have liked a little more in the way of foundational info - I felt we skimmed over the reason why Addie and the girls need to be married so quickly (the thread of the series), and the really rather fantastic magic around experiencing books could be a standalone story, but is very much in the background.
Sure, the storyline is slightly flawed (why would Addie think it’s a good idea to give a book as a gift to someone who tells her multiple times that he hates reading; she’s smarter than that. And wouldn’t her magic around choosing the perfect book for people have sent some alarm bells ringing?), but what romcom doesn’t require you to suspend belief a bit? If I can believe they are a witch and a fae fated to be together, I can believe she made an error in judgement by overlooking this important clue.
The TLDR of this review: I left with a smile on my face and my heart was happy having read this cozy love-story. The author has some great (and refreshingly new) ideas that I would love to read more about (nana coming for a chat in the epilogue was
*minor plot line spoilers*
Listen, I’m a sucker for a cozy romance, and this one serves it in spades! It was such fun watching it unfold from Addison’s POV in particular - she’s funny, kooky, awkward and really quite loveable. The meet cute is hilarious and the initial banter between her and her fated beau is snappy and smart.
I would have liked a little more in the way of foundational info - I felt we skimmed over the reason why Addie and the girls need to be married so quickly (the thread of the series), and the really rather fantastic magic around experiencing books could be a standalone story, but is very much in the background.
Sure, the storyline is slightly flawed (why would Addie think it’s a good idea to give a book as a gift to someone who tells her multiple times that he hates reading; she’s smarter than that. And wouldn’t her magic around choosing the perfect book for people have sent some alarm bells ringing?), but what romcom doesn’t require you to suspend belief a bit? If I can believe they are a witch and a fae fated to be together, I can believe she made an error in judgement by overlooking this important clue.
The TLDR of this review: I left with a smile on my face and my heart was happy having read this cozy love-story. The author has some great (and refreshingly new) ideas that I would love to read more about (nana coming for a chat in the epilogue was