Thank you oh-so-much to the wonderful Berkley Romance for sending me a free e-copy via Netgalley as well as a physical copy in exchange for an honest review!

OH MY GODS I LOVED THIS BOOK! okay okay, I'll clam down. If you don't know, I read Go Hex Yourself and looooved it, rating it five stars. I have been looking forward to this book ever since I heard it was coming out, and oh em gee this book did not disappoint!! 

Their banter? Top notch. The steam? BOILING. Oh em gee was it boiling hot!! I was so entranced by Will and Penny's relationship, I loved the tension in the beginning, how it was opposites attract as well as grumpy/sunshine! They warmed my heart up! (And the spell casting with Penny having her little moments made things so interesting and fun)

I nearly read this book in one sitting, I will warn you this book is ADDICTING. The drama with the Warlocks, the smexy tension with P+W, the FAKE DATING, NO 80% BREAKUP 🥳🥳!! This book has everythinggg. And I LOVED being able to see Ben and Reggie a decent amount in this book, seeing them again made my heart soooo happy!

I cannot express into words how much I loved this book other than screaming at you the whole time, which I won't do, I've screamed enough 😂 please please pick this book up if you have a chance, as well as Go Hex Yourself! These books are both top-tier amazing and I highly recommend! I will of course be listing the tropes below if you're curious!

Tropes:
• Familiar X Warlock
• Lots of Spellcasting
• SO Much Steamy Steam!!
• Fake Dating
• Opposites Attract
• Grumpy/Sunshine
• Lots of Laughs
• Hot Tension/Banter
• No 80% Breakup!!

So I enjoyed this book. It was fun. Book one was better, but it is possible that was partly influenced by the fact that I love Kylo/Ben and Rey, so reading what basically amounts to fic worked for me. I spent a large part of this book trying to decide if it was also based on Star Wars characters…best guess is if it is that they are Rose Tico and General Hux. I don’t know why they are being shipped if that’s a correct identification but there you go. 

My issues with the book: 

There are several errors that should have been caught in editing. One - guy makes a point of changing out of green suit into blue. Gal references the green suit he is wearing just a couple pages later. Another - gal puts laptop in bag, then a couple pages later is wrestling laptop into laptop sleeve and hurrying to put it in her bag. You get the idea. 

Gal spells out curse exclamations, like oh em gee and double yew tee eff. It’s not cute and quirky, it’s annoying to read. 

NSFW Plot point, kinda. It’s sort of part of how the characters start liking each other.

The plot device that we orgasms everytime he casts magic with her is weird. It doesn’t fit with how the world was built in the previous book. If you can suspend belief on that it kind of is amusing I guess? But it felt like an abrupt kick in to how they were going to get together, which was already kind of rushed.

But overall I enjoyed it. Quick read. Has some steamy bits, none of which are too cringy.