A fun start to the witchy romance series. Mateo is a sweetheart and Alpha is hilariously blunt, but I personally felt Evie was a little too "I'm a chill, nerdy girl who ain't afraid of no wolf!" at times. I still like her and Mateo's interactions, and the very light introduction to her sisters. Be ready for a hefty helping Alpha(wolf) Male possessiveness and some forward demands about submissiveness. Only one spicy scene, but it is explicit in the details.

Very, very close to being a full 5 stars. The end just didn't do it for me. I liked the ending, it wasn't bad. But the conflict resolution wasn't as interesting as trying to figure out the mystery during the book. I didn't find it to be predictable necessarily, but some people might. 

A lot went into the sisters trying to figure out who "hexed" Mateo, but all their efforts didn't even matter in the end because none of the avenues they used are how they ended up figuring it out.

The person responsible just outed themselves.

😅 (I marked that as a spoiler just in case, but it's not too explicit.) 

I loved the tension and the build up of the romance. Mates as a trope, especially in werewolf romances, is usually not enjoyable for me, but it was more low-key in this book which I really appreciated. 

While some of the language and behavior of the FMC was a little "young" for a 38 year old, I also feel like it made sense. She's supposed to be young at heart, nerdy, and maybe just a little weird to some people, but Mateo loves her and embraces her for it. As a 30-something who feels like they'll be young at heart literally forever, I appreciate how the FMC is accepted for who she is and what she likes and is encouraged to be herself. 

Finally, I have to say I loved that this book took place in New Orleans. While I don't love NOLA all that much in real life, I appreciate it's culture and how fun it is to use as a setting, especially for witches, werewolves, and vampires. My hometown of Lafayette was even mentioned in this book! It made me homesick and I especially miss the Cajun food.

Loved the characters and plot! I’m a sucker for supernatural books. I will definitely read the rest of the series. The only reason I’m rating this 4 stars is because this book should have been 100 pages shorter and the end was only about 30 pages/2 chapters. This book was so long and slow just to have the end feel rushed. I was bummed tbh.

I felt like the end was more of a shock factor that didn’t make much sense to the overall plot. Did it wrap the book up with a nice little bow? Yes. Did I feel any sort of “wow that was such a great twist” when reading it? Not really :(

Still enjoyed it though and thought it was very cutesy!

This book is so stupid cute!! Mateo and Evie are such sweethearts and I love when two artists get together. I think the plot was fun and the side characters were adorable. I just think the story development left a tad to be desired. The climax ended pretty fast and a few things felt unresolved. I also think the whole Sandra thing came out of the blue but whatevs. Still cute and worth the read. 

The characters are not only relatable but totally adorkable. 

Def going to read her other books to find out what happens with Evie's sisters. 

I was not expecting to like this one as much as I did. I'm not a big fan of vampire or werewolf romance so this was a nice surprise. 

I loved the magic system and supernaturally world of this one. It was easy to grasp but still felt nice and magical with a little spookiness (which is an added bonus of a NoLa locale). The sisters each having a certain type of magic but not necessarily being the only ones with it was nice. They're special without being unicorns.

FL was good - a little to "oh-so-quirky" at times for my taste but not overtly so. ML was good, too - the Aplha inner monologue was confusing at first (I thought it was another person for a few pages) and maybe a bit too misogynistic at times, but he's supposed to be I guess. The side characters were great and I'm glad each sister gets a standalone (which yes I do plan to read). 

I think my main qualm with this one is the climax.

it's a bit too on the nose for me. First of all, of course it's her, it's the one person from his past you meet that isn't his cousin. But also the true mate cancels our other magic trope is one I just do not like so that's on me but...I wish Evie had been able to fight a bit more.

Great Halloween read for romance lovers imo - first one I've enjoyed this much that I've read.