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A review by prfctlymismtchd
This Spells Love by Kate Robb
4.0
Thank you to Kate Robb, Dial Press and NetGalley for providing this ARC for me to review.
This Spells Love is a cute thought exercise in how your life would be different if you could change one thing in your past. After her multi-year relationship ends Gemma playfully casts what she thinks is a fake magical spell to undo her meeting her ex. However, by doing so she also erases the moment she meets her best friend Dax. Desperate to get back to her real life Gemma tries to navigate this parallel universe that is so similar to her own but then not entirely. While trying to befriend Dax to help her reverse the spell, Gemma discovers that maybe he should have been much more than her best friend all along.
Overall I enjoyed the book. I had a few qualms - ie how easily Gemma's sister and aunt accepted that they were part of an alternate universe. The end of the love story was also a little too easy - as it was a "the lady doth protest too much" type of situation that quickly was accepted as a romantic interest to a man who was already in love with her. I wish that through this experience Gemma would have had a stronger emotional development throughout.
But, I did give it 4/5 stars and thus clearly enjoyed it as a fun, quick read and a different take on a 2nd chance love story.
This Spells Love is a cute thought exercise in how your life would be different if you could change one thing in your past. After her multi-year relationship ends Gemma playfully casts what she thinks is a fake magical spell to undo her meeting her ex. However, by doing so she also erases the moment she meets her best friend Dax. Desperate to get back to her real life Gemma tries to navigate this parallel universe that is so similar to her own but then not entirely. While trying to befriend Dax to help her reverse the spell, Gemma discovers that maybe he should have been much more than her best friend all along.
Overall I enjoyed the book. I had a few qualms - ie how easily Gemma's sister and aunt accepted that they were part of an alternate universe. The end of the love story was also a little too easy - as it was a "the lady doth protest too much" type of situation that quickly was accepted as a romantic interest to a man who was already in love with her. I wish that through this experience Gemma would have had a stronger emotional development throughout.
But, I did give it 4/5 stars and thus clearly enjoyed it as a fun, quick read and a different take on a 2nd chance love story.