Hello everyone!
We're starting off with a conclusion to a trilogy because I finished this one right before New Year's - or right after, I can't quite remember at the moment.
In any event, it's a fun sort of short book that easily hooks you and gets you through an afternoon.
Besides, that's what we want, isn't it?
Happy, go-lucky and fun pieces to entertain ourselves with.
It isn't exactly rocket science, but it's definitely amusing.
I've read Heather Silvio before and I actually quite enjoy her writing style, so I may be circling back to some of her other works at some point or other.
But for the time being, let's check out on the witches, shall we?
Love's Misbehaving Magic is up.
Love's Misbehaving Magic is the last of the Wildcrest Witches trilogy, which chronicles the lives (and loves) of witches living semi-free in Wildcrest, in a pretty large coven actually. We touched base with them in the second book of the series, but now it's time to have a look at the coven leader's eldest son, Noah, and HIS love life.
See, Noah uses his magic for healing - and he's got a thing for Patty, a fellow witch, and younger sister to his brother's girlfriend.
Also, he's thought of her as a sister up until this point, but not anymore after he sees her home just before she goes back to finish grad school.
And Patty, oh, Patty has PLANS.
Not only plans with Noah - because, she wants to live and let live - but also for her future, which is she wants to eventually be High Priestess of the coven, the position currently occupied by Noah's father.
Noah's dad is all for it, and Patty has an added task of helping Noah's mom with her suddenly emerging magic.
Magic, as explained in these books, is connected to hormonal changes in the body, and while most witches manifest it in their teenage years, Noah's mom is manifesting it now as she's entering menopause, and it's a little bit ... misbehaving, really.
Patty, seeing the aura as Noah heals someone else, has the idea of Noah helping his mom "heal" her magic with her there for guidance.
It works, and the pair of them might even work as a couple, if not for the snag which is Noah's father butting in, telling Patty the job is hers for the taking after graduation, but only if she leaves Noah alone.
Obviously, this all comes to a head during the actual magic healing process once Noah gets wind of it and they all have some chit-chat about it. Because, welp, daddy-o made a mistake interfering with his son's love life, even IF (and it's a big if) Noah and Patty might not have worked out.
The other snag here is that Noah seems too miffed with his dad for words and then turns it around on Patty saying they really can't be together because ... I've forgotten the reasons why at this point.
Either way though, things do even out, and they manage to help his mom brush out the tangles in her magic, so they can look forward to a happily ever after. Patty becomes assistant priestess, Noah's dad explains he'll be stepping back and focusing more on his private life, and Noah's brothers both have little announcements of their own to wrap it all up nicely!
So real talk, I randomly picked up the previous book of the series and was actually intrigued with the mother's subplot, so I wanted to see how it would resolve itself.
Turns out, it's all just okay.
Now, don't get me wrong here! It's an entertaining enough story and it's a very fast read (I think I finished it in under two hours). The characters have a sparkle that stands out from the page, and they feel very real so you're sucked into the activities as if you're actually there.
Unfortunately there were also some drawbacks, as far as I'm concerned.
We're told Patty lives for the moment, and Noah's ready to settle down, but the trouble here is that we see such a brief, short glimpse into their lives we don't actually get to feel that way. Mostly, it just feels that Patty makes plans and her plans have plans, and Noah's actually the laid-back one. I didn't really think too much into the reasons they couldn't be together - again, probably because of the briefness of it all - though I don't really believe Noah's father ever feels sorry or apologises, to be honest.
I think my problem is that, while I understand Patty's (and everyone else's) reasoning, she should have told Noah. Noah then shouldn't have been the idiot who decided hey! Bringing MORE pain and chaos by trying to pull the plug is SURELY going to help his mom out!
Alas though, I'm not the author, and can only speak my thoughts over reading it. Like I said, it's sparkly, but because it's so short, the sparkle also quickly vanishes, if that makes sense.
The mom subplot was quite well done, I thought, and I enjoyed that particular idea of magical gain.
Overall, a solid book, but others might enjoy it more than I have.
So real talk, I randomly picked up the previous book of the series and was actually intrigued with the mother's subplot, so I wanted to see how it would resolve itself.
Turns out, it's all just okay.
Now, don't get me wrong here! It's an entertaining enough story and it's a very fast read (I think I finished it in under two hours). The characters have a sparkle that stands out from the page, and they feel very real so you're sucked into the activities as if you're actually there.
Unfortunately there were also some drawbacks, as far as I'm concerned.
We're told Patty lives for the moment, and Noah's ready to settle down, but the trouble here is that we see such a brief, short glimpse into their lives we don't actually get to feel that way. Mostly, it just feels that Patty makes plans and her plans have plans, and Noah's actually the laid-back one. I didn't really think too much into the reasons they couldn't be together - again, probably because of the briefness of it all - though I don't really believe Noah's father ever feels sorry or apologises, to be honest.
I think my problem is that, while I understand Patty's (and everyone else's) reasoning, she should have told Noah. Noah then shouldn't have been the idiot who decided hey! Bringing MORE pain and chaos by trying to pull the plug is SURELY going to help his mom out!
Alas though, I'm not the author, and can only speak my thoughts over reading it. Like I said, it's sparkly, but because it's so short, the sparkle also quickly vanishes, if that makes sense.
The mom subplot was quite well done, I thought, and I enjoyed that particular idea of magical gain.
Overall, a solid book, but others might enjoy it more than I have.
I received an advance review copy for free through BookSirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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