e-Audio, 07:15:46
Narrated by: Nerissa Bradley
Release Date: July 8, 2025
Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing
Read from: July 6-7, 2025
Stand-alone
Source: Libro FM (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and Libro FM. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning:
For Readers Interested In: Audio, Paranormal, Witches, Magic, Romance, Socioeconomic Diversity, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Texas/Local Reads, YAYou Should See Me in a Crown meets Black girl magic in an enchanting romcom about a reluctant witch caught up in a fake dating scheme.
Witches and humans have always had issues. Cayden is well aware of that: Her witch mom was shunned by her high-society family when she fell in love with a Cayden’s human dad, and now her family bakery is in trouble due to wealthy witches gentrifying their neighborhood. So when Cayden realizes she unknowingly went on a date with witch it-boy Khy Carter, it feels like things can’t get any worse. But then her father’s bakery has an influx of new customers hoping to get a glimpse of Khy’s new girl, and a solution to her family’s problems appears: Cayden absolutely cannot be with a Coven boy, but that doesn’t mean she can’t pretend to. The two start fake dating to save her family’s business, but even though she’s doing this for her family, Cayden knows she’s also betraying them. Her parents may have put love before everything else, but is Cayden willing to do the same?
*MY THOUGHTS*
I’m not gonna lie…. I read the first sentence of the synopsis and that was enough for me. I knew this was going to end up on my favorites list as soon as I finished it. And sure enough…. it did. This book definitely lived up to all the hype from other readers, from the author, and the hype that I myself gave it. So freaking good and so freaking cute!
Ok so the best part of this was definitely the magic. I loved the way they all had different powers and they all had different ways of doing things. Idk how Davenport did it, but literally all of their powers were cool. I would love to have that heat thing. I would totally use that to dry my hair on wash day to cut down on time lol Anyway, the other cool thing was the council. I wish we got more information on them, but I understand that this wasn’t exactly about them. And like, finding out too much info about them would throw off the plot. I’m just saying, there is room for it in future book if that’s what you want to do Ms. Davenport lol
The characters were also pretty cool. One of his friends was annoying. I guess I get why people are overprotective, but she was out of line. She wasn’t her and she didn’t deserve to be treated like she was. That other girl was scum and she knew what she did. The “bestie” would have been better off trying to run ol girl off. She did too much. But everyone was cool. I love how she was new to their group, but she still folded in with them seamlessly.
The romance was doomed from the jump tho. And I mean that in the best possible way lol Because what do you mean you took her out just to make sure peolpe saw you, but you didn’t tell her that’s what you were doing?! I think I would have knocked him out and never talked to him again. It was then that I knew they were going to make it because how in the world did you stay with him after that. lol I would have been pissed. But watching them do other things together, like the boat, was truly magical. (no pun intended) They were so cute together. The third act breakup was terrible tho. There was truly no reason for it lol I was so mad at the way she was acting. It was annoying lol
This book was so much fun. So many times I laughed out loud, got mad, and even talked to them through the book. This was truly a paranormal rom com that I definitely will be pitching to my ToB group to make sure we can get this on the next list. If you haven’t read, go pick it up and tell me what you think of it!
Overall, I give this
