Kiss and Spell (Elemental Love, #2)
Celestine Martin
A witch without a spell All Ursula Caraway wished for was to live happily ever after in her hometown of Freya Grove. The self-proclaimed Jersey Shore Witch Princess was set to begin her perfect life—until a twist of fate changed everything. Now, she's telling fortunes to the lovelorn, selling crystals at the local psychic shop, and reclaiming her missing magic. Ursula desperately wishes to shake up her life—so much so, that she’ll do just about anything. Including befriending a very cute, very enchanted prince. A prince in search of a kiss Prince Xavier Alder needs to find The One, but his lack of social skills has made that a challenge—and being cursed by the Faerie Queen isn’t helping either. So when Ursula, eager to believe in magic again, agrees to help Xavier find a perfect, curse-breaking kiss before Midsummer, it’s the ideal opportunity for them to get what they want. So long as they don’t let their mutual (and inconvenient) attraction get in the way.
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It's spooky season and I'm all about the cozy magical realism stories and I really liked Kiss and Spell. Xavier is a fae prince who has to break an enchantment (curse) by getting his perfect kiss. Ursula is a witch who is struggling with her magic and recently got ghosted at the alter. Both of them are very against finding love, for very different reasons. But Ursula is determined to help Xavier get his kiss & back to his fae realm.
I really enjoyed the whole fairy tale idea of the story. I loved the characters and the side characters, but the only downside is that I would have loved to know more about Freya Grove (LOVE a small town setting) and the rules with the paranormal creatures and the rules of magic.
I have not read Witchful Thinking (the first in the series) and while this may be intended to be a standalone, I think I would have understood a little more of the backstory if I had read that first.
3.5 rounded up to 4.
Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
0I really wanted to like this more than I did. It's three stars from me. Honestly, probably 2.5.
I did not read the first book in the series, and apparently Ursula (the FMC in this book) was not the nicest person in that one. But here we see her trying to put her life together after being left at the altar. And who does she encounter but Xavier, a fae prince who has to come to the mortal world to break an enchantment by finding his perfect kiss. It's a really cute idea, and Ursula has a big supportive family who are great.
For me there were issues with pacing and consistency. There's a lot of talk about kissing and magical side effects from kissing, but it seemed like it should be more important. The big conflict happened at about 90%, which is really late, so it all gets wrapped up quite quickly.
I'm happy for everyone who loves this book, but it just didn't hit that sweet spot for me.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
0DNF at 7%
I know I didn't give this one much of a chance but I'm honestly just bored. Nothing wrong with it, I'm just not a contemporary romance fan.
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