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A young witch who hasn’t discovered her full potential, nourishing her plants, enduring her ultra narcissistic mother’s verbal abuse accidentally summons a powerful demon who insists to take away her magic/ soul! Not knowing what to tell her mother Mariel claims Oz is her new boyfriend to hide the fact he’s a demon after her soul. There are also some bumpy times on their path to their HEA, but they do fall in love and they do get steamy.
Too insta love, too convoluted for no reason, too YA (He's 200, she's 28), too predictable without the benefit of a fun journey to get there. He could not have left her side till the bargain was completed and yet she belittled him over and over, gave him no respect and always doubted him even though he was always forthcoming and honest, did not hide anything from her. I was most annoyed by Mariel believing in Oz the whole time until one person suggests something is his fault and she goes and turns her back on him straight away like BRUH. It could easily have been cloying and brimming with cliches in the way of many Cozy Mystery and small town mixed magical community novels. The experience of reading this book is like being invited on a picnic lunch to the English countryside in summer by the funniest person you know.So throwing in an additional arc of their breakup (which could have - and was eventually - solved with the simplest of conversations) was so unnecessary. At the risk of spoiling anything, I won’t posit my question just yet, but I’m a bit confused about a certain part of the ending. I would have loved to have seen more of his denial or anger towards having gained emotions/having to deal with a witch with no control of her powers, but instead he was fighting attraction straight away and cleaning up her house. She was a winner of RevPit 2018, and her short stories and satirical articles have been published by Hooked, Slackjaw, The Belladonna Comedy, and Points in Case.
Hawley's Mariel and Oz are both such delightful and charming characters, both separately and together, and her writing is infused with such effortless humor. Ozroth's only job is to make bargains with witches so that he can use their souls to power the demon plane. Oz was such a contrast, cause I was waiting for him to be ruthless and unfeeling but he turned out to be such a vulnerable and sensitive man demon 🖤 . A rollicking romantic comedy featuring a witch who'd rather be baking than casting spells and the sexy demon she summons by mistake, Hawley's page-turning treat takes the fake dating trope to a whole new level. I really enjoyed the characters, especially the way the main couple worked so well together and also the family dynamic was really quite something.I don't want this to come off as prudish and I don't want to spoil anything, but there were elements of this book that made it seem like self-insert fan fiction, or maybe a Wattpad serial. I cared more about their relationship than the external plot, but I appreciated the witchy vibe nonetheless. Hawley ably navigates life and love among toxic family members, fantastical chaos, and small-town politics-with some steamy scenes and plenty of dad jokes along the way.
Even non Fantasy fans looking for an transformative love story should easily be able to overlook issues around the fantasy and simply appreciate the uplifting book. I listened to this on audio which is something I recommend you DON'T do, because of the way the narrator was doing male voices. Having said that, I loved the characters and the vibe and so would recommend it to anyone who likes cozy magic reads! A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon is a delightful, cute, steamy story that ends with a magical twist!His new soul made him hilarious, awkward, and on the verge of experiencing all the emotions at all times. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. But Ozroth has a limited amount of time to strike the deal, and if Mariel gives up her soul, she’ll lose all her emotions—including love—which will only spell disaster for them both.
Her arc was great , at first she struggles with self-esteem and pressure from her social circle, and I adored her character growth at the end .
She explored a sense of strength in sticking up for herself and what she loves alongside many other empathetic topics. I feel that if a romance has to work, the least you can do is treat your partner with some respect and dignity. Some major things got wrapped up pretty easily at the end, but I also didn’t want to spend any more time dealing with them?
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