Review: This Spells Love
Title: This Spells LoveAuthor: Kate Robb
Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance
Pages: 352
Source: Own
For: Book of the Month, Trim Your TBR Challenge
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Goodreads Synopsis
What if one little wish changed everything? When Gemma gets dumped by her long-term boyfriend, she reacts the way any reasonable twenty-eight-year-old would: by getting drunk with her sister, kooky aunt, and best friend, Dax. They decide to perform a love-cleansing spell, which promises to erase Gemma’s ex from her memory. They follow all the instructions, including a platonic kiss from Dax to seal the deal. When Gemma wakes up, she realizes that this silly spell has worked, except that Dax has no idea who she is either.
My Thoughts
For my 2024 challenges, I decided to focus on reading my Book of the Month books because I’m sorely behind. To help me with this focus, I used BOTM books that have been on my TBR for over a year to create my Trim Your TBR Challenge list. The number for THIS SPELLS LOVE was picked for January and I’m so glad because I absolutely adored it.
I zipped right through THIS SPELLS LOVE because I couldn’t put it down. When I wasn’t reading it, I wanted to be reading it. It hooked me right from the beginning and has left me thinking of the characters and their relationships long after I finished reading.
I adored everything about THIS SPELLS LOVE. I loved Gemma Wilde, her sister, kooky aunt, and her best friend Daxon McGuire. I loved the setting of Hamilton, Canada, just outside Toronto. The description of the people, shops, pubs, curling lanes, and the waterfront of Lake Ontario had me ready to book a plane ticket so I could experience it first hand.
Friends-to-lovers is hands down my favorite romantic trope and THIS SPELLS LOVE didn’t disappoint. Kate Robb’s execution was excellently written, producing a steamy fast-paced romance. The sexual tension between Gemma and Dax is amazing and leaves you wanting for more.
I also loved the lit bit of paranormal, in the form of a love-cleansing spell in THIS SPELLS LOVE. It was fun to see it flip Gemma’s world on its head, causing her to figure out what was truly important to her.
“It’s like Hot Tub Time Machine without the hot tub.”
When I finished THIS SPELLS LOVE, I waffled over rating it 4- or 5-stars. It didn’t take me long to realize that there was nothing about it that I didn’t love. Robb’s debut has a lot to live up to, but I’m definitely looking forward to reading more books written by her.
Have you read THIS SPELLS LOVE? If so, what did you think?
Friends to lovers is my favorite too because it’s the most realistic. I’m working my way through my Book Club books–out of order depending on when I got them from the library.
I honestly don’t care that it’s the most realistic. That type of stuff doesn’t bother me in books or movies. I just need to feel the chemistry between characters, whether they’re best friends or arch-nemeses, lol. 😀
This book is new to me but I immediately added it to my TBR after reading your review! I love a good friends to lovers romance, and in combination with a paranormal element, this just sounds so much fun!
I hope you love it as much as I did, Lindsey! 😀 It seems right up your alley from what I’ve seen of the books you love.
So glad to hear you liked this one so much! It was one of my last BOTM purchases before I put it on hold, and like you I have so many to read from BOTM. Great review!
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Yes, it was one of my newer books as well. I got it in November, I think. I’m definitely glad I read it. 😀