Spells for Forgetting

Writing a review for this book is gonna be hard.

It has taken me months to finish it because I am a volatile mood reader, and this was an autumn kinda vibes book and I decided to start it the week the weather decided to change seasons 🥲

This year I've surprised myself by enjoying a couple of books that were mostly vibes. And this one was perfect for that strike... except when your mind decides it's in mourning over the last 5⭐️ books you've read... yeah, shit happens, you know where I am going with this 😅

My brain imploded, chose violence and made me wait for it to deem this book worthy of its time 🥲

But I am not gonna lie, August and Emery have my heart. The childhood romance gone bad was beautifully executed and even though I was rooting for a Romeo and Juliette kinda ending, I loved the wholesomeness and that it's-not-over feeling it left me with its last pages!

I feel like, when books are written on vibes, they tend to be quite... flat? As in, any possible turn of events comes across less dramatically than I'd like? I'm a sucker for books that destroy you so maybe it's just a me thing. But it kind of felt this way with Spells. Like even though the plot was unravelling before me, it was doing it so gently that it didn't even surprise me.

The one thing I liked for sure is the amount of drama the island and its citizens created. Like, dude, my neighbourhood meetings are dramatic, but that was on a whole new level. And if you sprinkle some magic in it? Fabulous.

Overall I enjoyed solving the mystery of Saiorse Island. It felt like playing Cluedo with a dash of romance. And as always Adrienne's way of writing is one of my favorites ever, so it had to be 4⭐️ stars for Spells ✨