The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

I read this book because I thought it would be a witchy romance in a small town, perfect for Halloween. I was wrong. Romance was practically non-existent, dammit, and I was in the mood for for a witchy second chance romance. Instead, Jake was almost never around and when he was it was in all the wrong moments.

I knew he'd be engaged from the first time he told Sadie he had to tell her about something. But the fake baby was too much. He wasn't even into the relationship in the first place and I was supposed to feel bad for him? Nope.

I also predicted that Sadie would lose magic from the first pages of the book. It was the way she clung to it, taking it for granted and talking about her curse all the time. It was inevitable.

I think the only interesting thing for me was all the trivia about different plants and their meaning. Cinnamon for luck, chrysanthemum for openess, etc. That was fun. And all the recipes after the chapters, I'm gonna try some out as soon as I can convert the measurements to metric system lol.

All in all I was disappointed by the lack of romance and all the random plot points that weren't really resolved but were still there. Like the malovent spirit who turned out to the grandfather and wasn't evil at all, but something tried to get into the garden - from the outside so it couldn't have been Sadie's magic. The kindnapping (?) of Jake's dog and how he wasn't even bothered by that at all. The fiance and fake baby drama that was resolved in 2-3 chapters.

Honestly, it was kind of boring. Not for me at all.

2.75/5