It’s stated that it’s an anonymous person, and I expected someone to be revealed but unless I missed it, it never is. Legit hated him, but we’re supposed to, so it works.Ī couple of issues: first, there’s the question of who brought the archaic Witch Bond law up to the Supernatural Council. He’s a smarmy villain who definitely ticks a lot of the standard villain boxes, and any time he showed up, I knew it was going to be a scene that proved irritating. In addition to her trying to rein in her magic, she’s also fighting against archaic supernatural laws and trying to figure out if Rose really wants to be bonded to the leader of the European pack, Valentin Bisset, who is just the worst. He’s a wolf shifter who broke her heart 14 years ago and she’s never forgotten it. They’re all witches but Violet thought she was a dud until meeting up with Lincoln Thorne manages to awaken her magic. Violet, Rose, and Olive are triplets, born in that order. And her grandmother, Edie, might just be my favorite. She also has two best friends in Harper (a virgin succubus) and Bax (a guardian angel). Violet has two sisters, Rose and Olive, and they’re both so lovely and supportive. It doesn’t mess up the story or anything like that, but if you’re expecting this to be a kind of slow-burn of enemies to friends to lovers again, that’s not the path it takes. The plotline about them fake dating and falling for each other kind of threw me because when they begin fake dating, it doesn’t seem like there’s any real buildup instead, it seems like there’s just lingering feelings from years before. All of that to say it has a nice flow and things aren’t hard to follow at all. There are a few different plot points going on, and one question that I don’t believe was ever fully answered, but it isn’t super important that it is. This was such a fun read! It’s a pretty straightforward rom-com, with a lot of really loveable characters. “My grandmother always says sugarcoating things makes them easier to swallow, but it doesn’t change their base ingredients.”

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