Thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review.
I really like this series. There’s bits about it that I would tweak if I could, but overall this is a really well put together contemporary magical romance series, and I like where she’s taking it. I hope there are more books. I feel like there will be with some of the side character stuff going on in here.
This book follows Leanne, the driven political witch, who now has decided to run for City Council, with the eventual goal of becoming mayor. Her co-MC is Trevor, who has been depressed and living in his parents’ basement, and feels aimless and worthless. He also has a lot of needs and wants that his family doesn’t deem appropriate for a man (he loves taking care of people, for one). So when Leanne impulsively (and facetiously) asks him at a party if he wants to be her third husband, neither imagine that’s exactly what’s going to happen. They’re more in it at first for the hot bathroom sex. Instead, Leanne decides to propose a partnership. They will be together to get him out of his parents’ house, get him health insurance (so he can finally go to therapy) and figure out his life, and she can get the political credibility that will come from being married instead of twice-divorced.
I really liked Trevor and Leanne together. His nurturing, homebody nature paired really well with her outgoing, ambitious one. They just fit really well as a couple. And I’m really glad SPOILERS that the biggest thing that’s bothered me so far in this series was finally addressed. I hated that witches couldn’t tell their partners about being witches; it seemed totally at odds with the open communication ethos Aguirre has going on in these books END SPOILERS. Now thanks to Leanne and Trevor, that’s no longer a problem.
I hope there will be more books in this series, because I would love to see the consequences of what goes down in this book, and how the community changes as a result.