Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Revenge Pacts May Lead to Unexpected Romance

Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper

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Emmy Harlow really hadn’t ever planned on coming back to Thistle Grove, especially after Gareth Blackmoore, breaker of hearts and destroyer of dreams, dumped her.  It does mean that she isn’t much of a witch these days after years spent away, but she can live that.  But the combination of parental guilt and the spell casting contest for which her family serves as judges have brought her back home.  And her first night back in Emmy runs into not only Gareth Blackmoore but also Talia […]

You put a spell on me

Back in a Spell by Lana Harper

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I’m officially obsessed with this series. I loved the first book so much; a queer revenge story where contemporary witches plot to get the best of their sketchy ex and overthrow a family with too much power? Yes please. The second book was solid and enjoyable, but not queer, so it didn’t stand out as much in my mind. This book though? Super queer with a main character who isn’t always the most likable, but is trying to be better for the people she loves […]

Surprise magical powers and a very cute love story.

Back in a Spell (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #3) by Lana Harper

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Thanks to Berkley Publishing Group and NetGalley for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. This is the third book in the Witches of Thistle Grove series, full of witchy goodness, small town shenanigans, a surprisingly intricate magic system, and queer people falling in love. I keep saying this, but Back in a Spell is my favorite of these books yet. Nineve Blackmore, of the infamous Blackmores, is the first half of our couple here, and the second is Morty Gutierrez, owner […]

Can I live in Thistle Grove?

Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper

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Lana Harper’s Payback’s a Witch introduces us to the magical small town of Thistle Grove. Four families of witches founded the place. They compete in The Gauntlet every few years. The winning family is bestowed with good fortune. The wealthy and pretentious Blackmoore family has won for decades. The Arbiter of the competition is the Harlow family. Emmy Harlow left town after high school and never wanted to come back. Her breakup with Gareth Blackmoore soured her on the place. She also was sick of […]

Oh, shit I just realized I could have used this for the ‘snake’ BINGO square, but I’m already committed to a less literal and more satisfying usage of it later.

From Bad to Cursed (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #2) by Lana Harper

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Thanks to Netgalley and Berkley books for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. I liked this even better than the first one. I actually think what I like most about this series doesn’t really have anything to do with the featured romances. I just like this world, and I like that Lana Harper is creating a fictional place that is not just full of eccentric townspeople and coziness, as one expects from a small town romance series, but also continues to […]

A Witch Comes Home

Payback's A Witch by Lana Harper

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Emmy is a Harlow, the least powerful family in Thistle Grove – and after nine years away, she has come home to arbitrate a magical competition, thumb her nose at her ex, and… possibly get revenge? I picked up this book because one of the Popsugar challenges says to read a book blurbed by your favorite author, and my absolute deity Jacqueline Carey blurbed this. It was certainly an enjoyable romp of a read. The town of Thistle Grove is vividly alive – I really […]



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