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Silveri Sisters #2
The Warlock’s Bride: A Cozy Fantasy Romance
A grumpy witch. A lonely warlock. A love potion gone wrong.Liliana Silveri makes the best tonics in Zamerra. Her dangerous magic and prickly personality keep others from getting too close, which is exactly how she likes it. Aside from her mother and sisters, Liliana doesn’t need anyone else. Especially not the flirtatious and aggravatingly handsome warlock who has just moved to town. Dante Lazzaro has spent most of his life on the outskirts of the upper class, enjoying party after party and romance after romance. Ready to give up his rakish ways and busy life, he opens a potion shop in the little mountain town of Zamerra, where he finds himself drawn to the alluring and reclusive witch who makes it clear he’s not welcome there. After a mishap with a love potion, the two are stuck together—literally. Now they must work together to break the spell and set themselves free. Preferably before Hallow’s Eve, when the spell could become permanent.Can they break free without losing their hearts in the process?Welcome to Zamerra, where cozy fantasy intertwines with Italian cottage core and fairy core. Within this gaslamp fantasy realm, you’ll find witches, fae, warlocks, house elves, and much more! Each standalone book features a sweet romance and heart-warming tale of family that readers can explore in any order.
246 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 12, 2023
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R.L. Medina
26 books123 followersR. L. Medina is a Bolivian American author of YA and NA Fantasy. When she first learned to read, she vowed she would hate it forever. That hate quickly turned to love (or obsession) and by age eight she was filling every notebook she had with her own stories. From brooding fae assassins to socially awkward potion witches, her work is filled with diverse characters and happy endings. When she’s not exploring all the magical worlds in her head, she enjoys life with her family in the Sunshine State.
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September 13, 2023
✨Arc Review✨
I absolutely love the family dynamic of the Silveri sisters!! When Liliana finally gives into Dante I legitimately screamed “yaaaasss you go girl”! The tension leading to that moment was everything! This book built me up and shattered me to build me right back up! The ending was beautiful!
I absolutely love the family dynamic of the Silveri sisters!! When Liliana finally gives into Dante I legitimately screamed “yaaaasss you go girl”! The tension leading to that moment was everything! This book built me up and shattered me to build me right back up! The ending was beautiful!
September 12, 2023
3.75 STARS
This was a fun read. The series follows the Silveri sisters. A set of sister witches. The first book, which I have not yet read, involves the eldest sister, Alessia, and was her story. This is Liliana Silveri's story. You do not have to have read the first story to be comfortable in this world. I will go back and read the first though. The sisters are intriguing, especially the youngest and I'm sure once her magic reaches its full potential she will be a force to be reckoned with. But I digress. As I said, this is Liliana's story. A testy, bad tempered, bitter witch who is nursing old wounds and has no time for matters of the heart. Just around the bend though, is a circumstance beyond her control A handsome warlock whose charm and easy going manner have all the ladies fluttering their lashes at him as they check out his potions. No spoilers here, you will have to read the book to get the whole story. It's an enjoyable way to spend the afternoon.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving my honest opinion of the tale.
This was a fun read. The series follows the Silveri sisters. A set of sister witches. The first book, which I have not yet read, involves the eldest sister, Alessia, and was her story. This is Liliana Silveri's story. You do not have to have read the first story to be comfortable in this world. I will go back and read the first though. The sisters are intriguing, especially the youngest and I'm sure once her magic reaches its full potential she will be a force to be reckoned with. But I digress. As I said, this is Liliana's story. A testy, bad tempered, bitter witch who is nursing old wounds and has no time for matters of the heart. Just around the bend though, is a circumstance beyond her control A handsome warlock whose charm and easy going manner have all the ladies fluttering their lashes at him as they check out his potions. No spoilers here, you will have to read the book to get the whole story. It's an enjoyable way to spend the afternoon.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving my honest opinion of the tale.
September 12, 2023
This is following the Silveri family. This novel is about Liliana, a grumpy witch and Dante, a lonely warlock, and a broken love potion - what could possibly go wrong? This is about love, trust, courage, with a whole heap of magic thrown into the mix.
Dante is given a “love potion” by his mentor, and in his kitchen the vial breaks. In an effort to clean up, both Liliana and Dante hands touch along with the contents of the broken vial.
The lengths that they go to break the spell, the way the family helps the situation, and then the final realisation that the bond had already been broken.
Delightful novel of love, magic, spells, witches, warlocks, Fae, house elf’s.
Dante is given a “love potion” by his mentor, and in his kitchen the vial breaks. In an effort to clean up, both Liliana and Dante hands touch along with the contents of the broken vial.
The lengths that they go to break the spell, the way the family helps the situation, and then the final realisation that the bond had already been broken.
Delightful novel of love, magic, spells, witches, warlocks, Fae, house elf’s.
November 10, 2024
This is the second book in the series and I didn’t read the first one (oops). I got this book during one of the many “Stuff Your Kindle Day.”
This is a cozy closed door romance about a flirtatious warlock and an emotionally closed off witch who are tasked with protecting the town during the All Hallows Eve. If you like short fantasy romances, this is a quick read and will definitely get you out of reading slump.
This is a cozy closed door romance about a flirtatious warlock and an emotionally closed off witch who are tasked with protecting the town during the All Hallows Eve. If you like short fantasy romances, this is a quick read and will definitely get you out of reading slump.
September 11, 2023
Nothing like a large and loving family…
…to help break a love potion gone awry.
The questioning and meddling and teasing are all worth Pamina’s ravioli.
Many people have been burned in past relationships, but we hurt ourselves and others if we remain bitter about it.
‘Love always finds a way’ – pumpkin pies and honey cakes certainly don’t hurt moving it along!
Can’t wait to find out what the author’s got cooking up for us in the rest of the series!
‘The Goblin’s Bride’, ‘The Wolf’s Bride’, and ‘The Druid’s Bride’
…to help break a love potion gone awry.
The questioning and meddling and teasing are all worth Pamina’s ravioli.
Many people have been burned in past relationships, but we hurt ourselves and others if we remain bitter about it.
‘Love always finds a way’ – pumpkin pies and honey cakes certainly don’t hurt moving it along!
Can’t wait to find out what the author’s got cooking up for us in the rest of the series!
‘The Goblin’s Bride’, ‘The Wolf’s Bride’, and ‘The Druid’s Bride’
October 11, 2024
I nice easy ready for the feel good feeling
November 9, 2024
It was frustrating.
September 14, 2023
In this book the prickly sister is tempted by the flirty, new in town, warlock. After he opens a potion shop the two work together to protect the citizens at an upcoming Hallow's Eve ball, but they are going to have to work very closely together-will both of them survive the fireworks they create?
August 14, 2025
OMG, this woman was insufferable! If there was a video game about defeating Karens, Liliana Silveri would be the final boss. She does nothing but complain about everything and everyone, and then she feels hurt when people don't ask for her help. Babycakes, why would they, when every time they dare all they get is a scowl? Her potions must be extraordinary, because otherwise she would have no clients. But of course, any woman not belonging to her family was a horrible person, and seemed to exist solely in order to make the Silveri sisters look better. Didn't succeed; at least these “mean” girls had some depth and were capable of being polite. All the sisters were unlikeable. No wonder, since they were essentially raised by The Karen to end all Karens, a.k.a. Liliana, since the mother doesn't do any parenting at all. Hell, she doesn't even cook or clean, the sisters take care of that, so what the hell does this woman do? If they were orphans nothing much would change about the story.
And Dante, a POC. He's irreverent and witty (as Jim Crow), is overly sexual (Mandingo), and portrayed as carefree and kinda lazy (as Sambo). And of course he's lusting after the white woman. Freaking racist stereotypes. Look them up. And the way he's described made me think of Dr. Facilier, because he's described as wearing tall hats with tall colorful feathers. Given the vague description of anything around the characters, it was easy to imagine Dante dressed exactly as Dr. Facilier. Add to that the way he behaved, reminiscent of the Disney character (except for the evil part), and the fact he has magic and talks about spirits and such, and I couldn't unsee it.
The world building is almost non-existent, and what little there is, it's as generic as they come, and the few details we got belonged more in a modern setting (plumbing and sweaters). There was no description of clothes, places only vaguely, and the characters' descriptions seemed limited to hair, eye and skin color, if there were any details at all. Magic is also generic and vaguely described. There's chanting (no idea of the words or language used for that), potions and cauldrons (some detail about silver cauldrons being better but no explanation as to why), ingredients that apparently can be gathered in a forest (what kind? IDK, mushrooms are mentioned, but he might have wanted to make a soup, for all that's told to the reader), and spirits. Something about Lady Death, but I have no idea who or what she is. Oh, and I almost forgot the way the characters would use random Spanish words and expressions but everything else, like names and honorifics, were Italian. It made me think the author can't distinguish between the two languages so she uses the words as if they are the same. Wouldn't be surprised if that's the case.
I tried to give it a chance, I really did, but at 35% I can't possibly stand another page with this woman and her family. Dante's OK, if you ignore the fact he's a walking stereotype, but it's not enough to balance the horrible fMC.
And Dante, a POC. He's irreverent and witty (as Jim Crow), is overly sexual (Mandingo), and portrayed as carefree and kinda lazy (as Sambo). And of course he's lusting after the white woman. Freaking racist stereotypes. Look them up. And the way he's described made me think of Dr. Facilier, because he's described as wearing tall hats with tall colorful feathers. Given the vague description of anything around the characters, it was easy to imagine Dante dressed exactly as Dr. Facilier. Add to that the way he behaved, reminiscent of the Disney character (except for the evil part), and the fact he has magic and talks about spirits and such, and I couldn't unsee it.
The world building is almost non-existent, and what little there is, it's as generic as they come, and the few details we got belonged more in a modern setting (plumbing and sweaters). There was no description of clothes, places only vaguely, and the characters' descriptions seemed limited to hair, eye and skin color, if there were any details at all. Magic is also generic and vaguely described. There's chanting (no idea of the words or language used for that), potions and cauldrons (some detail about silver cauldrons being better but no explanation as to why), ingredients that apparently can be gathered in a forest (what kind? IDK, mushrooms are mentioned, but he might have wanted to make a soup, for all that's told to the reader), and spirits. Something about Lady Death, but I have no idea who or what she is. Oh, and I almost forgot the way the characters would use random Spanish words and expressions but everything else, like names and honorifics, were Italian. It made me think the author can't distinguish between the two languages so she uses the words as if they are the same. Wouldn't be surprised if that's the case.
I tried to give it a chance, I really did, but at 35% I can't possibly stand another page with this woman and her family. Dante's OK, if you ignore the fact he's a walking stereotype, but it's not enough to balance the horrible fMC.
March 30, 2025
While the reluctant daughter struggling with accepting fate was still somewhat new and interesting in the first book, it turned sour in this one.
Not only is this love potion an effing crime. (Also, not well thought through. Like, how did they use the toilet when just a closed door between them was an issue the first day?) Not only does it feel extremely predatory that he won't take her no for an answer. (Sorry, the narrative that a woman says no, but only out of pride, surely she actually wants him, is HARMFUL AS F!) Both Dante and Liliana themselves are also insufferable walking red flags. He's too flirty, too "you have to like me, there's no way you're not liking me", and she's hurtful and controlling to everyone.
Also they both are just a crappy match. Opposites might attract for a while, but being that different will lead to conflict a few decades down the road when the honeymoon phase is over.
Also can I just say that the Silveri mum is a really shitty mother? Okay, Pamina has food magic, so she's the best choice for providing meals. And having your kids do chores is fine. But now her headaches - that were a ruse in book 1 anyway - are over and still she's doing nothing at all for the family, except for playing matchmaker and being meddling? She's not even raising her kids. She's just rolling her eyes and letting her eldest daughters do the parenting for the younger ones.
So, yeah, I'm pretty disappointed by this one. The first felt cozy and actually somewhat romantic - like actually romantic, not just relying on se*ual or aesthetic attraction, because no, neither are romantic attraction!
But this here just didn't live up to the first book. At all.
Not only is this love potion an effing crime. (Also, not well thought through. Like, how did they use the toilet when just a closed door between them was an issue the first day?) Not only does it feel extremely predatory that he won't take her no for an answer. (Sorry, the narrative that a woman says no, but only out of pride, surely she actually wants him, is HARMFUL AS F!) Both Dante and Liliana themselves are also insufferable walking red flags. He's too flirty, too "you have to like me, there's no way you're not liking me", and she's hurtful and controlling to everyone.
Also they both are just a crappy match. Opposites might attract for a while, but being that different will lead to conflict a few decades down the road when the honeymoon phase is over.
Also can I just say that the Silveri mum is a really shitty mother? Okay, Pamina has food magic, so she's the best choice for providing meals. And having your kids do chores is fine. But now her headaches - that were a ruse in book 1 anyway - are over and still she's doing nothing at all for the family, except for playing matchmaker and being meddling? She's not even raising her kids. She's just rolling her eyes and letting her eldest daughters do the parenting for the younger ones.
So, yeah, I'm pretty disappointed by this one. The first felt cozy and actually somewhat romantic - like actually romantic, not just relying on se*ual or aesthetic attraction, because no, neither are romantic attraction!
But this here just didn't live up to the first book. At all.
May 10, 2025
2.75 stars ⭐️
1 of 5 (closed door) chili peppers 🌶️
Not a bad second installment! Dante is kind of whatever — though he does tread close to the “wear her down” trope, had we not seen their attraction at the end of the first book — what I appreciated most here was the difference between Liliana and Alessia.
“The Warlock’s Bride” does also bring new concepts to the table, like the ethics around using magic for everyday tasks or the male privilege safeguarding Dante as gossip spreads in the town. And I’m not sure if I said it in my first review, but it’s nice to see an Italian-inspired world that isn’t offensively cartoonish.
Again, a straightforward narrative line with some interesting conversation-starters hanging off of it. The reduction in star rating here is due to the multiple instances of “telling” instead of “showing” especially between our mains, characters recapping the prior book for one another, and a couple of editing mistakes like someone doing a thing twice (those are easier to forgive, though, hooray for self-publishing!).
1 of 5 (closed door) chili peppers 🌶️
Not a bad second installment! Dante is kind of whatever — though he does tread close to the “wear her down” trope, had we not seen their attraction at the end of the first book — what I appreciated most here was the difference between Liliana and Alessia.
“The Warlock’s Bride” does also bring new concepts to the table, like the ethics around using magic for everyday tasks or the male privilege safeguarding Dante as gossip spreads in the town. And I’m not sure if I said it in my first review, but it’s nice to see an Italian-inspired world that isn’t offensively cartoonish.
Again, a straightforward narrative line with some interesting conversation-starters hanging off of it. The reduction in star rating here is due to the multiple instances of “telling” instead of “showing” especially between our mains, characters recapping the prior book for one another, and a couple of editing mistakes like someone doing a thing twice (those are easier to forgive, though, hooray for self-publishing!).
September 15, 2023
I liked revisiting both Zamerra as well as the Silveri sisters. I was delighted that the plot seemed to be more developed here and had a bit more nuance than the mere communication problems of the first book (which I adored, but more because Massimo is an absolutely brilliant character and less because of the plot).
However, the plot lost me in the last fifth of the book. It seemed to me like it was just running needless magic interference. I sort of get, where the author was coming from and why it was the way it is for some parts, others I really didn't get. I just wasn't a huge fan.
It's a nice, atmospheric story about two certainly interesting characters, I just wasn't as enchanted with it, as I was with the first one.
However, the plot lost me in the last fifth of the book. It seemed to me like it was just running needless magic interference. I sort of get, where the author was coming from and why it was the way it is for some parts, others I really didn't get. I just wasn't a huge fan.
It's a nice, atmospheric story about two certainly interesting characters, I just wasn't as enchanted with it, as I was with the first one.
November 4, 2023
I didn’t expect to enjoy The Warlock’s Bride more than The Fae’s Bride, but I did. It still has all the feels from the first book, but the main character, Liliana, is a little grittier than Alessia. Liliana has been through some trauma (off-scene, but she briefly recounts being jilted and used by a man), and that makes her wary of anyone who isn’t her family. Understandably so! Dante, the story’s hero, carries his father’s disappointment with him, which colors some of Dante’s behaviors. The premise is a love potion mishap that forces Liliana and Dante to be in close proximity to each other. They are racing to break it before Hallow’s Eve, when the spell might become permanent. I loved how Liliana and Dante tried to protect themselves from disappointment—it can be so hard to let people in. I also really enjoyed the fall setting! Tito and Ometta were fantastic!
February 2, 2024
Not as good as book 1
I loved book 1 in this series. Book 2 I disliked. Liliana was not my favourite character and she didn't deserve Dante. He did everything he could for her and she still wouldn't meet him halfway. I know we were meant to feel sorry for her because of her prior experience with love but I didnt. There was no real redemption for her arrogance. Dante deserved better. Other than that the writing was excellent and I will keep reading the others when they are released
I loved book 1 in this series. Book 2 I disliked. Liliana was not my favourite character and she didn't deserve Dante. He did everything he could for her and she still wouldn't meet him halfway. I know we were meant to feel sorry for her because of her prior experience with love but I didnt. There was no real redemption for her arrogance. Dante deserved better. Other than that the writing was excellent and I will keep reading the others when they are released
June 24, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Sequels can either fail to recapture the magic of the first or they can enrich your experience in their world. This sequel is definitely the latter. While still set almost exclusively in a tiny mountain town, the world Medina is building is richer for the sequel. New elements of the magic system are revealed, the town becomes a little larger. Overall, I enjoyed this book more than the first, the love story felt more mature, more earned. There’s slightly more stakes to the plot (which is not a requirement, these are cozy books but it did make it more of a page turner than the first).
Sequels can either fail to recapture the magic of the first or they can enrich your experience in their world. This sequel is definitely the latter. While still set almost exclusively in a tiny mountain town, the world Medina is building is richer for the sequel. New elements of the magic system are revealed, the town becomes a little larger. Overall, I enjoyed this book more than the first, the love story felt more mature, more earned. There’s slightly more stakes to the plot (which is not a requirement, these are cozy books but it did make it more of a page turner than the first).
August 25, 2024
The Warlock's Bride(Silveri Sisters #2) by R.L. Medina is another well done book by this writer and I definitely recommend. Liliana makes the best tonics in Zamerra. Dante comes to town and opens up shop. Having been hurt before Liliana her prickly personality keeps others from getting too close. After a mishap with a love potion the two are stuck together and must work together to break the spell. Preferably before Hallow's Eve when the spell could become permanent. Unfortunately there are also a few more complications
April 10, 2025
It took me so long to read this for what reason idk why BUT it was a good book the only thing that bothered me was Dante having to apologize for leaving because Liliana told him to. Like I know that she was possessed by the Spirit but it's not his fault I just didn't like how the blame was set on him I didn't think that was fair. But apart from that it was a good book no complaints there was a few noticable errors in the book but nothing that made it so hard to get through.
August 31, 2025
This was a different take on the forced proximity trope, which made this cozy romantasy feel more real. As much as I want to smack Liliana for her determination to think the worse of people, I can understand her need to protect herself. I just wish she would not be so enthusiastic attacks on everyone around her. I am glad that Dante manages to see the Liliana under the protective shell. I can only hope that that also happens in real life.
September 29, 2023
Cute story. I was very excited for this pairing as they clashed in the last book and loved seeing them get to know each other here. The plot went a little rollarcoastery with some high exciting moments then some slower ones. It felt longer than it needed to be as a result but I was happy to see the ending come together and the little hints of what is to come next for the other sisters.
December 14, 2024
It was fun reading about Liliana and Dante!! Their story had more development and the love potion idea was better than what I imagined before reading it!! I loved their banter so much!! When she finally gave in, I was like "finally!!"
Many things happened in this second book which is laying the foundation for the resr of the series!!! But anyways it was entertaining to read!!!
Many things happened in this second book which is laying the foundation for the resr of the series!!! But anyways it was entertaining to read!!!
February 27, 2025
1.5 stars
There is nothing that makes me madder than stakes that don’t matter in a story. And this story, is basically the epitome of that.
So yeah. I hated this. Like I’m fucking fuming right now about how much I dislike the fact that I decided to pick this up and then finish it.
I should’ve DNF’d it, thought it would maybe make it to the 2-star point but no, I can’t justify it.
There is nothing that makes me madder than stakes that don’t matter in a story. And this story, is basically the epitome of that.
So yeah. I hated this. Like I’m fucking fuming right now about how much I dislike the fact that I decided to pick this up and then finish it.
I should’ve DNF’d it, thought it would maybe make it to the 2-star point but no, I can’t justify it.
October 21, 2025
This was the first book I had ever read from Silveri Sisters series and let me tell you this book was a rabbit hole for me. It introduced me with cosy romantasy genre. Finally, finally I had found a book where heroine doesn't have to go through trials to depicted as "strong". I love this book so much and the whole world of this series is top notch. It's like warm cup of coffee.
April 4, 2024
I love me a good grumpy FMC 🤭 I really like all the new lore we saw about the Silveri sisters, specially Fiorella! I am so so curious to see more about her now and watch her progressively grow over the next few books
January 3, 2026
the witch and the warlock
With a family of girls there is always something happening and people to save! Love potions really do add additional issues and of course an intelligent plant to understand.
Lots of family love, romance and magic in this story.
With a family of girls there is always something happening and people to save! Love potions really do add additional issues and of course an intelligent plant to understand.
Lots of family love, romance and magic in this story.
September 25, 2023
3++. Nice concept, well written, good characters. Very enjoyable read.
November 6, 2023
A cozy read. The characters and storyline have a bit more depth than the previous book, but it's still a very light read.
January 27, 2024
Liked the characters, but dissatisfied with the ending.
March 23, 2024
I love a good enemies to lovers! I loved Liliana and Dante’s story, and seeing them grow! This story was filled with adventure and I can’t wait to continue on the journey with the next book!
did-not-finish
October 25, 2024🥱
November 9, 2024
2.5 ⭐️ the plot was a little bit all over the place but it was so cute and the vibes were great!
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