Tenderly Bewitched

by Lyra Winters

Hex or curse, it would shatter.

My world spiraled into chaos when I discovered I was nothing more than a puppet dancing on strings pulled by a deranged mage the past four centuries.
Thankfully, I’d formed an unbreakable soul-bond with the five powerful mages I’d fallen for, sharing my immortality with them while they helped keep me grounded.
The Revivium Empire had fallen into the clutches of monstrous forces, headed by the very mage who was the mastermind behind it all. Hexarium had been thrust into an unfathomable war of mages versus monsters; and the monsters were gaining the upper hand.
We have no choice left but to harness our collective magic and unite as one against this evil.
Good versus Evil. Mage versus Monster. Us versus him. The fate of the world is determined by who wins, and only the six of us held the key to that triumph.

Genres: Fantasy, Why Choose, Witches, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Fantasy Romance

314 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 28, 2023

About the author

Lyra Winters is a twenty-something Kentucky woman who adores the book world. When she's not typing away on her laptop or daydreaming book ideas, Lyra is occupying her time taking care of her two spunky daughters and dreamy husband. She's addicted to Coca-Cola, 2000's rap music, and bubble baths. Her dream is to write love stories that touch the reader's hearts.
Visit her website at https://www.lyrawinters.com/

Reviews

[Alex(Books-In-A-Storm) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fuck this one was amazing. The prefect ending for the series. But I just want more It was that good. Loved it.

[Blair · Rating 3 out of 5]

The series was cute overall. This book honestly was half smut which for me isn’t as impressive or important as a good plot. For those that read RH for the smut, the intimate scenes were incredibly repetitive and what many would describe as more vanilla. Again nothing wrong with this but wanted to give readers a heads up. You could honestly skip most of them and it wouldn’t matter whatsoever. I love a slow burn and this series was a lot of insta love for all but one member of the harem.

This series suffered with the trope of a strong heroine becoming too soft and relying too heavily on her harem once she finds love. I’m all for a strong woman letting down her metaphorical shields for the men she loves but why does that make her more weak in battle? Honestly for someone who is over 400 years old she makes some stupid choices overall but especially in battle. She is stoic at the beginning of the series and has learned the importance of separating love and grief from work and battle. Where did this knowledge and experience go?!? Also she spends her multiple lifetimes searching for a way to end her immortality “curse” but doesn’t think to check within the kingdom that created the curse?!? Where is the logic in that? I feel like a woman who has outlived everyone in the world would have gathered a lot of knowledge over her lifetimes but that doesn’t seem to be the case either. I loved the concept of this world and the guild but sadly felt like it wasn’t explored realistically or in depth.

I raised my rating from 2 to 3 stars because the ending and epilogue were sweet and I appreciated the character growth in those final moments.

Overall, it was a cute series and I didn’t feel I wasted my time reading it per se but I will not be recommending it either unless someone is looking specifically for a RH with a guild.

[Ines · Rating 5 out of 5]

*4.5 star review

“Tenderly Bewitched” is the final book in Fawn’s “Spellbound Favors” series, with her and her men looking for the way to defeat the evil that has been unleashing so many monsters on their world. Unfortunately, war always has its consequences and the road to victory is a hard one to travel for the team...

This third book has all the bonds between Fawn and her five men firmly in place, leading to more spicy scenes and a lot of lovey-dovey moments. The cuteness became a little too overly sweet for me at some point, leading me to a 4.5 star rating, but I know that’s more of a me-thing and a lot of people tend to love it.

All in all, “Spellbound Favor” is the perfect series for everyone who loves protective harems, and a powerful fmc with a big heart, who needs all the love and finds the men who give it to her with abundance.

[kaylaschapterchats · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a perfect ending to another amazing series by Lyra. 💙💙💙

I loved that this book brought everything together. Book 3 starts off where book 2 finishes. We now know who has been destroying Hexarium. Fawn and her Mages are determined to beat the Monsters terrorizing Hexarium, but at what cost???

I love love love this book so much! It was the perfect ending, and I got the closure I needed for Fawn and her bonded mages.

Throughout this book, it was pretty clear that Fawn was dealing with a lot of past trauma, and I am so glad she had her bonded to help carry that burden and come out stronger.

The epilogue was so cute! It's such a perfect ending!

Thank you so much to Lyra and her amazing team for giving me the opportunity to ARC read. I truly appreciate it! All opinions are my own 😊

💙 why choose
💙 multiple pov
💙 spicy scenes
💙 twins in group
💙 cool magic system
💙 HEA

[Sara Dunlap · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I tell you I screamed, cried, kicked my feet, laughed, hurt, and loved all in this one book, I’m not lying. This was the perfect end to this series and just all around so so fun and beautiful. Even if annoying and frustrating at times. Seeing Fawns character development, especially when it came to how she views her immortality, was amazing. And the guys… oh the guys… they’re just perfect. Truly another amazing series!

[Blair Warner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continuing on from where the second book ended we now know who the big bad is. In this we continue on with our FMC and MMCs to figure out what is needed to end the turmoil happening all around the kingdoms.
I really enjoyed the ended. I loved seeing the searching for what is needed to complete the 2 things that need to be made to end the big bad.
I really always enjoy Lyra Winters writing and after her academy series, the zombie apocolyptic standalone she did and this I really can’t wait to see what she thinks up next. It is sure to be a fun ride!

[Raquel | mommagracereads · Rating 4 out of 5]

The conclusion to Fawn’s story is a rough one. Matthieu is on a path of destruction, and Fawn has to deal with the aftermath.

I did enjoy reading about their journey of finding what they need in order to defeat Matthieu once and for all. Fawn gets some much needed one-on-one time with the guys, which helps her realize she doesn’t have to go through heartache on her own.

It gets wrapped up nicely with a cute little epilogue. Fawn no longer believes her immortality is a curse!

[Lilylou426 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the final book in the spellbound favors series. Normally by the third book my interest has waned.....this was an exception to that rule! While there may have been slightly less spice than book 2, the plot, character development and last minute turns had me up all night just to see what would happen! Fawn and her mates continued to enthrall me and kept me guessing at what and how the ending would come about.

[Charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tenderly Bewitched - book 3 and the last book in the Spellbound favors series which kicked off right where the last one ended. With Mattieu's is still causing trouble in order to get his hands on Fawn by any means necessary. There's more great plot twists and a few tears before the ending but it was a great way to tie up all of the loose ends. A knockout finale to a fantastic series.

[Kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book finishes the spell bound book series. It ends on a good note where she learns to enjoy her and immortality. But she had to go through great lengths to get there, which you can read about in this book.

[Christina Rybka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fawn, Silas, Jasper, Casper, Bastian, and Aimon escape from Matthieu, and end up in Lethium empire. They have to figure out how to fight the monsters, and Matthieu who has four centuries of advantage over them. They find a spell that might work, but trying to get the ingredients could be dangerous and hard to find. Can Fawn and her men find the ingredients, before Matthieu comes for them ? Great characters and storyline Highly recommended Amazing book. I love Fawn and her five mages soul mates. Great supporting characters. This book has it all sarcasm, action, and intrigue. The spice is so good.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fantastic ending to a great series. As always Lyra always wraps everything up beautifully in a magical bow!!
Go read this and enjoy the adventure you get lost in.

[The Dragon Den Book Blog · Rating 4 out of 5]

ARC Review of Tenderly Bewitched by Lyra Winters
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The final book in this spellbinding reverse-harem trilogy in the supernatural world, facing loss and power unlike any seen before, and the fight for Fawn and her men to find happiness.

Fawn is still reeling from Mattieu's betrayal, however, he is not giving them a break.
The traitor has taken form of a beast no one has seen before and using power that raises questions if our band of mages can win this war.
Fawn and her men, Jasper, Casper, Bastian, Aimon, and Silas, are doing all they can to stop him on top of not getting killed themselves. Fawn's facing futher devistation as she faces more death and sacrifice that has her heartbreaking.
Will they be strong enough to take on the enemy when all they have is each other?

Filled with fight scenes, emotional moments and steamy escapes! This read was either very short or the flow of the read was so quick that I was sucked into the book!
All the man get their moments with Fawn, separately and together, as they find a way to stop Mattieu on his crazed path. We can always depend on Lyra for some epic hot scenes in these reads.
Hot stuff!
Cannot wait to see what she does next!

[Mrs R · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is book 3 and continues where book 2 ended and you do need to have read the previous books before this one. This book concludes the series. As with the previous two books, please read the trigger warnings.

I love that we get a recap on where the story is, more authors seem to be doing this and I can't thank them enough so I don't spend the first chapter or two trying to remember all the details.

Fawn and her guys are trying to work out how to defeat Mattieu and they find out more about how and why he is the way he is, causing Fawn to re-live some of her past trauma - but she has the guys to help her through everything. They are working really well together as a team now, using each other's strengths.

The romance between Fawn and the guys is super sweet, they really do put her on a pedestal and idolise her, but we also get lots of steamy time between them all.

There's an epilogue so we get to see how they are dealing with the aftermath.


- why choose (5 guys, no MM)
- multi-POV
- PNR
- trilogy
- sweet MMC's
- completed series
- HEA

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the last book in the Spellbound Favors series and it takes you on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster! There is love, loss, battles, and ancient beings in this final book as well as justice for all of Hexarium.

This book takes place right after book 2 finishes - we know who the evil person is and now we are essentially gathering items needed to take down the evil force. Through all the traveling that our FMC does with her harem of men, there's no lack of spice thrown in. Each 'couple' within the harem take their bonds to new levels and just become rooted in their love for each other. It gets a bit sweet at times, but a perfect balance for all the sorrow that our FMC goes through in this book.

There is a HEA with even a glimpse into the future lives of our harem and it was so touching to see that they've been able to enjoy each other how they all originally wanted.

A must read for anyone who enjoys a good harem book, especially a protective harem.

[Darcy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Lyra Winters’s writing. It is always so well written and developed. This one was no different. We have come to the final book of Fawn and her bonded men. At times I felt that Fawn was really not as strong as the last two books but yet with all that she and they guys are enduring you can completely understand. This story has a lot of twist and turns throughout it but yet we also see Fawn and the guys bonding closer together. I absolutely loved how this story turned out and journey that we took alongside them. It is extremely well written and developed. It is a gripping story that pulls you in and doesn’t let go. The descriptions throughout this series were amazing and truly add to the element of the story as it allows me to easily see in my minds eye what is occurring. This is absolutely a must read and doesn’t disappoint.

[Christina Yau · Rating 5 out of 5]

First I would like to express how I love the map, each empire description and the mage classifications in the start of the book! It's like a refresher of the basics throughout the series and gets you back into the setting of the world Lyra is bringing you too! Immediately as the book starts your reminded of just how evil Matthieu is as a mage and monster. Fawn and her men wake up in the Lethium empire after a harrowing experience from our villain Matthieu. Fawn and her men finally all seem to be on the same page regarding the empires all though there are startling revelations and a ton of heartbreak. Throughout the trials Fawn faces she still manages to give each of her bonded mages individual attention. You will feel a roller coaster of emotions as the book progresses. I love the action and felt it was a fast paced story with a happily ever after.

[Amanda Crossland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creative

There was a lot of things happening in this book. My fav feature was reading each of the main characters point of view. I also found that this finale was as descriptive as the previous two books. There was a ton of heart break, reading about her friends dying was rough. The fight scenes were intense, but I enjoyed the ending, it wasn’t to long and it had both elements, body and spiritual deaths. I suspected she needed to sever the leach there to fully kill him. The sex scenes were hot and wild. It did give me anxiety a bunch of times and I’m rating it 4 stars because I felt a lot of the stuff that happened was unnecessary. I feel like we could take a few chapters out and we wouldn’t have missed anything as it didn’t really affect the story, but to prolong the book. Otherwise I felt it was a good ender to a series.

[Selena Chin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the 3rd and final book of the Spell Bound Series, and what an amazing series it was. This book starts off right where the 2nd book ended and boy does it pull at all the emotional strings. You go through all the growth both as a group (harem) and as individual relationships. You get to watch Fawn and her men grow that much closer together and see her finally let her walls all the way down with them. Seeing her get that happiness in the end when you could see how lonely and miserable she was at the start of the series is truly amazing. Not only was she able to finally see her power of never being able to die as a gift but Fawn and the guys were able to come together to help take Matthieu down once and for all. They get their HEA and I couldn't be happier. Great Ending and I will def be rereading this series many times in the future!

[Kelly Kline · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the third book in the Spellbound Favors trilogy and the conclusion to the story. This ending did not disappoint at all. Fawn and her bonded mages must find a way to stop the terrorizing monsters from destroying everything.
I love the way this whole ending came together. Fawn and her bonded mages are just so sweet together and they are determined to fight this fight together. So many lives have been lost and that has been devastating to fawn but her mages are there for her to encourage her to keep fighting. This last book is packed full of action and emotion. There’s heartbreak and tears but there’s also so much love and hope in this story as a whole. This book also has the best epilogue ever. I could not have asked for a better conclusion to this whole story.

[Valerie Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

I started this book at 10pm and didn't go to bed until I was done, so thank god for coffee, I just couldn't wait any longer to see how the story ended.

I loved watching the growth of the characters and their relationship as couples and the bigger group. I enjoy that Lyra's characters and her worlds aways feel real even if they are fantasy.

Avoiding spoilers so please excuse my vagueness. This book wrapped up the tale of Faun and her mages nicely while still having some unexpected twists. The epilogue was the perfect glimpse into the future, which kind of made me wish this wasn't the end of the trilogy. I laughed, I cried, and I almost threw my kindle a couple of times. So everything you want in a book.

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tenderly Bewitched by Lyra Winters is the third and final book in the Spellbound Favors series and it does pick up right where book two left off. We know who is the one behind everything evil and now our heroes are gathering items needed to face and take down this evil presence. Fawn and her men’s bonds are firmly in place and there are more lovey-dovey moments and spicy moments between them.
Book three does have a HEA ending and contains a peek into the future for our harem. I highly advise you to belt your seat belt because it does take you on a bit of an emotional roller coaster. Truth be told l, I was not ready for it. This book contains love, loss, battles and finally some justice for all of Hexarium.

[Tiffany Bumgardner · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok But Tedious At The Same Time

Like this was an interesting story idea but it was such a difficult and repetitive story to slog through.

The fmc is immortal and supposed to be incredibly powerful and four centuries old yet nothing she does displays any of that. The mmcs was all insta live and there was no chemistry between any of them. The motivations of the villian made zero sense he existed in an attenpt for a well rounded plot that was full of so many plot holes.

The epilogue was interesting. Like yeah it explains things but idk making a whole new world of immortals seems irresponsible but a cutesy way to give some kind of HEA.

Idk I really didn’t like this serious I thought I would but it’s just scratches the surface and needed a lot of work.

[Danny Collister · Rating 4 out of 5]

Magical Ending

What a wonderful wrap up to this short sweet series.

I waited patiently to dive into this 3rd book to find our how Fawn and her bonded were gonna deal with Matthieu. I really enjoyed the way this book took you on an adventure through the whole of Hexarium while they found the pieces they needed for a potion.

It's always a bittersweet moment getting to the end of the series, but these guys are immortal, so we can always hope for another story lol.

But anyway, it's a very short read... about 200ish pages. It's got some very dark elements so please check TW if you're not into that kind of thing, but otherwise it's a lovely book with adventures and magic.

[Madison Binegar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let me start off by saying i was an ARC reader for all 3 of these books and obsessed is an understatement these books consumed my whole soul and spirit. i dont want it too end i just want to live in a world with fawn and her men all the time! it has everything you want in a great story, amazing plot with twists and turns, smut that has you blushing, fight scenes that make you grab your phone so hard it might break. Lyra you did such a phenomenal job im gonna be thinking about this book for weeks probably more. everyone should read this, if your a fan of anime like Fairy Tail this book is for you

[Brenda Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our heroine, Fawn, and our heroes, Aimon, Bastian, Casper, Jasper, and Silas, found themselves ensnared, discovering the Revivium Empire was a mere pawn in the antagonist's wicked schemes.

Finding out that her guild was destroyed and Ash was possibly dead just after assassins were sent to try and kill her she found there was a way to possibly kill Matthieu. What turmoil Fawn and her men endured trying to find a way to end her stalker. With the spirits in her corner and facing death she is able to find her HEA. 🌶️🌶️🌶️

[Haley Lynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I tell you this author has become an immediate 1-click for me. This series has had me in a chokehold, because Fawn and her mages go through it. This whole series has been a “what could possibly happen next?” Sorta book. But to see Fawn and the guys (even the grumpy himself Silas) work to bring peace to the kingdoms, but peace and happiness within their relationship. It’s got plot, it has steam, and it has a way of just staying with you for hours and days after. Like I said, this author is an automatic buy for me and this book and the series solidified that for me.

[Gwen Friedman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was impossible to put down once I started reading. It was filled with so many twists and turns but manages to eventually wrap everything up perfectly in a satisfying ending. I loved watching the character growth throughout the duration of the series, particularly the FMC who was already incredibly strong who had to learn how to open up to others emotionally. Each of the guys are truly unique and I’ve enjoyed watching the FMC build an individual relationship on top of the group dynamic with each person involved. A great end to a great series!!

[Eren · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 | 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
ARC Review

Ahhhhh this book was sooo good!! It picks up right where book 2 left off and wow it didn’t disappoint!

This book gave me everything! Action, plot, spice, and tenderness! I love how far Fawn has come and how good her men are to her. I loved all her men but i think Silas is my favorite (he’s come a long way)🥹 Lyra really does it again with another amazing series ugh!🩷

i HIGHLY recommend this series to all my romantasy people that like their fmc to have multiple partners! they’re like a cozy little family.🥹🫶🏼

[Riana Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the final book of the series and it brought everything together.

Book 3 starts off where book 2 finishes. We now know who has been after Fawn and destroying Hexarium. Fawn, Jasper, Casper, Solar, Bastian and Aimon are determined to beat the Monsters terrorizing Hexarium along with Matthieu.

This book was the perfect ending to the series, Fawn was able to deal with her trauma, it helped that she had her bonded to help carry that burden and they came out stronger and better for it in the end.

Thank you so much to Lyra for the amazing opportunity to read this as an ARC!