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Enchant
Ambitious orphan Fox Parrish has carried a rowan torch for Ceres Silvain since they were young magicians attending the Bellamarre College of Magic. He watched her transform from a sad, little princess to a fiery combat magician with a penchant for breaking the rules. Fox may have been top of the class, and student body president besides, but he's broken a few rules in his time. He's just better at hiding it. From everyone but Ceres.
Ceres never thought much of Fox in school. He was a bookworm and a teacher's pet, always catching her out of bed after hours. That is until she caught him magically peeping on her thoughts. Ceres carefully observed the budding sociopath for years until a stupid mistake forced her to see Fox in a more intimate light. And now, after two years apart, he has her right where he wants her.
Enchant is the first book in the Bellamarre College of Magic series. It's a 12,000-word MF magical dark academia erotica short that contains fantastical magic, tempting dances, memories of schoolyard temptation, vulgar language, and very steamy scenes in a poison garden.
Ceres never thought much of Fox in school. He was a bookworm and a teacher's pet, always catching her out of bed after hours. That is until she caught him magically peeping on her thoughts. Ceres carefully observed the budding sociopath for years until a stupid mistake forced her to see Fox in a more intimate light. And now, after two years apart, he has her right where he wants her.
Enchant is the first book in the Bellamarre College of Magic series. It's a 12,000-word MF magical dark academia erotica short that contains fantastical magic, tempting dances, memories of schoolyard temptation, vulgar language, and very steamy scenes in a poison garden.
62 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 12, 2023
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Josie Darling
6 books3 followersJosie Darling is the author of the Bellamarre College of Magic series of magical dark academia erotica novellas.
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November 3, 2025
Short and spicy novella! Picked it up for a readathon school prompt and it fit the bill.
February 17, 2025
I went into this book half-blind. I knew it was short and about some people at a magic school. After reading, I definitely checked to see if this was a spin-off or something from a much longer story, but I didn't find that it was.
Honestly, it wasn't too difficult to get a handle on the world; it was pretty straightforward. It's a urban or modern fantasy comprised of people with magic and humans. Young adults with magic attend special academies. From there, the story is about Fox and Ceres. He's an orphan (one magical parent, one human) and got a scholarship to attend the academy. He's also older than Ceres. She is also an orphan but from two magic wielding parents. He's obsessed with her because she isn't charmed by him. She couldn't care less. Five years later, they come across each other at a wedding and then it's pretty much just erotica after that (which was very spicy and well done).
There are five more books after this one, but I'm not sure if I will read any more of it. Maybe, though.
Honestly, it wasn't too difficult to get a handle on the world; it was pretty straightforward. It's a urban or modern fantasy comprised of people with magic and humans. Young adults with magic attend special academies. From there, the story is about Fox and Ceres. He's an orphan (one magical parent, one human) and got a scholarship to attend the academy. He's also older than Ceres. She is also an orphan but from two magic wielding parents. He's obsessed with her because she isn't charmed by him. She couldn't care less. Five years later, they come across each other at a wedding and then it's pretty much just erotica after that (which was very spicy and well done).
There are five more books after this one, but I'm not sure if I will read any more of it. Maybe, though.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 14, 2025
"His eyes boiled my blood. He looked at me like he loved me and hated me, like he wanted to destroy me, and like I was the only thing he ever wanted. He looked at me like he wanted to crawl inside my skin and wrap himself around my bones."
The most I knew about this novella going in was that it had heavy Harry Potter vibes, but made for adults. And honestly after reading it, it was exactly that. Very short journey with two people fighting their feelings for each other with a spice scene to put the cherry on top. It gave me what was advertised, so I’m not mad.
The magic system was easy to understand. The only thing I really wanted from this was more time spent looking at their interactions during their youth (possibly a prequel to the entire series?). In the first half we get a lot of bouncing back and forth and glimpse at their interactions, but I kind of wanted more. Which means the characters were good enough to garner my interest.
Heavy possibility I will be reading the next book.
The most I knew about this novella going in was that it had heavy Harry Potter vibes, but made for adults. And honestly after reading it, it was exactly that. Very short journey with two people fighting their feelings for each other with a spice scene to put the cherry on top. It gave me what was advertised, so I’m not mad.
The magic system was easy to understand. The only thing I really wanted from this was more time spent looking at their interactions during their youth (possibly a prequel to the entire series?). In the first half we get a lot of bouncing back and forth and glimpse at their interactions, but I kind of wanted more. Which means the characters were good enough to garner my interest.
Heavy possibility I will be reading the next book.
December 7, 2025
This is the perfect way to do a prequel. There is just enough character information that I dont feel lost, but not enough for a full story.
Fox is an orphan who gets a scholarship to a prestigious magical school. Ceres comes from an affluent family and has no patience for Fox or his friends' antics. Fox becomes obsessed because she is the only woman who won't give him the time of day. We get scenes of their interactions over the course of five years and the author did a fantastic job of slowly building the tension.
Considering how short this novella is, this is a pretty great slow burn. The ending is left open, which makes sense since this is a prequel, but is still satisfying. The magic system itself left me a bit wanting. There are a couple types of magic that are explained, but I am still pretty confused about how it works and what they types mean.
Overall, this was well written and made me want to know more, so I will likely read more of the series.
Fox is an orphan who gets a scholarship to a prestigious magical school. Ceres comes from an affluent family and has no patience for Fox or his friends' antics. Fox becomes obsessed because she is the only woman who won't give him the time of day. We get scenes of their interactions over the course of five years and the author did a fantastic job of slowly building the tension.
Considering how short this novella is, this is a pretty great slow burn. The ending is left open, which makes sense since this is a prequel, but is still satisfying. The magic system itself left me a bit wanting. There are a couple types of magic that are explained, but I am still pretty confused about how it works and what they types mean.
Overall, this was well written and made me want to know more, so I will likely read more of the series.
December 30, 2025
3⭐️ 3🌶
I had kind of mixed feelings on this book. i love the writing style, enemies to lovers, and dark acadmia it just took me a second to fully get into this book. Some parts felt a bit packed to get all the background info and other law in, but that's expected with a novella. There's not so much room to fit everything in .
"He looked at me like he loved me and hated me, like he wanted to destroy me, and like I was the only thing he ever wanted."
Once i had an idea of characters and this world, i could finally get into it, so the rest of the books should be smooth sailing, and im super excited to continue!
One issue i did have, though, i felt like at the beginning, Parrish was just anonymous. it took a while for his name to be dropped, and we didn't get a description of him till halfway in, so i was picturing him completely wrong. Ilmao
All that said, you can not fault the spicy scene at all ! The tension, the guidence, praise and so detailed!
I had kind of mixed feelings on this book. i love the writing style, enemies to lovers, and dark acadmia it just took me a second to fully get into this book. Some parts felt a bit packed to get all the background info and other law in, but that's expected with a novella. There's not so much room to fit everything in .
"He looked at me like he loved me and hated me, like he wanted to destroy me, and like I was the only thing he ever wanted."
Once i had an idea of characters and this world, i could finally get into it, so the rest of the books should be smooth sailing, and im super excited to continue!
One issue i did have, though, i felt like at the beginning, Parrish was just anonymous. it took a while for his name to be dropped, and we didn't get a description of him till halfway in, so i was picturing him completely wrong. Ilmao
All that said, you can not fault the spicy scene at all ! The tension, the guidence, praise and so detailed!
March 12, 2025
3.5⭐️
I honestly didn't know what I was expecting when I went into this book. I was just looking for a short romantasy read. And well... I did not expect this! It's very much Harry Potter vibes but make it adult👀 And I can say that I enjoyed it lol🤭. It's a novella so don't expect much deeper plot. But it's a series, so I'm curious to see what happens next!
Idk if I'd recommend this or not😅 I'm easily pleased with anything I read soooo😂. I guess it depends on your mood, and I suggest to go into this without high expectations.
I honestly didn't know what I was expecting when I went into this book. I was just looking for a short romantasy read. And well... I did not expect this! It's very much Harry Potter vibes but make it adult👀 And I can say that I enjoyed it lol🤭. It's a novella so don't expect much deeper plot. But it's a series, so I'm curious to see what happens next!
Idk if I'd recommend this or not😅 I'm easily pleased with anything I read soooo😂. I guess it depends on your mood, and I suggest to go into this without high expectations.
February 3, 2025
The cutest little Harry Potter inspo and I loved it 🥰
Our FMC, Ceres, who grew up to be a sassy little magician and I love her for that
Our MMC, Fox, grows up to be just as insanely in love with Ceres as he did when they were younger.
Read this little novella and watch how they navigate around each other and go from enemies to the cutest lovers.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Magic, academia vibes
🌶️🌶️🌶️
Short novella
Cliffhanger
Our FMC, Ceres, who grew up to be a sassy little magician and I love her for that
Our MMC, Fox, grows up to be just as insanely in love with Ceres as he did when they were younger.
Read this little novella and watch how they navigate around each other and go from enemies to the cutest lovers.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Magic, academia vibes
🌶️🌶️🌶️
Short novella
Cliffhanger
March 22, 2025
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4.5 stars.
Dark academia kind of, wizards (they do magic), pretty much just an erotic novella but I’m here for it.
Smut was 2.5/5 on the spice scale, only one scene but good details!
This is said to give you Harry Potter vibes and I get it! I thoroughly enjoyed it and when each book (5 in total make the series) is 60 pages MAX?? Sign me up 3 times over.
4.5 stars.
Dark academia kind of, wizards (they do magic), pretty much just an erotic novella but I’m here for it.
Smut was 2.5/5 on the spice scale, only one scene but good details!
This is said to give you Harry Potter vibes and I get it! I thoroughly enjoyed it and when each book (5 in total make the series) is 60 pages MAX?? Sign me up 3 times over.
May 5, 2025
Decent short erotica story! For the short amount of time with the characters, I was surprised to find how much I liked FMC’s character and wanted to know more abt her :) I wish there was more plot building and think it would’ve made a fantastic book series (rather than a novella series) but I knew that the book was short going in, so I can’t complain too much
July 23, 2025
5 Novella Series I am here for.
I have not been so excited to read the Next books in a novella series before. The POV's in this book were great, it really highlighted how people see you differently than you view yourself. It was just a wonderful way to just flow the information, into the story, from the fmc's vision of the mmc. Spice was top notch.
I have not been so excited to read the Next books in a novella series before. The POV's in this book were great, it really highlighted how people see you differently than you view yourself. It was just a wonderful way to just flow the information, into the story, from the fmc's vision of the mmc. Spice was top notch.
November 17, 2024
This is a novella!!! This is supposed to be short!
I liked it. Everything moved on super quickly, there’s not a massive and elaborate plot but it’s entertaining. Is he book boyfriend material? Absolutely not.
I liked it. Everything moved on super quickly, there’s not a massive and elaborate plot but it’s entertaining. Is he book boyfriend material? Absolutely not.
March 5, 2025
Short and smutty, exactly as advertised! I did like that there was enough background on the characters and their interactions with each other so that I was more invested in them before the smut happened XD
April 10, 2025
The spice was great but otherwise the first two chapters were honestly kind of confusing for me to follow. The back and forth between time frames and explanation of years worth of plot in like 30 pages was a lot. It definitely would benefit as a longer novel but the writing was still very good.
October 30, 2025
Overall 2.75⭐️
This wasn't terrible, but I don't know if I'm the right audience. It's reads very much like HP fanfic, but I'm not sure who the characters are based on since it wasn't giving Dramione. Will I continue the "series"? I'm not sure at the moment.
This wasn't terrible, but I don't know if I'm the right audience. It's reads very much like HP fanfic, but I'm not sure who the characters are based on since it wasn't giving Dramione. Will I continue the "series"? I'm not sure at the moment.
October 27, 2024
You're very well done example of the trope
The five years that the main characters interacted with each other, buy mostly ignoring each other, it's very well done.
The five years that the main characters interacted with each other, buy mostly ignoring each other, it's very well done.
November 10, 2024
I'm not sure what I just read..
December 14, 2024
I think we’ve all had a dream about Parrish once in our lives
January 10, 2025
Not my thing at all. It’s a short novella, and the characters made no sense to me. Maybe better if you have read the authors other stuff?
February 23, 2025
This was Harry Potter fanfic. Right?
No shade to fanfic. There are some really good writers out there. I just didn’t realize that’s what i was getting into. And it wasn’t great.
No shade to fanfic. There are some really good writers out there. I just didn’t realize that’s what i was getting into. And it wasn’t great.
February 27, 2025
Lust building.
Well that was a built up of pure lust. Need the rest of these books to find out if he wins her for good.
Well that was a built up of pure lust. Need the rest of these books to find out if he wins her for good.
March 31, 2025
Needed just for a dark academia prompt
There was pining from a far then it was just smut but hey I fulfilled my Prompt and it wasn't completely terrible
There was pining from a far then it was just smut but hey I fulfilled my Prompt and it wasn't completely terrible
July 26, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️
Kinda screaming I cancelled ku I need the rest of the books like now…… is fox available to buy on amazon prime?
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Kinda screaming I cancelled ku I need the rest of the books like now…… is fox available to buy on amazon prime?
October 5, 2025
Very quick and smutty. Do hate how this author has clearly split up the book into small chunks for some reason
November 12, 2025
This gave me Lily/Snape fanfic vibes
November 25, 2025
2.5 stars
January 4, 2026
2.5 ⭐️ kept me entertained and not mad at it
December 31, 2024
I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick read. Had some good spice, yum yum. Loved the magic, the pining, the finally realizing how they feel for each other. Worth a read in my opinion.
February 3, 2025
Like a Movie trailer but in book version.
October 13, 2024
It starts like an adult Harry Potter, till half way through the book it gets erotic
February 20, 2025
I talked about this book in a vlog: https://youtu.be/mmyGehxU1Xc
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