5 ⭐️ I LOVED this! Such a good time! 10/10 recommend!
"I fear I want to fuck my husband." 🤣
WHAT TO EXPECT:
✨ paranormal romance
✨ orphaned MCs
✨ she’s a healing witch and next in line to become High Priestess
✨ he’s a werewolf and Alpha of a new pack
✨ childhood best friends to strangers to enemies to lovers
✨ accidental magical marriage
✨ forced proximity
✨ forbidden romance
✨ denial of feelings
✨ 3.5/5 spice (knotting, biting/marking)
✨ “it’s always been you”
✨ fated mates
✨ secrets and lies
✨ high stakes
✨ HEA
My Thoughts:
I read this a week ago and am only now sitting down to write this review, and I STILL am getting butterflies and big feelings in my chest looking back at this story.
The Marriage Hex totally kept me on my toes from start to finish. Violet and Silas were childhood best friends who loved each other dearly but before either truly expressed their romantic feelings, they were separated . . . for 14 years. 😭 And once they see each other again, it's as enemies. The long lost childhood best friend and the new forbidden romance sets this story up for perfection! There's also so many shocking secrets and lies that are uncovered as well as a gut-wrenching conflict at the end. Don't worry, it's a happy ending, but damn did my heart completely stop for a moment.
I absolutely adore Violet and Silas. They are wonderful characters who are both powerful but incredibly thoughtful and kind and only want the betterment of their cove/pack and loved ones. They love fiercely and as they start to spend more time together (thanks to the marriage pact physically forcing them together), they become absolute simps for each other.
The tension leading up to them getting together is amazing, but the actual spice is *chefs kiss*! Like, it's rare for me to read a book with smutty scenes and there not be at least one or two cringe moments. But that is not the case here. I was FERAL for all of it. Down to the knotting, biting, and mating. 🔥
I am OBSESSED with Violet's familiar, Walter, and Silas' wolf, Thorin. I swear, everything that came out of their mouths had me laughing so hard.
Walter absolutely LOATHING Silas was hysterical. Whenever he suggested killing Silas because he smelled like a dog or how Silas’ death would please Violet's aunt, all I could imagine was an evil little cat rubbing his paws together and maniacally laughing.
And Thorin being completely obsessed with Violet was adorable AF. I mean, he brings a cupcake to her front door thinking "When we awake tomorrow for her birthday, she'll know her mate is thinking of her. I'll convince Silas to apologize and we'll get our mate back. It will be simple." And then, even though Violet is a witch, Thorin thinks, "She's mine to protect, mine to care for, mine to adore. No matter if she doesn't have a wolf to love me in the same way."🥺 Like, omg STOP IT I'm crying! Thorin is so wholesome, sweet, and determined. I just love him and how he tries to manage Silas!
The Marriage Hex is a phenomenal paranormal romance that everyone should read! It's one of my absolute favorites that I know I'll want to re-read soon. Also, I'm so excited for the next book, The Fang Arrangement, coming in 2025.
Favorite Quotes:
My wife is beautiful. It's the worst realization I've ever had.
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"I loved you when I didn't have a wolf present, and I'll love you till the day that I die, Vi."
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"You're mine, Vi, in this world and the next."
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Never in a million years did I see myself here. Never dreamed the first boy I kissed would end up being my last. That the man who was supposed to be my enemy became my everything. Yet, here we are.
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"It's always been you, Vi. It's always going to be you."
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All I can do is chase. I'd chase my wife to the end of the world, and I'd never have it any other way.
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