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February 25, 2026
I really thought I was going to love this. I love revenge books. I love chaos. I love cheaters getting absolutely wrecked. I can handle over-the-top. I’ve read wild revenge plots before and enjoyed them.
This just didn’t land.
Callie is a witch who left her oppressive coven and controlling High Priestess mother to marry Maddox — tall, rich, charismatic, obsessed with image and external validation. He grew up abused after losing his mother and equates success with love: flashy cars, a perfect house, a beautiful wife, and constant female attention. He’s shallow.
The problem is… so is Callie. We’re told she loves him, but beyond his looks and the fact that he once made her feel chosen, I never really understood their foundation. He also doesn’t even know she’s a witch. She says she told him around their 3rd date but he admits he wasn’t really listening; it was all really new. Add in the fact that she never practices magic anymore, it’s not a surprise later when he’s shocked.
When she discovers he’s been cheating basically their entire three-year marriage, it stings. Hard. He’s been sexting, juggling women, living a double life. In a moment of emotional collapse, she loses control of her magic and curses him so he physically cannot perform with anyone but her. Especially because Callie’s been putting herself out there practically begging for his attention and he blows her off. Her pride takes a major hit.
That part? Iconic.
The fallout? Brutal.
When he tries to continue his usual behavior after leaving the house, he humiliates himself repeatedly. Women mock him. He spirals. A doctor tells him the only way to break a curse is forgiveness from the one who cast it. So, he goes home and offers Callie anything.
And she takes everything.
She makes him sign divorce papers that strip him of the house, cars, savings — all of it. He becomes essentially her servant. He works his job by day, cleans in humiliating outfits by night, sleeps in the basement with nothing but a dirty sleeping bag, cooks, launders, obeys. She destroys his prized possessions. She exposes his condition at work. She makes him relive her pain through magic. She burns his childhood keepsakes and only stops when he breaks down over the abuse he suffered as a kid.
I was 100% on board at first. Then it kept escalating.
Callie embarks on what is essentially a sexual revenge tour. She sleeps with man after man — sometimes the same one repeatedly, sometimes his own friends — often forcing Maddox to witness or hear it. She makes him arrange her encounters. She flaunts it constantly. The implication is that this goes on almost nightly for weeks.
And this is where it shifted for me.
I support her moving on. I support her sleeping with whoever she wants. But this stopped feeling empowering and started feeling performative — like every act was for the sole purpose of breaking him further. When she escalates to reckless choices and even involves married men (technically “honest” ones who have an open marriage, but still), it stops feeling like liberation and starts feeling hollow. I’m also obviously a prude because to me, the reader, it also seemed like *a lot* of men.
Like she was trying to fit as many people as he slept with in three years into a few weeks. She also sleeps with his friends and coworkers for extra humiliation. IF this was her choice and how she won back her power, I'm all for it. But I hate to say this but it just came across kind of pathetic.
It gets worse.
She humiliates him publicly at work with explicit jokes about his condition. HR somehow signs off on it. It’s cartoonish and silly.
She drags him to her old magical village, makes his luggage heavier with magic out of pure projection just so he doesn’t see her internal conflicts about not choosing a career in magic. She literally makes their luggage heavier NINE times. At this point, the cheating almost feels secondary. She’s punishing him for her insecurities, her mother issues, her abandoned magic, her own choices.
By 60–70%, I wasn’t cheering anymore. I was rolling my eyes. I seriously hoped the book would just end and they’d stay away from each other.
The wild part? Maddox actually starts changing. He goes to therapy. Consistently. He confronts his childhood trauma. He volunteers. He tries to become better without fanfare. He learns how to work, balance basically being a full-time housekeeper and chef and doesn’t even sleep half of the nights. He’s forced to listen to his wife have intercourse with many, many men. Sometimes she even forces him to watch. He even tells her to move on and find someone who deserves her if she can’t forgive him.
Callie doesn’t believe it or in his change. She spies on his therapy sessions (mentally) and mocks him for crying. She accuses him of faking billing records. She insists he’s cheating with his therapist. She explodes wine glasses in his face while he kneels in broken glass begging her to let go of the hate.
At 86%, I couldn’t stand her.
She finally looks into his mind and sees genuine remorse, growth, sincerity. She realizes he’s changed — and she hates that she didn’t want him to. She’d rather keep him broken than admit he’s evolving. She even insisted he only went to therapy and volunteers for multiple charity organizations just to “fool” her into taking him back. Like dang girl LET IT GO.
She forgives him. The curse lifts. They sleep together. They agree to try to date again.
And then first day, at dinner, she spirals again because he’s polite to a waitress. Seriously. I get PTSD from pain, trauma and betrayal. But he’s not a jerk to a pretty woman so it must mean he’s cheating?
They separate for a few months. She claims she forgives him but will never forget. He offers to let her read his mind forever. He even asks her mother to re-curse him voluntarily so he physically cannot cheat, no matter what.
That’s what finally wins her back.
Not trust. Not healing. Not rebuilding. Not his redemption. Not his personality change.
Magical enforcement.
They reunite and open a curse shop together.
I wanted to love this. The premise is incredible. The first half is messy but compelling. But the revenge goes so far past cathartic that it becomes exhausting and cruel. There’s very little genuine romance to root for before or after the cheating. I thought the witch part would be more fun.
By the end, it felt less like redemption and more like mutual toxicity with better branding. Neither character seemed right for each other and neither really seemed to love each other. That’s at least the impression I got. Who wants a marriage where your spouse literally has to be essentially magically castrated just for you to trust or love him?
I love revenge stories.
This one just felt mean.
2 stars.
This just didn’t land.
Callie is a witch who left her oppressive coven and controlling High Priestess mother to marry Maddox — tall, rich, charismatic, obsessed with image and external validation. He grew up abused after losing his mother and equates success with love: flashy cars, a perfect house, a beautiful wife, and constant female attention. He’s shallow.
The problem is… so is Callie. We’re told she loves him, but beyond his looks and the fact that he once made her feel chosen, I never really understood their foundation. He also doesn’t even know she’s a witch. She says she told him around their 3rd date but he admits he wasn’t really listening; it was all really new. Add in the fact that she never practices magic anymore, it’s not a surprise later when he’s shocked.
When she discovers he’s been cheating basically their entire three-year marriage, it stings. Hard. He’s been sexting, juggling women, living a double life. In a moment of emotional collapse, she loses control of her magic and curses him so he physically cannot perform with anyone but her. Especially because Callie’s been putting herself out there practically begging for his attention and he blows her off. Her pride takes a major hit.
That part? Iconic.
The fallout? Brutal.
When he tries to continue his usual behavior after leaving the house, he humiliates himself repeatedly. Women mock him. He spirals. A doctor tells him the only way to break a curse is forgiveness from the one who cast it. So, he goes home and offers Callie anything.
And she takes everything.
She makes him sign divorce papers that strip him of the house, cars, savings — all of it. He becomes essentially her servant. He works his job by day, cleans in humiliating outfits by night, sleeps in the basement with nothing but a dirty sleeping bag, cooks, launders, obeys. She destroys his prized possessions. She exposes his condition at work. She makes him relive her pain through magic. She burns his childhood keepsakes and only stops when he breaks down over the abuse he suffered as a kid.
I was 100% on board at first. Then it kept escalating.
Callie embarks on what is essentially a sexual revenge tour. She sleeps with man after man — sometimes the same one repeatedly, sometimes his own friends — often forcing Maddox to witness or hear it. She makes him arrange her encounters. She flaunts it constantly. The implication is that this goes on almost nightly for weeks.
And this is where it shifted for me.
I support her moving on. I support her sleeping with whoever she wants. But this stopped feeling empowering and started feeling performative — like every act was for the sole purpose of breaking him further. When she escalates to reckless choices and even involves married men (technically “honest” ones who have an open marriage, but still), it stops feeling like liberation and starts feeling hollow. I’m also obviously a prude because to me, the reader, it also seemed like *a lot* of men.
Like she was trying to fit as many people as he slept with in three years into a few weeks. She also sleeps with his friends and coworkers for extra humiliation. IF this was her choice and how she won back her power, I'm all for it. But I hate to say this but it just came across kind of pathetic.
It gets worse.
She humiliates him publicly at work with explicit jokes about his condition. HR somehow signs off on it. It’s cartoonish and silly.
She drags him to her old magical village, makes his luggage heavier with magic out of pure projection just so he doesn’t see her internal conflicts about not choosing a career in magic. She literally makes their luggage heavier NINE times. At this point, the cheating almost feels secondary. She’s punishing him for her insecurities, her mother issues, her abandoned magic, her own choices.
By 60–70%, I wasn’t cheering anymore. I was rolling my eyes. I seriously hoped the book would just end and they’d stay away from each other.
The wild part? Maddox actually starts changing. He goes to therapy. Consistently. He confronts his childhood trauma. He volunteers. He tries to become better without fanfare. He learns how to work, balance basically being a full-time housekeeper and chef and doesn’t even sleep half of the nights. He’s forced to listen to his wife have intercourse with many, many men. Sometimes she even forces him to watch. He even tells her to move on and find someone who deserves her if she can’t forgive him.
Callie doesn’t believe it or in his change. She spies on his therapy sessions (mentally) and mocks him for crying. She accuses him of faking billing records. She insists he’s cheating with his therapist. She explodes wine glasses in his face while he kneels in broken glass begging her to let go of the hate.
At 86%, I couldn’t stand her.
She finally looks into his mind and sees genuine remorse, growth, sincerity. She realizes he’s changed — and she hates that she didn’t want him to. She’d rather keep him broken than admit he’s evolving. She even insisted he only went to therapy and volunteers for multiple charity organizations just to “fool” her into taking him back. Like dang girl LET IT GO.
She forgives him. The curse lifts. They sleep together. They agree to try to date again.
And then first day, at dinner, she spirals again because he’s polite to a waitress. Seriously. I get PTSD from pain, trauma and betrayal. But he’s not a jerk to a pretty woman so it must mean he’s cheating?
They separate for a few months. She claims she forgives him but will never forget. He offers to let her read his mind forever. He even asks her mother to re-curse him voluntarily so he physically cannot cheat, no matter what.
That’s what finally wins her back.
Not trust. Not healing. Not rebuilding. Not his redemption. Not his personality change.
Magical enforcement.
They reunite and open a curse shop together.
I wanted to love this. The premise is incredible. The first half is messy but compelling. But the revenge goes so far past cathartic that it becomes exhausting and cruel. There’s very little genuine romance to root for before or after the cheating. I thought the witch part would be more fun.
By the end, it felt less like redemption and more like mutual toxicity with better branding. Neither character seemed right for each other and neither really seemed to love each other. That’s at least the impression I got. Who wants a marriage where your spouse literally has to be essentially magically castrated just for you to trust or love him?
I love revenge stories.
This one just felt mean.
2 stars.
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August 11, 2026
Written at 40%...
I'm not sure I'm gonna finish this...
Callie and Maddox have been married for three years -- I have no idea why. Once the book gets going, it sounds like he was too focused on himself to notice her. But she is super into him... for some reason... He seems like he's too focused on cheating to ever think about her. But oops! Turns out, she is a witch, and she finds out he has been cheating after months of rejecting her. She accidentally puts a curse on him so that he cannot physically have sex with any woman except her. Because he's so desperate to make his equipment work again, he plays along with everything she does to him, because he has to get her to forgive him in order for the curse to lift. Initially, his only focus is to get his junk to work again, but then, inexplicably, the story shifts to him really being into her, but I genuinely have no idea why, other than she spent their marriage tying herself into knots to make his life easier with no reciprocal consideration from Maddox. From there, Callie goes on a vengeance rampage, humiliating him privately and publicly at every turn. She makes him sign a draconian divorce decree that gives her every penny and asset he owns, she brings other men home and has sex with them in earshot of Maddox. She even somehow went so far as to begin a work presentation to let his work colleagues know about his magical ED -- and have the public humiliation approved by HR. That's where I think the book may have lost me.
I'm all for a cheater getting his comeuppance, but this book has a similar trope to those books where the husband wants to open his marriage and then can't get anyone else interested in him: I don't believe the HEA in a book about a cheater when the FMC is his only option. You want an HEA I'd believe? Invert the curse. Make it so that Callie is the only woman he can't get it up for and show him still choosing her.
This gives major Katie Landry vibes. If you like her books, you will likely enjoy this one. But for me, even though I keep reading them, those books occasionally take it too far. This one seems to be going that direction.
I will update if I finish it.
UPDATE: DNF at 61%.
I'm not sure I'm gonna finish this...
Callie and Maddox have been married for three years -- I have no idea why. Once the book gets going, it sounds like he was too focused on himself to notice her. But she is super into him... for some reason... He seems like he's too focused on cheating to ever think about her. But oops! Turns out, she is a witch, and she finds out he has been cheating after months of rejecting her. She accidentally puts a curse on him so that he cannot physically have sex with any woman except her. Because he's so desperate to make his equipment work again, he plays along with everything she does to him, because he has to get her to forgive him in order for the curse to lift. Initially, his only focus is to get his junk to work again, but then, inexplicably, the story shifts to him really being into her, but I genuinely have no idea why, other than she spent their marriage tying herself into knots to make his life easier with no reciprocal consideration from Maddox. From there, Callie goes on a vengeance rampage, humiliating him privately and publicly at every turn. She makes him sign a draconian divorce decree that gives her every penny and asset he owns, she brings other men home and has sex with them in earshot of Maddox. She even somehow went so far as to begin a work presentation to let his work colleagues know about his magical ED -- and have the public humiliation approved by HR. That's where I think the book may have lost me.
I'm all for a cheater getting his comeuppance, but this book has a similar trope to those books where the husband wants to open his marriage and then can't get anyone else interested in him: I don't believe the HEA in a book about a cheater when the FMC is his only option. You want an HEA I'd believe? Invert the curse. Make it so that Callie is the only woman he can't get it up for and show him still choosing her.
This gives major Katie Landry vibes. If you like her books, you will likely enjoy this one. But for me, even though I keep reading them, those books occasionally take it too far. This one seems to be going that direction.
I will update if I finish it.
UPDATE: DNF at 61%.
February 25, 2026
SO GOOD! Maddox was AWFUL..omfg. I wanted to slap his mouth to the back of his head. He was VILE. And poor Callie was so sweet and so in love… ugh, I felt awful for her. But, DAMN. This man got his whole ass handed to him. Callie dragged this man for utter filth! There’s an actual scene where he drops to his knees, ON BROKEN GLASS, to plead for her to stay 🥹.
This author understood the assignment, when it comes to writing a satisfying and entertaining cheating/redemption story! There wasn’t any doormat behavior in sight! Watching Callie enter her Heaux Era, and watching Maddox enter his Simp For Callie Era- was *chef’s kiss* perfection. This one is at the top of my comfort rereads list. I can’t wait for the next book!
This author understood the assignment, when it comes to writing a satisfying and entertaining cheating/redemption story! There wasn’t any doormat behavior in sight! Watching Callie enter her Heaux Era, and watching Maddox enter his Simp For Callie Era- was *chef’s kiss* perfection. This one is at the top of my comfort rereads list. I can’t wait for the next book!
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February 28, 2026DNF.
Not for me.
Apparently it's a funny book but prolific cheater who seems to only stop due to the spell that makes him unable to perform with other women 🤔😬
Not for me.
Apparently it's a funny book but prolific cheater who seems to only stop due to the spell that makes him unable to perform with other women 🤔😬
March 27, 2026
I absolutely love this book! I hope this author continues to publish because she is one of the few that really do an outrageous grovel
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️
The revenge was wild!!! Like jaw dropped crazy. I loved what she did with his best friends (wild)! This is definitely a spicy book.
I think Maddox redeemed himself.
Anya was only in a few pages but I need to see more of her.
I hope Maddox and Callie get a novella or like another epilogue. I’m so sad this book isn’t longer and i wish we got to see more of Maddox and Callie back together!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️
The revenge was wild!!! Like jaw dropped crazy. I loved what she did with his best friends (wild)! This is definitely a spicy book.
I think Maddox redeemed himself.
Anya was only in a few pages but I need to see more of her.
I hope Maddox and Callie get a novella or like another epilogue. I’m so sad this book isn’t longer and i wish we got to see more of Maddox and Callie back together!
April 3, 2026
excellent read
I picked this up on a whim after a friend raved about the revenge vibes, and honestly? It delivered exactly what it promised: unhinged, witchy fun with a side of groveling.
When our heroine discovers her husband’s betrayal, she doesn’t just cry into a pint of ice cream—she curses him. Literally. The paranormal twist turns this into a wild ride of comedic revenge, magical consequences, and a truly terrible (but strangely redeemable) MMC who has to work hard for that second chance. The angst is high, the humor is over-the-top, and the spice hits at the right moments once the groveling begins.
I picked this up on a whim after a friend raved about the revenge vibes, and honestly? It delivered exactly what it promised: unhinged, witchy fun with a side of groveling.
When our heroine discovers her husband’s betrayal, she doesn’t just cry into a pint of ice cream—she curses him. Literally. The paranormal twist turns this into a wild ride of comedic revenge, magical consequences, and a truly terrible (but strangely redeemable) MMC who has to work hard for that second chance. The angst is high, the humor is over-the-top, and the spice hits at the right moments once the groveling begins.
March 7, 2026
Si quieres leer un libro donde el protagonista sea infiel y realmente se arrastre por la protagonista, este es tu libro...
Maddox y Callie llevan casados 3 años, 4 de pareja. Callie siente que las últimas semanas no han estado tan cerca y se prepara para darle una noche sorpresa. La sorpresa se la lleva ella cuando Maddox la ve con indiferencia y dice que saldrá con un amigo por trabajo, así que se mete a bañar y la deja sola. Obviamente ve su expresión y se siente rechazada. Todo empeora cuando ve su celular y ¿qué hay? Si muchísimas fotos íntimas tanto recibidas, como enviadas por el mismo a otras mujeres. De hecho esa noche, la dejó porque iba con una de sus amantes principales. Callie está destrozada y él la ve, tiene el cinismo de seguir diciendo mentiras.
Me encantó que ella actúe al instante y lo que hizo. Jajajajaja, estoy segura que en la vida real a muchas mujeres les gustaría hacer lo mismo que hizo Callie.
Callie es bruja, así que lo hechizo para que si amiguito no le funcionará con ninguna que no fuera ella, su esposa. Disfruté tanto las escenas de Maddox con su disfunción erectil jajajajaja. Sobretodo porque aún sabiendo que Callie descubrió su infidelidad y le dijo lo del hechizo, él dijo: no es cierto y lo voy a demostrar. ¿Cómo haría eso? Sí, buscando y acostándose con muchas mujeres, aunque obviamente no le funcionaba.
Callie al principio estaba muy triste, analiza, piensa en hacerlo ver lo que perdió y actúa. Para empezar programa el divorcio, le quita todoooooo: carros, casa, dinero, todoooo.
Ella dice que no será como él, no será infiel y sale con otros luego de firmar el divorcio.
Después lo tiene trabajando domésticamente y le tiene que preparar todo para sus citas con otros hombres.
Al final conté como 7-8 hombres diferentes con los que estuvo después del divorcio.
La tiene que escuchar con ellos, atenderlos, darles comida, etc. Realmente si la sufrió. Jajajaja. La escena donde quemaba sus recuerdos de la infancia me dolió, creo que yo no podría hacer eso, siento que las cosas de la infancia son sagradas, pero bueno, era la forma de Callie de hacerlo sufrir.
Lo que si no me gustó fue la escena con Ryder y Duke, es decir, entiendo que ellos no sabían que Maddox era infiel como tal, pensaban que tenía un matrimonio abierto o algo así, pero weeey, era su amigo!!! Nunca estarían con la pareja o ex pareja de tu amigo y ellos hicieron un trío con ella mientras Maddox los veía. Esa escena si me incómodo muchoooo. Maddox tenía muchos traumas de niño y en pocas palabras, para él, el amor era dolor. Estaba acostumbrado a que las personas que amaba de niño lo lastimaran y por eso el dañaba. También se sentía inútil y entendí que buscaba mujeres así, que le levantaran el ego para sentirse bien consigo mismo aunque fuese un rato, pues después se sentía vacío.
De verdad Callie lo hizo sufrir mucho, aparte de lo mencionado anteriormente, digamos que el si se daba vergüenza el mismo, por lo que el hombre que veía inútil las terapias, terminó tomándolas. Si sentí un cambio y aunque el fue infiel prácticamente desde el principio, creo que le fue muy mal. Él si tuvo que ver a Callie con otros, escucharla y tener que callarse. Además que Callie misma seguía con inseguridades aunque Maddox juraba que no lo volvería hacer, necesitaba una manera de probarlo y él solito fue con la mamá de Callie a que lo hechizara y que su p3ne no funcionará con otras, no le importó.
Maddox y Callie llevan casados 3 años, 4 de pareja. Callie siente que las últimas semanas no han estado tan cerca y se prepara para darle una noche sorpresa. La sorpresa se la lleva ella cuando Maddox la ve con indiferencia y dice que saldrá con un amigo por trabajo, así que se mete a bañar y la deja sola. Obviamente ve su expresión y se siente rechazada. Todo empeora cuando ve su celular y ¿qué hay? Si muchísimas fotos íntimas tanto recibidas, como enviadas por el mismo a otras mujeres. De hecho esa noche, la dejó porque iba con una de sus amantes principales. Callie está destrozada y él la ve, tiene el cinismo de seguir diciendo mentiras.
Me encantó que ella actúe al instante y lo que hizo. Jajajajaja, estoy segura que en la vida real a muchas mujeres les gustaría hacer lo mismo que hizo Callie.
Callie es bruja, así que lo hechizo para que si amiguito no le funcionará con ninguna que no fuera ella, su esposa. Disfruté tanto las escenas de Maddox con su disfunción erectil jajajajaja. Sobretodo porque aún sabiendo que Callie descubrió su infidelidad y le dijo lo del hechizo, él dijo: no es cierto y lo voy a demostrar. ¿Cómo haría eso? Sí, buscando y acostándose con muchas mujeres, aunque obviamente no le funcionaba.
Callie al principio estaba muy triste, analiza, piensa en hacerlo ver lo que perdió y actúa. Para empezar programa el divorcio, le quita todoooooo: carros, casa, dinero, todoooo.
Ella dice que no será como él, no será infiel y sale con otros luego de firmar el divorcio.
Después lo tiene trabajando domésticamente y le tiene que preparar todo para sus citas con otros hombres.
Al final conté como 7-8 hombres diferentes con los que estuvo después del divorcio.
La tiene que escuchar con ellos, atenderlos, darles comida, etc. Realmente si la sufrió. Jajajaja. La escena donde quemaba sus recuerdos de la infancia me dolió, creo que yo no podría hacer eso, siento que las cosas de la infancia son sagradas, pero bueno, era la forma de Callie de hacerlo sufrir.
Lo que si no me gustó fue la escena con Ryder y Duke, es decir, entiendo que ellos no sabían que Maddox era infiel como tal, pensaban que tenía un matrimonio abierto o algo así, pero weeey, era su amigo!!! Nunca estarían con la pareja o ex pareja de tu amigo y ellos hicieron un trío con ella mientras Maddox los veía. Esa escena si me incómodo muchoooo. Maddox tenía muchos traumas de niño y en pocas palabras, para él, el amor era dolor. Estaba acostumbrado a que las personas que amaba de niño lo lastimaran y por eso el dañaba. También se sentía inútil y entendí que buscaba mujeres así, que le levantaran el ego para sentirse bien consigo mismo aunque fuese un rato, pues después se sentía vacío.
De verdad Callie lo hizo sufrir mucho, aparte de lo mencionado anteriormente, digamos que el si se daba vergüenza el mismo, por lo que el hombre que veía inútil las terapias, terminó tomándolas. Si sentí un cambio y aunque el fue infiel prácticamente desde el principio, creo que le fue muy mal. Él si tuvo que ver a Callie con otros, escucharla y tener que callarse. Además que Callie misma seguía con inseguridades aunque Maddox juraba que no lo volvería hacer, necesitaba una manera de probarlo y él solito fue con la mamá de Callie a que lo hechizara y que su p3ne no funcionará con otras, no le importó.
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April 15, 2026
I went into this ready for chaos, witchy vengeance, and a cheating husband getting obliterated. I love revenge. I love mess. I love it when a cheater gets what's coming to him. But somehow this book did the impossible:
It made me feel bad for the cheater.
Callie is a witch who left her controlling coven to marry Maddox — a shallow, image‑obsessed finance bro who thinks emotional intimacy is a luxury car and a pretty wife. He's awful. He cheats constantly. He lies like it's cardio. He absolutely deserves consequences.
And yet, Callie manages to out‑awful him.
When she finds out he's been cheating on their entire marriage, she curses him so he can't get it up for anyone but her. Honestly? Iconic. I was seated. I was clapping. I was ready for witchy karmic justice.
But then she goes full supervillain.
She takes everything — the house, the cars, the money — and turns him into her live‑in servant who sleeps in a basement like a Victorian chimney sweep. I am all for divorce, where you take half of what you get in a marriage. She took everything he ever earned from him, using the chance of proximity to gain her forgiveness and end the curse. Maddox rose from abuse to get where he is. She destroys his belongings (childhood momentos), humiliates him at work (nothing like bringing everyone in his office to a party to mock his impotence), and forces him to listen to her parade of hookups. And not like a "finding herself" parade — more like a "trying to sleep with every man in the tri‑state area before the weekend" parade. Seven or eight guys in two weeks, some of them his friends, all of them arranged by Maddox himself. It stops being empowering and starts feeling desperate.
Meanwhile, Maddox — the cheater, the villain, the human red flag — starts going to therapy. Volunteering. Confronting his trauma. Actually changing. And Callie? She mocks him for crying in therapy, spies on his sessions, accuses him of cheating with his therapist, and literally explodes glass in his face while he kneels in broken shards begging her to stop hating him. She’s punishing him for her own insecurities, her issues with her controlling mother, and her abandoned magic.
At this point, I was like, "Girl. GIRL.
You are making me defend a man who cheated on his wife with half the county. How did we get here?
By the time she finally reads his mind and realizes he's sincere, she's furious that he has grown as a person. They reconcile, sleep together, and try dating again — until she spirals because he's polite to a waitress. Not flirty. Not suggestive. Just polite. And she melts down like he propositioned the woman.
They separate again. Maddox begs her mother to re‑curse him so he physically cannot cheat, ever, even by accident. And THAT is what wins her back. Not trust. Not healing. Not growth. Magical chastity‑belt enforcement.
They open a curse shop together like this is a quirky rom‑com and not a hostage situation with paperwork.
The premise is incredible. The first half is messy fun. But the revenge goes so far past cathartic that it becomes exhausting, mean, and honestly uncomfortable. I came for witchy vengeance and left feeling like I needed to check on the cheater to make sure he was okay.
I love revenge stories. I love the idea of justice.
This one felt like watching someone beat a dead horse, resurrect it with magic, and beat it again. Then called it closure.
It made me feel bad for the cheater.
Callie is a witch who left her controlling coven to marry Maddox — a shallow, image‑obsessed finance bro who thinks emotional intimacy is a luxury car and a pretty wife. He's awful. He cheats constantly. He lies like it's cardio. He absolutely deserves consequences.
And yet, Callie manages to out‑awful him.
When she finds out he's been cheating on their entire marriage, she curses him so he can't get it up for anyone but her. Honestly? Iconic. I was seated. I was clapping. I was ready for witchy karmic justice.
But then she goes full supervillain.
She takes everything — the house, the cars, the money — and turns him into her live‑in servant who sleeps in a basement like a Victorian chimney sweep. I am all for divorce, where you take half of what you get in a marriage. She took everything he ever earned from him, using the chance of proximity to gain her forgiveness and end the curse. Maddox rose from abuse to get where he is. She destroys his belongings (childhood momentos), humiliates him at work (nothing like bringing everyone in his office to a party to mock his impotence), and forces him to listen to her parade of hookups. And not like a "finding herself" parade — more like a "trying to sleep with every man in the tri‑state area before the weekend" parade. Seven or eight guys in two weeks, some of them his friends, all of them arranged by Maddox himself. It stops being empowering and starts feeling desperate.
Meanwhile, Maddox — the cheater, the villain, the human red flag — starts going to therapy. Volunteering. Confronting his trauma. Actually changing. And Callie? She mocks him for crying in therapy, spies on his sessions, accuses him of cheating with his therapist, and literally explodes glass in his face while he kneels in broken shards begging her to stop hating him. She’s punishing him for her own insecurities, her issues with her controlling mother, and her abandoned magic.
At this point, I was like, "Girl. GIRL.
You are making me defend a man who cheated on his wife with half the county. How did we get here?
By the time she finally reads his mind and realizes he's sincere, she's furious that he has grown as a person. They reconcile, sleep together, and try dating again — until she spirals because he's polite to a waitress. Not flirty. Not suggestive. Just polite. And she melts down like he propositioned the woman.
They separate again. Maddox begs her mother to re‑curse him so he physically cannot cheat, ever, even by accident. And THAT is what wins her back. Not trust. Not healing. Not growth. Magical chastity‑belt enforcement.
They open a curse shop together like this is a quirky rom‑com and not a hostage situation with paperwork.
The premise is incredible. The first half is messy fun. But the revenge goes so far past cathartic that it becomes exhausting, mean, and honestly uncomfortable. I came for witchy vengeance and left feeling like I needed to check on the cheater to make sure he was okay.
I love revenge stories. I love the idea of justice.
This one felt like watching someone beat a dead horse, resurrect it with magic, and beat it again. Then called it closure.
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March 26, 2026
AI written slop. There’s no soul to this superficial drivel.
One dimensional characters that are caricatures with no depth beyond the surface level. No normal every day details shown- it’s not clear what his job is, apparently the MMC is rich but not shown why, no family mentioned, nothing that would give him any kind of backstory.
He’s sex obsessed and there’s literally 0 other characterization provided - all his hobbies revolve around sex. Going to strip clubs during the work day? Who does that?
Magic was revealed to the world 5 years ago but there’s not any discussion about the impacts, if witches are feared, etc. No modern day Salem trials? No changes to laws? No widespread panic or condemnation?
No distinction between the mmc’s two friends and their dialogues sound exactly alike.
The FMC anger is all performative- smashing eggs on the kitchen floor- while we are told she is angry. She doesn’t seem angry to me, she seems pretty gleeful at times? Not how I’d be responding to learning my husband has been cheating on me for years?
Doctors that can apparently look at a dong and diagnose a witch’s curse (??? Do they learn that in med school?)
He signs a divorce agreement immediately (if he’s rich and self obsessed wouldn’t there be a prenup?)
Just all the details don’t make sense. And there’s nothing, no casual memories or small details that make the story feel real or have any emotional impacts.
Of course there are lots of em dashes and robotically consistent sentence structure but that’s par for the course.
Don’t give this author any of your money.
One dimensional characters that are caricatures with no depth beyond the surface level. No normal every day details shown- it’s not clear what his job is, apparently the MMC is rich but not shown why, no family mentioned, nothing that would give him any kind of backstory.
He’s sex obsessed and there’s literally 0 other characterization provided - all his hobbies revolve around sex. Going to strip clubs during the work day? Who does that?
Magic was revealed to the world 5 years ago but there’s not any discussion about the impacts, if witches are feared, etc. No modern day Salem trials? No changes to laws? No widespread panic or condemnation?
No distinction between the mmc’s two friends and their dialogues sound exactly alike.
The FMC anger is all performative- smashing eggs on the kitchen floor- while we are told she is angry. She doesn’t seem angry to me, she seems pretty gleeful at times? Not how I’d be responding to learning my husband has been cheating on me for years?
Doctors that can apparently look at a dong and diagnose a witch’s curse (??? Do they learn that in med school?)
He signs a divorce agreement immediately (if he’s rich and self obsessed wouldn’t there be a prenup?)
Just all the details don’t make sense. And there’s nothing, no casual memories or small details that make the story feel real or have any emotional impacts.
Of course there are lots of em dashes and robotically consistent sentence structure but that’s par for the course.
Don’t give this author any of your money.
March 12, 2026
Cheating = H has never been faithful to the h. h finds out by reading years worth of texts, emails, etc. of the H. Plot twist...h is a witch and curses the H so that his man parts only work for the h...not even a twitch for anyone else.
h sees H with OW = after finding out about the H's infidelity, h conjures a "mirror" to watch the interactions of the H with the OW. h gets to enjoy the H's parts failing spectacularly and the H being confused/devastated/humiliated/ashamed
OW drama = OW is a nasty piece of work that has a confrontation with the h and whoops! h might accidentally/intentionally curse the OW
Grovel = H half-assed a grovel at first to try and lift the curse, but later he truly does transform himself and truly earns back the h's forgiveness and love...beleivable? IT'S FICTION...so sure.
Best part of the book is that h gets to have a ho phase, all while H has to stand by and watch...h is not gentle or kind about it either.
Good palate cleanser.
h sees H with OW = after finding out about the H's infidelity, h conjures a "mirror" to watch the interactions of the H with the OW. h gets to enjoy the H's parts failing spectacularly and the H being confused/devastated/humiliated/ashamed
OW drama = OW is a nasty piece of work that has a confrontation with the h and whoops! h might accidentally/intentionally curse the OW
Grovel = H half-assed a grovel at first to try and lift the curse, but later he truly does transform himself and truly earns back the h's forgiveness and love...beleivable? IT'S FICTION...so sure.
Best part of the book is that h gets to have a ho phase, all while H has to stand by and watch...h is not gentle or kind about it either.
Good palate cleanser.
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May 14, 2026
Both H and h are awful in different ways. This could have been so good campy and OTT but it became unbearable. When I start feeling sorry for the cheater over the h, that is bad. She became so petty and abusive that it was ridiculous- but not in a fun entertaining way. Well before the end I felt bad for the pathetic, 2 dimensional caricature H that got back with her. The premise is great but the h was the irredeemable one on the end.
February 25, 2026
boring
This is a man that only grovels because literally she put a curse on him and in the end obviously she forgives him. I thought it was supposed to be a fearless FMC, she wasn’t.
This is a man that only grovels because literally she put a curse on him and in the end obviously she forgives him. I thought it was supposed to be a fearless FMC, she wasn’t.
February 26, 2026
Great for a debut book
The only thing that would of made it better was Called not sleeping with all those men. I think she could of still got the point across without it. Other than that it was great.
The only thing that would of made it better was Called not sleeping with all those men. I think she could of still got the point across without it. Other than that it was great.
February 28, 2026
I loved everything about this. The gut punch betrayal, the angst, the revenge (oh so sweet), and a true redemption of one of the most irredeemable MMCs I've ever come across. I can't wait to see what this author releases next.
March 7, 2026
Interesting premise but no
The whole point of revenge isn’t to take back the guy that betrayed you. Another weak fmc. She uses magic to get ‘revenge’ but no revenge when you end up with an avid cheater.
The whole point of revenge isn’t to take back the guy that betrayed you. Another weak fmc. She uses magic to get ‘revenge’ but no revenge when you end up with an avid cheater.
March 28, 2026
Not for me
I was looking forward to this as I really like strong female leads but honestly abuse is abuse and i gavd up half way I actualy became so dusgusted with the female lead. Its well written though but i failed to find the humour that was promised.
I was looking forward to this as I really like strong female leads but honestly abuse is abuse and i gavd up half way I actualy became so dusgusted with the female lead. Its well written though but i failed to find the humour that was promised.
April 24, 2026
Different
This book is written on a cute premise. Using a witch as the victim of betrayal is unique. Kudos to the author.
The characters are interesting. The FMC definitely develops as the book progresses as does the MMC.
This book is written on a cute premise. Using a witch as the victim of betrayal is unique. Kudos to the author.
The characters are interesting. The FMC definitely develops as the book progresses as does the MMC.
February 22, 2026
A fun book
Enjoyed the book, it was a very easy fun read.
Will definitely be reading the other book when they come out.
Enjoyed the book, it was a very easy fun read.
Will definitely be reading the other book when they come out.
February 27, 2026
If you’re looking for OTT, campy book the this is it!
Reminds me of the first few Katie Landry books
Reminds me of the first few Katie Landry books
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February 27, 2026
If you want a good review, read the one by ThEAnGrYrEaDeR55. I couldn't stomach finishing the book.
DNF
DNF
March 8, 2026
2.5
Maybe 2.75 if I read it again
Maybe 2.75 if I read it again
March 10, 2026
I adored this story. It was nice to read an original story for a change. The heroine was kick ass, and this cheating POS got what he had coming to him. Whew! She was vengeful AF. Good stuff!
May 18, 2026
Ridiculous
May 25, 2026
DNF, skim read! Wow this was bad. Cute concept, badly executed. They’re both shallow and pathetic.
Note to self… never attempt a reread.
Note to self… never attempt a reread.
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