Sarah Hawley

What a good way to return to Glimmer Falls! I didnt realize when I picked this up that it starts literally right after the first book ends. But I love Asteroth and Calladia's enemies to lovers plot. They are such good sparring partners in every way. Also, I loved how easy it was to jump back into this world. I read the first book a while ago, but I didn't feel like I'd forgotten anything important with how Hawley incorporates the worldbuilding. This book made me feral with happiness. I can't show more wait for the next one, and I hope Hawley comes back to this world many more times. show less

This was a surprisingly different read. I initially thought this was part of a series I had started, but after a bit, I realized it wasn’t. Instead, it was a so refreshingly different! A werewolf with anxiety, after a drunken night of online shopping, buys an enchanted crystal supposedly containing a “vampire succubus assassin. After all, the advertisement was so ridiculously written, it couldn’t be true! Oh, but what a surprise when it arrives and contains the most amazing vampire show more assassin ever! Sure, she’s a little bloodthirsty, and a bit out of time, and wants to disembowel the witch who trapped her for 600 hundred years in the crystal and made her her own personal assassin, but somehow, these two manage to coexist together.
A lot of things go on throughout their story, a mayoral race, experimental theater, knitting, plants, an eclectic mix of friends, trying to track down that elusive witch to break the curse trapping Eleanora to that stupid crystal,panic attacks…. This might’ve distracted from their burgeoning feelings for each other, but somehow it blended nicely.
I was really appreciative of the handling of mental health. Ben is anxious, prone to panic attacks, has nervous ticks, is endearingly emotional, and uncomfortable with public speaking. That he’s a massive man with everything you expect a werewolf to have, but so unlike most of the “alpha male” characteristics most werewolves in other stories portray, was just beautifully done. His social anxiety was handled with a deft hand, and I was so glad the author didn’t make Eleanora treat him as if he was something less than for it. Instead, they balanced each other in unexpected ways. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
**Thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to read this ARC!** show less

This is a fun book that is perfect for a long-weekend getaway. Muriel Spark, an incompetent witch - at least according to her mom - accidentally conjures up a demon and can't get rid of him until she surrenders her soul. That will never happen, Muriel knows, but he won't or can't go away. There seems to be no legal (demon legal that is) for him to return to the demon realm without a captured soul. So Muriel passes him off as her boyfriend and gets on with her life, which, of course, drives show more the demon and his demon bosses nuts. Very enjoyable. show less

This book didn't make me quite as feral with happiness as the previous one did, but it was close. I laughed a lot at the conversations had. I liked how Ben and Eleonore brought each other the skills the other needed most. I love seeing the couples from the previous books appear, and how different each couple is. The discussions of abuse and trauma felt realistic. I so hope there are more Glimmer Falls books in the works!