The Kiss Curse
Books | Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy
3.7
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Erin Sterling
The follow-up to Erin Sterling’s New York Times bestselling hit The Ex Hex features fan favorite Gwyn and the spine-tinglingly handsome Wells Penhallow as they battle a new band of witches and their own magical chemistry.Gwyn Jones is perfectly happy with her life in Graves Glen. She, her mom, and her cousin have formed a new and powerful coven; she’s running a successful witchcraft shop, Something Wicked; and she’s started mentoring some of the younger witches in town. As Halloween approaches, there’s only one problem—Llewellyn “Wells” Penhallow.Wells has come to Graves Glen to re-establish his family’s connection to the town they founded as well as to make a new life for himself after years of being the dutiful son in Wales. When he opens up a shop of his own, Penhallow’s, just across the street from Something Wicked, he quickly learns he’s gotten more than he bargained for in going up against Gwyn.When their professional competition leads to a very personal—and very hot—kiss, both Wells and Gwyn are determined to stay away from each other, convinced the kiss was just a magical fluke. But when a mysterious new coven of witches come to town and Gwyn’s powers begin fading, she and Wells must work together to figure out just what these new witches want and how to restore Gwyn’s magic before it’s too late.
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Author
Erin Sterling
Pages
320
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2022-09-20
ISBN
0063027526 9780063027527
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"3.5⭐"
Madison C
"Fun and quirky mildly spooky read. Love the "baby" witches and Sir Puurrcivel. "
Tiffany Wysbeek
"Very cute book. I recommend reading the first book tho (the exaggerated hex) because I didn't but there were a lot of references to characters and things that played out in the first book I assume so sometimes felt like I was missing something. Otherwise I quite liked it will probably read more of Erin Sterling"
Ruth
"this was a cute lil spooky read! it was sort of an enemies to lovers, witchy vibe which we loved haha! there was a bit of spice which is always a plus for me and I really enjoyed the ***** the mv had. I feel like the story was a bit surface level but that’s ok! (side note - I really wish she had told wells about the purple hair! iykyk) haha all in all - a nice lil fall read :))"
klow
"A sweet and spooky little sequel that had my heart happy the whole way through. "
Alexia Hollis
"2/5 ⭐️ Ehh this was just ok... A bit spicier than The Ex Hex, I'll give it that but I just didn't care for this one. "
Hailey
"Laughed out loud, couldn’t put it down, enjoyed immensely! "
A C
Amanda C
"I liked the overall story but the narrator has a pretty subpar Welsh accent"
Birgen Schmidt
"It was a little disappointing. It didn't live up to the hype it got. "
Hannah Carson
"This was fine I suppose but unfortunately was one of those books that sounded better than it actually was.
This story follows Gwyn and Wells who become rival shop owners when Wells opens his shop right across Gwyns.
I guess this was fine but the only thing I kind of liked was the magical atmosphere. Aside from that it was difficult to find much to like.
While I enjoyed the banter between the two characters that’s not enough to build a romance. We went from their banter to some in denial make out pretty fast. It lacked any emotional depth to get us to care for these characters and want them together. It solely relied on the banter to get us there.
The characters do not develop at all throughout this book. I can’t think of what makes Gwyn and Wells any different by the end of the book than they were at the beginning aside from the fact they like each other now. They don’t grow as characters throughout the story and don’t seem to have any internal conflict whatsoever. There wasn’t any reason we should care about these characters.
The ending was anti-climactic. There was a lead up that made you expect something big that ended underwhelming. It wasn’t as big as I was expecting and the characters left it unchanged.
This could’ve been better. It was short so it didn’t take me long to get through but it left me feeling like there could’ve been more done to make this better."
Emily Beaumont
