A Gift of Jacinth finds Douglas a veterinarian thinking of his life as ordinary until the day he buys a silver teapot and poop a genie appears. I loved reading the story of them both. I felt as if I was right there alongside them both.

I am hoping to read more by this author as I need to see the characters grow and develop even more.

Book 2 in the series. The three books do echo each other a bit, and I read book 3 before this one, so there were quite a few spots that were repeated. Distracting a bit, although did give a bit more details here and there, still felt like could have been written separately a bit more. This one focuses on Jacinth, the djinn who comes to Douglas after he buys her vessel. Good story, and love the kids. Would highly recommend this book and series, but suggest you read them in order for a better flow of the story.

Who does not like Aladdin?
This book was based on the idea, but written in such as different plot, I enjoyed every bid of it. It was funny, sweet, cute, adorable etc. IT had a total SWOON factor in it.
I loved it!

Veterinarian Douglas McCandliss considered himself an ordinary kinda guy with an ordinary kinda life. He had no idea why he'd bought the old silver teapot, and when a young woman appeared before him claiming to be a genie, he almost wished he hadn't. If only she wasn't so damned cute. Ebullient and cheerful, Jacinth loved granting wishes and helping people. So she was thrilled when her teapot's new owner, a single father with custody of two young children, asked her to stay until he could find a nanny. The problem was, the longer she stayed, the more she was attracted to Douglas, and she was certainly not willing to turn over care of Ben and little Molly to just anybody. But she was a 900 year old genie, and had no intention of falling in love with a mortal man. None whatsoever.
This was a great read. Both main characters were very likable. Jacinth is very funny and amusing to read. I really enjoyed this story. I recommend.
**I voluntarily read and reviewed this book

Cute book. A desperate father happens upon a Genie lamp. Good things ensue and a romance develops. I did not read the first book but am considering it based on how enjoyable a read this was. Good plot, good characters and a HEA.

This was a sweet story with some sexual tension, but nothing “on stage” but kisses.

The adventure and peril/story stakes were there, but they tended to feel episodic, each thing being built up and wrapped up in sequence with the barest threads of overlap (characters hinted at, ideas planted). The big conflict that keeps the couple apart feels a bit heavy-handed or painted on, and definitely predictable, but the reveal/wrap-up was so quick I think it was good to know ahead.

There were a few threads put out for the next story, but they weren’t stronger than the main storyline, so I can appreciate the author’s plan of weaving them in now, in a sort of preparation.

Overall I see this book as a 3 of 5. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t amazing, and even with just a few chapters to go it still took me several days to pick it up again and push to the expected end.

My thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for the free digital copy they provided for this review.

When I saw the cover of A Gift of Jacinth, I knew this would be a sequel to Wishes in a Bottle. In that book, I had already met Jacinth, the djinn who was looking after Julian, when he was trapped in his bottle. And she was hilarious, so I was very happy to see she got her own story.
The story starts with Douglas, who is desperate. His ex has abducted his children and he longs to have them back. Already two years he has been searching for them. When he stumbles upon an old teapot, he decides to buy it for a strange reason. But when a genie comes out of the teapot, he brings the teapot back to the store, where he bought the thing: Julian's store.
But the teapot keeps on coming back to him and I couldn't stop laughing about Jacinth's tactics. When Douglas has finally realized, he will not get rid of the teapot, he asks Jacinth whether he could wish for his children to return. And Jacinth fullfils his wish. With suddenly two children on his hands and no nanny, he asks Jacinth to stay and help him take care of the children.
Jacinth happily obliges, because she adores the children and also their father. But she knows she can't stay. Experiences from her (long lived) past are keeping her from attaching to someone. But Douglas makes it hard to resist. Can Jacinth free herself and create a happy ever after? Or will she go back into her teapot? Find out for yourself in this wonderful cozy read. Four out of five stars from me and a special thank you to Netgalley for providing the arc.