4.5 stars. So adorable!

This is a great fit for rom-com and contemporary romance readers. There is an electrical attraction, a relationship barrier, important friends, and family fallout.

There is a little bit of repetition in the beginning, which should have been edited a little better, but once the story gets going, it is engrossing. Great pacing, support characters with hinted depths who will be able to support future series installments. The steamy bits are hot, but there is a bit of a disconnect: the hero is unexperienced before he and the heroine get together, but during their encounters, he provides verbal coaching to her. It didn't really make sense with who he is outside of those scenes. Not a deal-breaker, but the major reason this wasn't quiiiite a 5-star read.

Highly recommended!

This book was a lot of fun and officially sits in the place of the only book I've ever heartily enjoyed with an insta-love element.

Danica and Titus have been living in the same small town for a while now. He owns a bakery, and is known to Danica and her friends as CinnaMan for his amazing cinnamon buns, while Danica has co-owned a technology repairs place with her cousin. The two of them know, however, that they will not be falling in love with any mundane love interests because of a schism that happened between Danica's mum and their grandmother when Danica's mum decided to marry a mundane that Grams didn't approve of.

I thought for the longest time that Titus was going to show up to be from some kind of a hidden witch line, that wasn't previously known to him or Danica. His incredibly bad luck in terms of relationships and lovers seems quite pronounced and is something that Titus definitely lingers on in the early stages of him and Danica dating.

This isn't helped by the fact that Danica runs hot and cold with him, knowing both how attracted she is to him and how much her Grams will disapprove.

But the two of them are on fire from the moment they meet each other and that's both adorable and compelling. The strength of the outside influences trying to push her from him, and the anxieties trying to get at Titus, make for more than enough plot that the insta-love aspect is just fine in this novel.

I've liked Ann Aquirre's more sci-fi works in the past, and now cannot wait to see what she does in this new romantic series.

I loved how lighthearted and cute this book was, and I really wanted to give it 4 stars, but the miscommunication and unnecessary drama in the last third of the book annoyed me so much, I had to dock a star.

Danica is a witch and she runs into Titus-A PROFESSIONAL BAKER!! Titus is such a simp, he was the main redeeming factor of the book. I really love how the book started off in such a whimsical yet lighthearted manner, and as always-- gotta give a book props when they talk about safe sex and getting tested as well as kinkier stuff like bondage and strap-ons 👀👀👀!!! However, in the latter half of the book Danica became comically annoying and mean, that I couldn't enjoy it.

Danica handles the entire situation in the worst possible way. I understand she has the whole familial duty vs personal passion dilemma, but the way she refused to be honest with Titus and continued leading him on without voicing her expectations just seemed like a really dick move, especially considering how head-over-heels Titus was for her. Also--I don't get her pact with Clem at all???? "because I promised my cousin I would never engage in a long-term relationship" is quite possibly the most contrived and nonsensical way to end a relationship???

Although I must admit, I did love the diversity and how casually this stuff was brought up-- the kink and diversity and such was never brought up as some weird new phenomenon, but a natural thing, which I really appreciated.

One last note--about 2/3s into the book I realized this is occurring in a world where COVID has happened. There are offhand references to how the pandemic has affected flight prices and such. Which I must admit is impressive to include in a fantasy book--but why are there no other mentions of COVID at all throughout the book? Why aren't people wearing masks? Why isn't there any mention of vaccines? Are all these people anti-maskers????????

If you can stomach miscommunication and high-key douchey MCs, the cute concept and colloquial storytelling can really draw you in here. This book was also very clearly setting up a second book of Clem vs, Rhys, but I didn't mind it as much since I do love the hunter/prey dynamic 🤩🤩🤩

I went into this book delighted to read a light, frothy urban fantasy romance, which I mostly got, but the HEA was, in my opinion, severely lacking. Basically, I enjoyed everything until I got to the end and then I got pissed. Reader beware.

A fun read.

Danica is a witch, living in plain sight and running a business called Fix-It Witches with her cousin Clem. Danica meets Titus when the oven in his bakery breaks down and he needs her to fix it. There is chemistry between them, but she has family pressure to marry a witch or lose her powers. Will she give Titus a chance?

Titus is unlucky in love, and finally thinks he will have his chance, but will Danica's meddling family and a witch hunter turning up ruin everything for them.

I liked how it is told from both of their points of view, and some great side characters, especially Danica's 'book club'!

Hoping her cousin Clem gets her own book next!

Enjoyable sweet romance between Danica, a witch who fixes things, and Titus, a talented baker with lots of charisma. They both have baggage and together they find a way to deal with it. Lots of fun. Recommended.

A lovely story. Sexy and sweet, I thought that it was adorable. I always have fun reading small town romance and this book delivers.

Thanks Netgalley and the publisher for giving me access to a free e-arc in exchange of my honnest opinion.
This was fun and hot at the same time but maybe a bit too romantic for me. I'm not a big fan of the whole love at first sight thing. The other thing that I didn't like was how everything was resolved. Like how can you be ok with spending the rest of your life without telling the truth about what you are to your soulmate ? I don't get it.
Overall I liked the story and it was a quick read. I would be interested to learn more about Clem story.

Enchanting and delightful! A recommended purchase for fiction collections where contemporary romance is popular.

This book was great about a witch, Danica, who runs a shop where she fixes different appliances in record time with the help of her magic. She is dealing with work, an ex who is inviting her to his wedding, and a family that want her to meet a nice male witch to settle down with and continue the bloodline. One day Titus walks into her shop and asks for her help fixing his oven. There is an instant connection, but he is not magic he is utterly mundane. What is a witch to do?

The romance was sweet and there is even representation with Danica being Bi that I liked. There are some weird family dynamics with a dash of guilt tripping that I am sure many of us know well. I actually liked the family dynamic and felt that it was familiar to many in the world still today.

It is an overall good time, and I am glad that I was able to pick this up and enjoy it.

**Thanks to Netgalley and SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca for granting my wish and allowing me to get an ARC of this!**

Small-town handy witch falls for a mundane (aka mortal) baker? Okay, I’ll bite. I had truly not heard of this book or author until the book Witch Please by Ann Aguirre landed in my mailbox, but everyone knows I’m a witch, so getting this book felt serendipitous. Ultimately ,it had some cheesy moments, but overall was a solid 3.75 star read for me and a perfect read for between heavy-heavy lit fic and nonfiction titles!

Danica Waterhouse comes from a long line of powerful, feminist witches, which is why her Gram is very serious about her ending up with a good witch man to carry on the bloodline. Only problem? The cute baker in town, the CinnaMan, Titus, who hits it off immediately with Danica after calling on her to fix his broken oven. Sparks fly, smoothies are shared, and soon, they have a regular lunch spot and an adorable chemistry and Danica is fighting her instincts to cut and run and save this man, and herself, a heartbreak. Titus’s has his own nerves–he’s a virgin, and feels like he is cursed because of his past relationships. Could Danica be the one to break the curse, or is she going to curse him further?

This is a fun, flirty, a bit sexy rom-com with a witchy twist. It’s definitely not fantasy, or too-witchy, it’s just got a bit of a magical bent at times. It’s 95% contemporary rom-com full of tasty sweet, saucy moments, will-they-won’t-they tension, and a happily ever after ending. What more could you want?

Witch Please by Ann Aguirre is on sale everywhere September 7, 2021

This is a dream’s coming true: a witch heroine: combination of Olivia Pope meets Diana Bishop with magical powers mixing with fixing skills!

A literally unconventional cinnamon bun hero ( surprise, surprise : he’s bia, virgin with extremely talented culinary skills) blanketed by sweet-swoon-soft dusty tale makes you feel extremely happy!

I loved the idea! I enjoyed the execution!
I loved Danica and Titus as a couple!

Both of them are so scared to suffer from broken hearts, taking this slow but blooming attraction between them is so hard to resist!

And of course the merciless grandmother of Danica watches her every move like a hawk and did I tell you Danica cannot be with a mundane if she doesn’t want to lose her magical powers. Is Titus worth to risk everything she’s built in her life?

One of my quickest, enjoyable, tempting, unputdownable reads! I had so much fun!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest thoughts.