4.5/5 stars

Thank you to NetGalley, the publishers, and Gwenda Bond for allowing me to read and review this book.

This books is extremely well written with characters you will absolutely love. We have dual POV with the two main characters, Savvy and Griffin- with a fun, surprising POV from Paris the familiar. We also have two timelines, now and how the two met.

There is magic, passion, friends, comedy, betrayal, and everything else you want in a great fantasy romance.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a romance between a witch and a witch-Hunter. I would also recommend this book to anyone who loves the movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith but also wants some magic mixed in.

This book was such an enjoyable read! It starts with Savannah and Griffin madly in love, walking down the aisle to get married. And then PLOT TWIST, just before saying "I Do," they learn that they are mortal enemies. She is a witch, and he is a witch hunter. Along with a motley crew of friends and family (and a capybara!!!), these two take us on a wild ride! Will they kill each other, or will they overcome all the obstacles thrown their way? Kudos to the author for this entertaining tale! I had so much fun reading this one. I loved all of the quirky characters and the imaginative storyline. Its fast pace kept me hooked and reading late into the night. I adored the connection between Savvy and Griffin and found myself hoping for the elusive happily ever after. This book will be an excellent reading choice if you love witchy and paranormal romance.

Thank you, St. Martin's Press and NetGalley, for an advanced reader copy of this delightful book.

A good supernatural romance novel is something I always love. Add in Savannah with her wit, and crazy friends, and it was truly a great read. The characters make this novel. Even when they are fighting for their life, they are sure to banter, and I just loved getting to know them all. Griffin, with all his love of books and history, was especially someone I liked because I could relate. I loved that he was a professor, and a historian, and it helped him in his fight against the supernatural.
The plot itself is interesting. I couldn’t quite guess what the ultimate plan was until closer to the middle/end of the novel, which is something I always enjoy. I appreciate it when an author can surprise me. The flashbacks slow the story down just enough to give us time to learn about the characters, how they met, and who they really are to each other. I think it is a great way for us to watch their story unfold, as they find that love wins against all odds in the present.
The magic, and tech, within this novel is a ton of fun as well! Savvy is powerful, and as you learn about her and her coven, we get to see more and more magic. I loved the brooms (POCKET brooms? I mean, come on that’s awesome! Also – another reason women should always have pockets!) and the wands. That witches could do magic without the wands, and that wands just made them more powerful was a great take. Magic has rules within this world, and though it’s never explicitly explained, it’s easily understood. There are also familiars, which may be one of my favorite parts of the book (a monkey, giant cats, horses, ravens, and more!). The familiars’ own abilities added a great deal to the book, and the witches abilities themselves. I enjoyed the fact that they weren’t all cats, or something else we have come to always expect.
Overall, this book was a great, and quick, read. I think it’s well set up for a second one following some of the other characters, and I look forward to it.

(Full review will be coming in Bowling Green Daily News!)

Savannah is ready to marry the love of her life, Griffin, but she's keeping a massive secret from him: she's a powerful witch. Griffin's also keeping a secret: he's part of an organization that used to hunt witches, but now shuts down supernatural threats. Everything's okay though, until their wedding day when both of their identities are revealed to each other...and they're ordered to take the other out.

‌What I liked the most about Mr. and Mrs. Witch was that the book truly flew by (no pun intended)! I didn't want to put it down and I could easily see it becoming a series.

What I didn't like about it was...SPOILER WARNING....they came back together really quickly after being discovered and I would have liked for that to have been drawn out a little bit more. Maybe I wanted a little bit more of a fight or anger between them? But they seemed to forgive each other pretty quickly. It worked out overall within the novel, but I could have gone for another chapter of trying to figure it out.

If I had seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith, then I would definitely recommend this book for someone who loved this movie...but I haven't seen that movie so I have no idea if that's accurate. However, if you love contemporary rom coms and contemporary witch books, you'll enjoy this one.

It's a Mr. and Mrs. Smith with magic, and not as much of a pre-established romance/relationship. Overall, it was good, but the rivalry between the two didn't really make that much sense as their agencies were in direct opposition that at least one of them would know who the other was. I enjoyed the world-building of the agencies and the history of how they came to be. The main characters were a bit job defined so their personalities didn't shine through much. It's enjoyable but not my favorite.

The premise of this book was so cute, and the witchy vibes were great! The cover is fantastic. Overall, this was a super fun read. The characters were entertaining, and I absolutely loved the familars.
It was a magical, wild ride all the way through. I really enjoyed reading this book and will be adding more books by Gwenda Bond to my tbr.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Mr. & Mrs. Witch felt like Mr. & Mrs. Smith meets the lovable magical comedy of Bewitched. The actual romance and interaction between our main characters lived up to the premise presented in the book's blurb. It all started to fall apart for me in the flashbacks. They felt a bit chaotic, and they always interrupted the action in a way that made me just want to get back to the moments between Griffin and Savannah.

This was a cute romance with a supernatural take on the Mr and Mrs. Savvy and Griffin, unfortunately, find out the truth about each other on their wedding day which leads to chaos, confusion and assassination attempts. A witch cannot marry a hunter but Savvy and Griffin can't bring themselves to hurt each other either. their instinct in a fight is to protect each other from those who are trying to kill them.
The side characters are fun and I loved the familiars in the story.
The story jumped timelines a lot so the reader gets to see how the couple met and fell in love. The mystery part didn't really hold my attention that well but there was a lot of drama and action that entertained me all the way to the conclusion.

Not one of my favorite romance reads. I do love witchy reads this one fell a little flat for me personally at points. It was a good read it just was a book I honestly was easily able to put down and pick back up again when I had the time,

I loved the premise and the story and the characters and the magic in this book. However, I did struggle with the first-person present tense storytelling. The story kept me reading, but it did take about the first 1/3 of the book for me to settle in to full enjoyment. I do hope to see a Brie and Diego book in the future.
4.5 stars

This is a fun supernatural version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Savvy is a witch and Griffin hunts witches. They find out at their wedding. It was a quick read and I enjoyed it.

Thanks to St Martins Press and Netgalley for this advanced copy.

What a fun little romp! Think Mr. and Mrs. Smith, but she's a witch and he hunts them. They figure out they might be sworn enemies at the wedding and hijinks ensue.

Savvy and Griffin are hot for each other and pissed off that they might just have to kill each other instead of walking down the aisle. It's a great premiss and the characters are a lot of fun. It has the perfect level of witchiness and the side characters were also fun. Can't wait to read more from Gwenda Bond!

A big thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the eARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. This book is reminds me of a paranormal version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I didn't really like the back and forth with the past. It was sort of annoying. I didn't like Savvy's mom at all. I did like the other characters. Not sure if this is a series. 3.5 stars.

I liked the premise of this book, and to be honest, I really liked the cover, which is the main reason I picked it up. Similar to the author’s other books, Mr. and Mrs. Witch is chaotic and fun and definitely leans towards escapism for the reader.

Full disclosure, the previous books I’ve read by the author were 3 star reads for me. They were just a bit too chaotic, and I felt thrown into the world and characters with no idea of what was going on… and it stayed that way throughout the books. This book sounded like such a fun take on Mr. and Mrs. Smith that I had to try it, though! Unfortunately, I ran into the same issues. Things start off with a bang, and while there are crazy, chaotic moments that lead to laughs and fun, and sometimes meaningful, interactions between characters, I never felt like I completely understood what was happening. The two opposing agencies, the families, even our two MCs, just never really connected for me. I still enjoyed the book, and Savvy and Griffin were both fun MCs that I was rooting for the entire way, but overall things fell a bit flat. All that to say, this is another 3 star read for me, and maybe this author just isn’t my cup of tea. But maybe she’s yours.

I think it’s safe to say that a Gwenda Bond read is going to be a wild, fun, and crazy ride, so if that’s your thing, check this out!

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the complimentary copy of this arc. All opinions are my own.

This was such a fun read. I think it was the perfect book for the fall even though it was published this spring. It was light, sweet, and just a quick romance read!

This was so fun and I absolutely loved it! A witchy Mr. & Mrs. Smith? Yes, please. The action was just non-stop with this one and I loved every minute, even as the action got crazier and crazier. A house with chicken legs? Insane. But overall, this book was delightful and I'd definitely recommend it to those that like romantic suspense, witchy rom-coms and the like.

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MR. & MRS. WITCH
Gwenda Bond, Author
Fantasy Romance
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When a the bride, a witch, and the groom, a witch hunter, find out at the altar that they are from very different sides of the fence very odd things start to happen. Just when they think they are done with each other forever a dangerous mission throws them back together.

I had never read this author before this book and absolutely loved her writing. This book had just the right amount of snark and spice to keep me wanting more. Once I picked it up I couldn’t put it down. Definitely a 5 out of 5 stars for me.

Mr & Mrs Witch was a fun, light, cozy read. While the stakes weren't exactly low, the characters and story felt so heartwarming and believable. I was rooting for a happy ending, even when it wasn't clear where the plot was headed.

The story, a loose retelling of Mr & Mrs Smith, but instead as witch/witch-hunter operatives was creative and entertaining to read. I enjoyed the themes of mutual deceit and trust, found family, and fate. The only negative was that I found the pacing and jumping between timelines a little confusing at times, and wish we got a bit more depth into the side characters.

All in all, this was a great read and I would recommend it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

This book was everything it promised to be. A unique homage to the movie it's loosely based on, but it was so fun. I loved the acronyms for each agency C.R.O.N.E and H.U.N.T.E.R and that the book opened at the wedding and the big reveal. I feel like I also recall a little reference to The Godfather, which made me laugh outloud.

I have always loved this movie and wanted more novels to have this kind of style, so I was immediately sold. Bond's writing is funny and fresh, though I sometimes found the flashbacks took me out a little bit or were maybe too frequent. Overall this was a very fun and quick read, and I am looking for more. I would love more books in this universe from some of the other hunters/witches perspective. The side characters added so much enjoyment, especially some of Griffin's friends.

“You have never been the good guys. You’re like the so-called good guys who mess with women’s heads and think rom-com stalking is sexy and who are actually the villains.”⁣
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It is pouring here today, so of course we’re going to stay in and snuggle all day. @nutpods sent over White Chocolate creamer that I had to test out. (Spoiler: I highly approve) But the best news is I finally finished Mr. & Mrs. Witch! ⁣
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There is a lot going on in the book, but the flashbacks were perfectly timed. I felt like I understood their relationship so well, and still didn’t feel like it muddled the present. I almost felt like this journey could have been two books in a series, but I’m so glad it was one fun and enjoyable book. ⁣
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This sense of community and unity in the end.. I may have teared up a little. I really loved this unique cast of characters and all their familiars. I could easily see this on the big screen and it really just proves why Gwenda Bond knows how to write a cheeky romcom. Thank you @smpromance, Mr. & Mrs. Witch is out now!