This book was a witty mix of paranormal, sassy sarcasm, and a friends to enemies to lovers plot line! I can definitely see the Gilmore Girls inspo in the sassy one liners from our FMC Cassandra because they definitely took me back to the delivery of Lorelai which I throughly enjoyed. Or MMC Seth I won’t like the prologue almost made me not want to continue but I said nope I feel Iike there’s more to this bullying scenario and I’m so happy I did. Seth is truly a sweet himbo kind who’s just trying to regain the trust of his ex best friend. What they didn’t know what how magic would change their lives forever! I would consider this a slow burn but guuuuuurl when the spice scenes happen wooooooo watch out because it’s 🔥🔥!

I was able to receive an E-ARC through NetGalley. I really wanted to like this book since I love witchy plus size FMC. The dialogue between the two main characters seemed very teenish even though they were almost 30. It was extremely hard to get past the beginning of the book where he called her names in front of everyone due to her size and a few other times where she was fat shamed. I did however really like Pod her raccoon! Wish we got more of him. Overall not the best execution when fat shaming is a main plot point.

The steamy parts were overshadowed by the...wet parts? Not a fan of "messing" or the general premise of starting a book with a dear friend betraying another cruelly over their weight. Then making a person's weight part of the story line. A miss for me.

Werewolf book? Sign me up. As well as anything vampires. But unfortunately I really didn’t enjoy this book. The main character fat shames (which I get is the point of the book and character development and whatever) but it was just hard to come back from that for me.

What is up with second chance romances where you don't actually experience what they were like the first time around?! It makes it harder to care about them getting together again, because it feels like it's missing a huge chunk of backstory. That being said, this book isn't bad but it's not amazing either, somewhere in between. The witchy vibes were nice, if a bit weird at times (the microwave coming alive-ish?). Enjoyable enough.

I found the one of the author's previous book (Grumpy and Sunshine) to be a bit unbelievable but fun so I figured I was in for more of the same. Unfortunately this book didn't capture any of the charm of that one. In this one the characters come off as immature despite being 27 (a personal pet peeve of mine), and the thread of bully and body shaming really just turned me off this book. I think the prologue specially set this book up for failure, I just couldn't find the redemption and seeing how little they both have grown was frustrating.

I think this is one of those books that you know pretty quickly if it's going to be the book for you or not. So if you pick it up and aren't feeling it after a chapter or two, feel ok moving on.

I read this book because of a ARC from NetGalley, the storyline and general plot is what drew me into the story but there were some issues in between.
I found some of the information given throughout the book unnecessary, details that were not important to the main storyline that had me a little bored.
The dialogue in the book between the main character Cassie and her love interest Seth was a little bit childish. For two people who are supposed to be 27 years old they talk more like teenagers. Furthermore Cassie numerously states that she hates Seth for his bad treatment of her but when she talks to him she shows him barely any of this hate for him, if anything the exact opposite.
Some scenes were a little bit confusing and hard to follow along, like the prologue left me feeling like I didn’t fully understand what happened and I was left confused.
There were definitely some enjoyable parts, I found myself laughing at some of the subtle out of the blue jokes written into Cassie’s inner dialogue. I would have liked it if she was more sarcastic with herself and more serious when it came to Seth, it felt like there were conversations were I couldn’t focus on the plot and the seriousness because the dialogue was a little ridiculous.

This book is so freaking cute! I thought it was unique, witty, and full of charm!

I loved the paranormal vibes! Couldn’t recommend this sweet, funny, and quirky book!

This is my first book by this author and even though I enjoyed it, I thought it was a little bit juvenile for the main characters to be almost in their 30's. I like paranormal enemies-to-lovers books with banter, but this one was just not my type. I did like the racoon, the microwave and thought they were funny in some parts. It is a steamy book, but kind of childish steamy, in my opinion. Over all, I enjoyed it, and debating on reading the next when it comes out.. If you like fun, silly, paranormal, witch vibe books, then give it a try.
Thank you St. Martin's Griffin, NetGalley, and Charlotte Stein for my advanced copy.

A plus sized heroine with witchy powers, a lone werewolf, and a pet raccoon is what drew me into this story. This was the third werewolf romance story in a row that I read and the worst. There is constant fat shaming of the main character. Both characters are extremely immature and annoying. I didn't like any of the characters. I couldn't relate to any of the characters; and I, too, am a plus sized woman. There was so much that made no sense whatsoever. I wanted to like this, but I found myself constantly wanting to DNF it. I made myself finish it. If you like a bit of werewolf smut and romance, with a witchy twist, skip this one.

Another book lately that was not for me, I really need to stop with second chance/enemies to lovers, I am not fond of either so the writing and plot has to be amazing for me to care about the characters and in this case neither was good, starting with the fat shaming at the beginning and then a half explanation, very flimsy that FMC took so fast and even felt bad for him, no.
Then so much dialogue, which I normally love but found boring here, I didn’t even care about the werewolf and witch and mystery situation.

This was so much fun! The banter between Cassandra and Seth is hilarious and watching them deny what they know is inevitable was so great.

I wanted to love this book, it had some charm and the dialogue was great and full of banter and some of it even made me laugh. But the thing that held me up is the prologue and the hero's treatment of the heroine, when you begin with that kind of behavior, I'm already put off by the hero and expecting the hero to grovel and redeem himself for the whole book (which he does but also in a way that feels wholly unbelievable, and I'm not even talking about the whole werewolf thing). I wish that prologue hadn't happened, maybe they had a different kind of falling out but being best friends for so long only for the MMC to abandon the FMC and become cool and popular and friends with the bullies who tortured the heroine all through high school doesn't make for a great foundation, at least to me.

I wanted to love this book so much. Unfortunately, this just wasn't it. I didn't like the comments on the main characters weight and size. The "best friend" was horrible. I didn't even make it past 20%.

I have been looking forward to reading How to Help a Hungry Werewolf which has a fun premise, but I could not get past the writing choices. There were so many repetitious pauses and filler words/phrases that I became infuriated after a few chapters and the dialogue seemed a bit incongruous, at times fitting within scene but at other points they spoke as if they were children (not the flashbacks). I also feel misled by the comparison to What We Do in the Shadows and Gilmore Girls.

Paranormally delicious really should be the only review I leave, but... Y'all this one was SO fun! I hope we get more paranormal romances from Stein, because if this is any indication if shes writing Im reading....

Cute paranormal romance, I am glad the spice was there. I liked that the FMC is plus size. More of a second chance romance. 3.5 so I rounded up

This book was a perfect mix of cozy & spicy! I loved the exploration of magic as she becomes a more powerful witch. I also loved the shenanigans that the main characters get into throughout the book. Most importantly though, as light hearted as a lot of the book was, I really appreciated the serious nature of the internal struggle and overcoming that she did after being bullied. Overall, I really liked this one & would definitely recommend!

This is a fun, lighthearted second chance-ish supernatural romance that will have you giggling and panting. I enjoyed reading about the characters. It was hard for me to pick back up every time because this isn't usually my preferred genre/trope. That's why I struggled with it at some points. I would recommend this book to any romance reader that is wanting a change of scenery and a fun, cutesy read.  


Thank you netgalley for the ARC!

This is a cute paranormal romance and while I wasn't expecting it to get spicy towards the middle I certainly enjoyed the way these two come together despite the things that made them enemies in the first place.