The Wicked Games series continues to hold me utterly at its mercy. Enchantra blew me away. Between high stakes games that were even more diabolical than those of Phantasma and the marriage of convenience to none other than a shadow daddy, I could not have been any more bewitched. The imagery that Kaylie Smith evokes with her writing is spectacular in and of itself and I felt like I was transported right into the Silver estate with the entire family. I really enjoyed the development of Genevieve and Rowins characters as they navigated the consequences of playing the game whilst chemistry boiled between them. The way Rowan reacted when he and Genevieve drank the passion fruit juice? Holy mother of God, I was on my knees. Every bit of tension and spice after that point was out of this world and the audio even took it to the next level. I cannot recommend these books enough. I'm pretty sure I cycled through every single emotion in these pages and I am only more eagerly awaiting the next.

This was such a fun read!!! I loved the first installment but this one?? *chef's kiss* there's something about second books in series that focus on the second sister that speaks to me.

The FMC, Genevieve, is forced to participate in some deadly (literally) games in a fancy manor while she pretends to be in love with one of the owner's sons, who are all cursed to kill each other until only one remains alive for Hell's entertainment.
I loved Genevieve so much (I also loved the curvy rep) and the bonds she forms with some members of the Silver family, specially her relationship with Rowin Silver (the MMC). I only wish it had developed through a longer time period since it felt more insta-lusty than anything else, however in the context of the story and the amount of time in which it takes place it kind of makes sense.
Bonus: there's this animal companion that i just adored!

The audiobook was incredible as well, Laura Horowitz, the narrator, did amazing job.

I can't wait for the next instalment, hopefully it features both pairings from this book and the previous one.

Thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for providing me with both the e-arc and audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

This is an excellent sequel to a very popular first book. It was not disappointing, which I was very thankful for.

This one was good. We love a broody shadow daddy with an adorable animal sidekick. And Rowin gave it to us.

I will say, I didn't enjoy this one as much as Phantasma, despite the plot being less predictable. I just felt like the characters didn't have as much chemistry as they did in the first. I did, however, absolutely adore Genevieve's confidence. That shit was spot on and kept me rooting for her the whole time.

I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS BOOK! Once I started reading this one, I did not want to put it down. I already loved Vivi, but she became one of my all-time faves after this book. And Rowin is now at the top of my list of favorite heroes! This was a perfect book and just the romantasy I needed in my life!

How FUN! Everything that was fun and enjoyable about the first somehow was done even better this time around. These characters are just perfect to read, and the tropes really nailed it. I think anyone who loved the first will love this just as much.

I will admit though that after it being some time after Phantasma came out, it felt a tad confusing jumping straight back into this universe - there wasn't much context or reminders noted through the beginning which I found made it disorienting to start with.

Oh this was a great time - and I devoured it in under 24 hours! Think Ready or Not, but the family is immortal, they are being forced to play a death game once annually for eternity, everyone can kill anyone, there can only be one victor, AND a mortal accidentally got stuck in the mix, so naturally the (hot) victor from previous years has to marry them for their protection. It takes “she’s mine” to the one hundredth degree.

Keep them coming Kaylie Smith!

Thank you to Second Sky/Forever and NetGalley for advanced electronic copy in exchange for a honest review. Enchantra comes out on April 8th.

Loved Book 2!! I loved getting to read about Genevieve in this one. It was fun getting to explore her journey to Enchantra in order to find answers after discovering an Invitation and trying to see who this Barrington Silver guy was. Of course though the day she arrives, so many strange things happen and then once she arrives she ends up getting trapped there and has to play a deadly game "The Hunt" a deadly hide and seek game pretty much with a family she knows nothing about and has no idea what to expect. The only way she can survive though is to marry one of the Silver family members who ends up being Rowin. It was fun getting to go through the Hunt, getting to know the Silver family and why her mother was invited to this place.

This one will keep you reading and wanting to know what was going to happen. Would and if Genevieve would survive this "Hunt" and how her feelings would change for Rowin. Which loved Rowin by the way!
Loved the ending too!!

Enchantra Review-Spoilers

4/5✨

Absolutely loved!!! Wow, we have another great book!! I was so excited to step into this world and story again after Phantasma last year! This story was so much fun!! I absolutely loved the deadly hide and seek twist of Enchantra and the back story of the game! I felt like I was a competitor the whole time and was on the edge of my seat anytime Vivi was hidden and a floor board creaked. From the beginning when she entered into the house and Rowin was trying to kick her out I was hooked into the story and kept finding myself asking why and what was happening!! I was a little nervous when the game got explained because I was afraid that it was going to be another Phantasma, but it was not!! This game was so different and unique from the first book! I really loved the characters of this book especially Sevin! I think the book did an overall great job at character development, setting, building of the story, and of making the reader anxious to find out more!!

If you enjoyed Phantasma this is a definite read!!

Thank you @readforeverpub for tbr #gifted copy of this eARC! I have already bought my copy and am waiting for it to arrive next week!

I am in love with this series! This book has all the best things in them! Games, high stakes, spice, games, sassy characters, games and intrigue. Did I mention games? 😜 I know, I know. But seriously give me all the books with games in them. This book is now focused on Genevieve, Ophelia’s sister who wants to prove her worth in the family. She doesn’t like that she’s taken a back seat so when she’s invited to Italy she jumps at the chance to go. Little does she know she’s following in her sisters footsteps and once she arrives…she’s welcomed with a slammed door in her face. She doesn’t take kindly to it and once she’s inside she realizes the most intense game of hide and seek is on! Ready or not…it’s hide and survive or hang out in hell. 😳 Don’t worry there is a hunky man named Rowin that makes things interesting. Let’s just say they start out as enemies and end up uncovering each others pasts and find love along the way. I loved the chemistry they two characters had and of course love the devilish games that were played. I cannot get enough of these words and am anxiously awaiting for the next book! Bring on the insanity! I’m ready!

Wash, rinse, repeat: This is the Phantasma with a new set of characters and a few small tweaks. If you loved the first book and want more of the same, you will love this! If you were looking for something different, you may be disappointed. The premise of Enchantra is compelling and the conceptualization of this haunted house is really neat. There were some pacing issues, there is a lot of buildup and then the resolution at the end is rushed. Overall this should keep Phantasma fans happy.

I wasn’t blown away by Phantasma, but enjoyed it enough to continue the series. This second book fell a little flat for me. It has very similar vibes to the first with morally gray characters completing a competition. It took me a while to feel connected to these characters, but I did start to enjoy it by the end. I think if you loved Phantasma, you will love this one too!

Thanks to Second Sky/Forever and NetGalley for a copy of this book.

Didn’t feel the same as book one. Felt rushed and didn’t add up to me. Relationship felt hollow and rushed.

Kaylie Smith has done it again!

Phantasma had set a very high bar, with the story, the setting and the characters and I genuinely thought Enchantra wouldn't live up to it... but boy was I wrong!

This is part two of a duology, Phantasma and Enchantra are two interconnected standalones, but I would recommend reading Enchantra second and there are some references to the first book that may result in spoilers.

In Enchantra we follow Genevieve who, after exchanging letters with a mysterious man (old friend of her mother's) travels to Italy after receiving an invitation. To her surprise, she finds a family o wreaths and is somehow dragged into a deadly hunt game that results into her having to marry a wraith to be able to have a chance at survival...

The descriptions of the rooms, the hunt, the characters is phenomenal as always, and we get to know more about Genevieve and all she feels which was a bit ambiguous in book 1.

For the lovers of spice: this book has a few spicy scenes (and very good ones I may add) - but they are always relevant to the story and for the non-spice readers, they are very easy to skip.

I would 100000% recommend this book, I had a fab time reading it and I cannot wait for Kaylie's next book!

Thank you SecondSky and NetGalley for allowing me to review this ahead of publication!

This is basically Reasy or Not reimagined with hot wraiths.

I was about to be so mad at the ending, but I can say that I enjoyed this more than I did Phantasma.

I did notice that there tends to be a lot of buildup and things get resolved very quickly and it feels a little bit rushed. Looking back I also noticed this in Phantasma. I feel like it wasn’t as big of a deal in that book but in this book, I feel like there was a lot that was not explained such as each game.

You can tell by the ending that a third book is being set up, but I am actually kind of surprised that it’s not clear who it will follow specifically.

Overall an enjoyable read and one of the most swoon worthy book boyfriends.

A huge thank you to the publisher for providing me an eARC copy via NetGalley to read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I adored this book. I wasn’t sure what to expect going in, but it was amazing! The writing style flows so easily and I was completely hooked. Vivi was a great character, and the setting of Enchantra and the different games kept me glued to this book.

I loved the romance in this one. I liked the banter between Vivi and Rowin, and I liked the pacing of their romance. The marriage of convenience trope is one of my favourites, and I loved the way that the author paired it with hate to love and also the forced proximity aspect of the Hunt. Vivi and Rowin had great chemistry, and I liked watching them get to know each other better.

Vivi was an excellent character, and I loved her sass and confidence. I giggled every time Rowin told her explicitly not to do something, and then when she did exactly what she’d been warned not to I loved how he reacted. Vivi’s feelings of being an outcast in her own family were relatable.

The Hunt and the different games that they played during it provided lots of entertainment. I really enjoyed seeing the Silver siblings joke and laugh, and I also enjoyed seeing the different dynamics play out between the siblings. There were lots of tense moments and the author did a great job of balancing all the different emotions that were being faced by Vivi throughout the Hunt.

This was a fantastic sequel, and I would highly recommend it. You won’t want to put it down.

If y’all have followed my reviews for a while now, you probably know that I will recommend Phantasma to anyone and everyone who enjoys a dark/fantasy romance. I said I would literally k!ll to get my hands on the second book in the series, Enchantra, and thank the gods it didn’t come to that and I was blessed with an ARC copy!

Again, Kaylie Smith knocked it out of the park!! I loved Genevieve in Phantasma but I really wasn’t sure where else the story could go from where it ended. Oh ho ho, was I in for a treat!! Kaylie provided us with a different but equally sick and deadly game, another wonderful couple to swoon over, and even more side characters to get wrapped up in!

What I loved about the book:
1. Smith provided us with fantastic recaps of book 1, without giving us too much information to the point of being daunting or qualifying as “an info dump”. The key points were brought up very naturally in the flow of the book and we even got to see some of the events in Phantasma from Genevieve’s point of view, which was very cool to see.

2. I loved the annual game the family got wrapped up in, a literal battle to the death, and how it was different from Phantasma but in the same morbid vein. You have a family essentially bound to play a game where there can be one victor and several deaths EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. And it’s capitalized on as entertainment by a devil and his hellish residents.

Similar to Phantasma’s levels, I loved how there were different games with different rules and that there was downtime between games. I found the diversity of the games incredibly interesting and kinda fun (yes, I’m morbid, I know!), and I found the downtime allowed us to get to explore the characters outside of being forced homicidal maniacs.

3. Speaking of which, I loved all the new characters! What happens when a mortal marries a demon and has kids? Those kids are Wraiths!

I especially loved Ellin, who definitely took a special interest in Genevieve being the only other woman in the game. She helped Genevieve and Rowin several times, sometimes in exchange for something and sometimes just because she was the best healer and in her heart was a good person. I really hope we get more of her in the future!

I also really liked Sevin, the charming playboy-esque brother. I loved how go with the flow he was and how he loved rattling Rowin by flirting with Genevieve. I definitely want to see more of him in the future, if nothing else as the comic relief.

And finally, Grave. Probably the strongest sibling, a Void Wraith, which is extremely rare, extremely powerful, and extremely destructive. While he was constantly after Genevieve in the game, I think we can forgive him for that given the rules of the game itself. But why do I feel he is going to capture my heart the most?!?!?!?!? Ugh, I do like a bad boy, and I feel he has so much more turmoil than we understand, I really hope we get to unwrap that delicious package!

4. I absolutely adore Genevieve! She is a curvy woman who speaks her mind, aka perfection. I loved watching her go from someone hiding her magic from her family, to using her magic to save herself and others. I also loved watching her go from someone who was depressed and thus sought out thrills, to someone who saw their true worth and became not just content, but happy with life again.

5. And Rowin. Ah, you handsome devil…er I mean Wraith. A FREAKING SHADOW WRAITH NO LESS!!! (But really, who doesn’t love a shadow daddy??) He was incredibly smart, being the victor year after year in the deadly game, but he was also incredibly caring (though, he definitely wasn’t going to let anyone know that!). He was single handedly trying to solve their mother’s illness, the Crimson Rot, while also allowing his family to see him as a selfish, uncaring jerk! He had so much turmoil in him, just like Genevieve, that they were perfect for one another.

6. I loved Genevieve’s and Rowin’s back and forth! They were so aggressive and passionate that their bickering was like foreplay!

Here is one of my favorite interactions of theirs:

G: Do you? Have a favorite game I should know about?

R: I’ve really enjoyed the one where I ask you to do something, and you simply refuse to fucking do it.


7. Oh, yes. This thing was sexy AF! I would expect nothing less!

Here’s one of my favorites!:

G: I need to feel you worship me.

R: (smirks) I’m a creature of Hell, worshiping is not usually in my nature. (Lowers himself between her legs and flicks his tongue to taste her) But for whatever time you remain in my bed, I will make it your shrine.


8. With this being a marriage of convenience (which, we all know how those work out 😉), I loved the game Genevieve and Rowin played of 2 truths and 1 lie. I thought it was such a clever way for them to get to know each other and for them to be vulnerable with each other, especially as they came to be able to read each other.

So where does book 2 end? With plenty of story left!!!! Salem’s (MMC from book 1) dad really wants him back and the family is on the hunt for the cure to the Crimson Rot for Rowin’s mom. AND! Are we getting a Luci X Grave book?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!? I WOULD DIE!!! There is so much left to enjoy!

Again , I am pleading for a copy of the next book!!!

Thank you to NetGalley, Second Sky/Forever, and Kaylie Smith for the opportunity to read a copy of this book. The thoughts and opinions expressed above are honest and my own.

4.25 stars!

Oh my gosh this book was so good. This was so fun. It’s a play on hide and seek with lots of other little mini games thrown in, the game is not overshadowed by the romance like it was in the first one, the couple in this one is so swoon worthy and I loved our Main Characters so much. There’s so much put into this book between Rowin and his family, and why they’re playing the game. Genevieve is so outspoken and thought out and I really loved her character a lot. I’m really excited to see where this series goes because there were a few loose ends that need explained, and I have several theories for the next book. The way Rowin spoke to Genevieve and the pacing of the romance was so well done in this one. I’m so glad I read this one and cannot wait for the next one and to see these characters again!

Thank you to Forever Pub for the advanced copy of this book.

After the first book by this author had some noticeable plot holes and odd choices by our main characters, this book really stepped up to the plate! As a stand-alone romantasy novel I can not wait to recommend this to customers. Such a easy to follow and bingeable read, I fully could not put it down!

I don’t typically read a lot of romantasy, but when I do, it needs to meet specific criteria. I prefer dark themes and characters that I can connect with, especially an FMC with some snarkiness to her, which is a plus, and steamy scenes comparable to what I usually read. Author Kaylie Smith’s Wicked Games Series felt it was written for a reader like me, and there was no doubt I would continue after reading Book 1, Phantasma.

Phantasma focuses on Ophelia, while Enchantra focuses on her sister Genevieve. Enchantra continues the Hunger Games vibe, which I love, and adds an alliance in a marriage between Genevieve and Rowin to win the games.

These two together! I loved how their romance unfolded. I also found the games incredibly exciting, and their plans to win them were strategic and engaging. I even got a bit emotional at the end. Enchantra was enjoyable, entertaining, and steamy. It was a great read.

Thank you to Second Sky Books, Read Forever, and Author Kaylie Smith for the gifted Advance Reader Copy. I am leaving this review voluntarily.