✨ARC Review✨

I honestly did not care for this book and I feel bad about it. It had all the right elements, but the execution was unfortunately lacking.

We have Scarlett Melrose, recently called back home to Oak Haven due to a magical community emergency. She’s been gone ten years ever since a spell cast by her mother, sisters, and she killed her father. She blames herself and basically put herself in exile. Anyway, she’s back because magic has gone wonky in fair Oak Haven. Her family, being the founders, is expected to right the wrong and make magic function again.

Town dreamboat, Nate Williams, was Scarlett’s bestie their whole childhood and just when they’d decided to be *more*, that spell went awry, her dad died, and Scarlett skipped town. Now that she’s back, the old feelings are still there and maybe there’s potential for *more* if only Scarlett (and her family) would quit blaming her for every little thing that goes wrong in Oak Haven. Good Lord, who did they blame in the ten years she wasn’t around?

Bottom line: this book could have been charming and cute, but it just wasn’t. Scarlett is a sad sack of a character that suddenly sees the light of what she can be, but that journey wasn’t well-paced. Her mother is not good to her at all and then suddenly she is saying motherly things and being kind. Like, what? I’m just disappointed, I guess?

Anyway, as with all books/art, your mileage may vary. My subjective review may not reflect your feelings and thoughts and that’s okay.

I was given this eARC via #netgalley and @AvonBooksUK. All thoughts are mine alone.

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