What a silly, funny book. I'm not going to lie, I did have a good time with this. But there are also so many  things that I cannot ignore. This reads like Jessica Day (yes, from New Girl) wrote a fantasy romcom. The swings from cute to cringe were wild, and while I enjoyed the first half of this book, I found myself lightly skimming towards the end. 

Liked:
- the plant magic! Reading those parts made me look over at my own houseplants with heart eyes. Mariel's love for nature and plants was so relatable to me
- the self aware goofiness throughout. This book is SO not serious, and it knows it. I'll admit I laughed out loud quite a few times throughout. It's unabashedly chockful of Millennial pop culture and slang (but thankfully no HP references!)

Disliked:
- the main characters fell in love in three days. THREE DAYS. This book is almost 400 pages and yet somehow the pacing felt rushed because of how quickly things developed. The character growth feels so unbelievable because of this as well.

Mariel only learns to stand up to her mom because she gets some good demon dick?? We seriously go from one Sunday family dinner where she gets walked all over (again) to the next week brandishing her power fluently and having an entire monologue shutting down her mom. After HER ENTIRE LIFE of experiencing emotional abuse and manipulation?? It's such a wild swing in a short timeframe.

- the cartoon villainish moms, omg. They're so blatantly awful with no other characteristics at all.
- the smut??? AGH, some seriously cringey moments during these scenes, I couldn't do it. Albeit I did laugh outloud at the exchange over knotting lmao

Okay...I think that's it. So while this started off promising, I found myself rolling my eyes a bit too much at the end. 

HOWEVER I am very curious to give Calladia's book a try - the moments she appeared on page were some of my favorites and I love that she's a muscle mommy witch!