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The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields
5.0
adventurous emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

What Midnight Girls thought it was! I liked that book but LOVED this one. The romance was great and it was a very cozy read even with the grief and the action at the end. The imagery and world building was amazing! Loved the honey witch type versus the ash witch.  I tandem read with the audio and ebook and while there was accents it didn’t throw me off as much as some narrators and helped get in the story. 
The romance was very cute and I liked the slow burn of it. The curse was an interesting aspect and how it contributed to the relationship, I felt so bad when Lottie kept getting hurt over and over. 
The spice was good if it wasn’t for the fact that Lottie literally died, but I liked the way she came back, it was interesting. Being stung alive.
I had my suspicions about Lottie from the beginning but I liked the way it had come out. I did not like her aunt at all for obvious reasons. 
The tattoos were a cool touch to Lottie’s character but more should had been done with it. The tattooing scene was hot tho!
 
I liked the brothers’ soulmate romance and wish we had seen a little more of it too.