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Curses and Cupcakes by Michelle M. Pillow
4.0

Marcy has a very interesting curse. Every time she falls for someone, she becomes more of what they want, losing herself. Sure, we've all done that at some point in our early dating lives but Marcy REALLY does. So much so that she loses and gains tattoos, hair color, and styles, clothing styles!! It's not even her own doing either. She's completely at the mercy of the curse to tell her who she'll be. The worst part is no one else can remember any changes and if she tries to tell anyone about the curse, it mixes her words. (She ends up talking a lot about purses.) When she lays eyes on the hunky new firefighter, she's convinced that the curse has its hooks into her and is just waiting for the changes to start happening...but oddly enough, she doesn't see anything changing.  She does her best to avoid him but in the crazy paranormal town of Everlasting, that's easier said than done. 

Nicholas has just arrived in Everlasting and he has absolutely no clue that it's just not a normal town. However, he definitely ended up where he was supposed to because Nicholas is hiding his own paranormal ability—he sees dead people! He has spent his life not realizing that there are people out there like him and with abilities of their own. He can't help but feel like the townspeople are hiding something. To add to that, someone in town is starting fires, but who?

Man, I just love this series. Everlasting is such a fun place and every book, while they don't need to be read in order, build upon one another. We get to visit again with the eccentric Aunt Polly, the resident witch, and her lobster pet, Herman.  Polly's magic doesn't exactly work out the way it's planned. It comes with some very usual side effects that add to the hilarity. The mystery here is who is starting all the fires and sending Marcy threatening pictures. Even more so, who set the curse on Marcy to begin with? This series is just so entertaining. I love the quirky characters and their paranormal weirdness, which is completely normal to them! Curses and Cupcakes delivers!