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The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
4.0
3.5/5 Stars
The Ex Hex is a sweet little second chance romance with a bit of snark and a lot of charm. The protagonist is a twee witch named Vivienne Jones, who somehow managed to land a gig teaching at a local liberal arts college despite not having a Ph.D. (*Laughs in dismal academic job market*).
Nine years ago, the summer of her freshman year of college (at the same half-magical/half-normie institution where she now teaches history to non-magical students), she had a fling with the almost annoyingly charming Rhys Penhallow, son of a powerful family of Welsh witches who happened to found both the town, Graves Glen, where Vivi lives and the college in which she teaches. After a summer of insta-love and a whole lot of sex in the way only teenagers can manage it, Rhys mentions that he has to go back to Wales to undo a betrothal that his father arranged for him. Vivi kicks him out in a fit of anger, proceeds to drink her body weight in vodka, aaaaaaaand drunkenly places a curse on Rhys.
In the present, Rhys's father sends him back to Graves Glen to fulfill the familial obligation of recharging the town's magic. When he returns and runs into Vivi, 9 years worth of resentment, attraction, and long-distance social media stalking spark between them, as does the curse.
When the curse spreads to the town's pool of magic, Rhys, Vivi, and her family must try to break it or face deadly consequences.
I thought the book was quite cute overall, and I'd gladly recommend it to anyone looking for
* Halloween vibes
* Enemies to lovers
* A mostly sweet romance with a hit of spice
The Ex Hex is a sweet little second chance romance with a bit of snark and a lot of charm. The protagonist is a twee witch named Vivienne Jones, who somehow managed to land a gig teaching at a local liberal arts college despite not having a Ph.D. (*Laughs in dismal academic job market*).
Nine years ago, the summer of her freshman year of college (at the same half-magical/half-normie institution where she now teaches history to non-magical students), she had a fling with the almost annoyingly charming Rhys Penhallow, son of a powerful family of Welsh witches who happened to found both the town, Graves Glen, where Vivi lives and the college in which she teaches. After a summer of insta-love and a whole lot of sex in the way only teenagers can manage it, Rhys mentions that he has to go back to Wales to undo a betrothal that his father arranged for him. Vivi kicks him out in a fit of anger, proceeds to drink her body weight in vodka, aaaaaaaand drunkenly places a curse on Rhys.
In the present, Rhys's father sends him back to Graves Glen to fulfill the familial obligation of recharging the town's magic. When he returns and runs into Vivi, 9 years worth of resentment, attraction, and long-distance social media stalking spark between them, as does the curse.
When the curse spreads to the town's pool of magic, Rhys, Vivi, and her family must try to break it or face deadly consequences.
I thought the book was quite cute overall, and I'd gladly recommend it to anyone looking for
* Halloween vibes
* Enemies to lovers
* A mostly sweet romance with a hit of spice