I honestly didn’t realize this was a series so that being said I couldn’t truly follow along on what was happening but I did enjoy what I read

i requested this book not knowing it was in a series :((( however i was very intrigued by the blurb so maybe i will read the rest of the series!!

Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this book but I felt like not reading the other two books in the trilogy didn't help me. I felt like something was lacking and I can't quite put my finger on it but I suspect it was probably my lack of reading the other two books.

Thank you to the publisher and author as well as netgalley for allowing me access to this eARC of this book and allowing me to give feedback and read books in exchange for a review.

This is a romance fantasy which is my bread and butter when reading novels but I had never heard of M L Philpitt before so I was curious and asked for this book. Obviously as you can see by my review I was accepted but I am so grateful this was a beautiful book about two waring hearts and the passion between them was beautiful and spicy

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When this book was presented to me, I had no idea it was part of a trilogy. However, it is possible to read it without the previous books, and even understand the general plot points of the other two, making it for an interesting read and a satisfactory one.

Even though it lacks on character development and exposes the plot more than letting you find it for yourself, it makes for a quick and enjoyable read, in between more difficult reads. The writing is simplistic and fast paced, and so is the whole story.

The are some smut scenes, since we are of course talking about an erotic book, but they did not feel exagerated or distasteful.

Overall, a nice interlude to clear your head and enjoy some urban sexy fantasy.

The third and final instalment of The Witches Bind Trilogy - there’s no coming back from this one!
The concept of this book was very enticing - there is an arranged marriage between witches that binds their elemental magic together. I liked how the author set up their meeting and relationship (consent was handled a lot better in this book than others of this series).
However, the writing itself was cringy and took you out of the moment - there was more telling than showing what was happening. While the main two characters were fleshed out a lot (almost too much - pages and pages of monologues), the other characters were very one dimensional. It was good to see the main couples from the other books come back, but their character development was nonexistent.
The ending was a surprise and would have been good if it wasn’t for Mary’s smugness, it felt as though the entire journey was for nothing.
Overall I enjoyed the concept of the story but the writing was basic - definitely my favourite out of the trilogy.

Amazon: 3/5
StoryGraph: 2.75/5

Thank to Netgalley and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op for allowing me to read and review this book.

Union Bound is the third book in The Witches’ Bind Trilogy. In this last book, we follow Jasper and Adalyn two strong witches who are obligated by their coven and The Goddess to make an arranged marriage. One refuses to fall in love, the other doesn’t want to marry without first experiencing her life. Will they work together?

Like in the two other books, I really love that she had made a little playlist. I enjoyed hearing them while reading. « For anyone who don’t believe in love It’ll happen» I love the dedication when I read it first but after finishing the book, it makes even more sense.

The author knows how to write a strong ending. At the beginning, you know how they will end up, but I didn’t expect the consequence of it. The character is great and better written and deeper than the first book. I love that Adalyn is confided and how she turns the head of Jasper. Some scenes were spicy like I love them. The first flashback puts the mood of the book, but after I didn’t understand well when I read them. I would have loved some date.


I will post my review today on Goodreads and on November 20th on Amazon.

Synopsis: Union Bound is the Third book in The Witches’ Bind Trilogy. Each book is a standalone novel featuring a different couple, but they are best read in order, due to the nature of the overarching series plot.

Adalyn knows her role in this life. She has been raised to be the leader of her coven, just like her mother before her, with that comes an arranged marriage to a witch from another coven. This marriage will ensure our coven stays the most powerful coven anywhere.

Jasper has always had one goal…..power and with the help of his grandmother he has met this goal by marrying the daughter and future leader of the most powerful witch of their kind. Jasper also has no intention of falling in love, love only leads to heartache and misery. Luckily his new bride feels the same way and they agree to lead separate lives. But when a kiss leads to more and feelings start to develop what happens when a Goddess intervenes and Jasper has to choose between love and power?

What I Loved: Another playlist and it too does not disappoint! Book 3 in the Witches’ Bind series is the quickest read for me and again a totally different story the other two. It is what I love best about the series as a whole. In this book I loved Adalyn, another strong leading lady. But after one night with Jasper that leads to two and so on, she realizes she is developing feelings for him. This seemed like a real and natural development of feelings between two people. The most natural of the three books.

What I Liked: I just realized that I enjoy an arranged marriage trope. It is a great way to see a relationship grow and give a lot of different options to bring in conflict and interactions between two people. So smart. M.L. Philpitt does a really great job at building sexual tension and characters that don’t always want to give in to it. I appreciate that in this book and series.

What I Would Change: Wow, the ending. I think it is going to be a love it or hate it ending to a series. But isn’t that what great stories are made of? The readers deciding what is great or not. And what is great for one reader might be just ok for another. This ending is going to be that for its reader.

If you love Paranormal Romance…make sure you have all three books in this series lined up because you are going to want to read them all together!

Overall Stars: 4.5

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Loved this book, was gripping the whole way through and would definitely recommend to people looking for a romance novel with a supernatural element. The main characters Jasper and Adalyn were very well written and had chemistry from their first meeting, and despite their tumultuous journey I had no clue what would happen to them.

I love the playlist at the beginning of this book. This is the third book in the Witches Bind Trilogy. This book starts with Sybil and Jasper burying his parents and cementing her want to raise a strong witch generation of pure blood.

We do jump points of view from past to present and to Mary. You may remember her as the meddling witch the goddess uses to show the way from the other stories. Oh, interesting, the last couple decides the outcome. Jasper is okay with an arranged marriage to strengthen the coven and the magic. Still, he is a heartless, self-serving warlock. He goes back to his thoughts on the last book with his cousin Carina, Ryder, and the wolf pack.

Adalyn is a Fortuna witch. She is also a college student living her young, carefree life at least while she can until she takes over the coven and acquires the impending arranged marriage. Wow, this book gets steamy so descriptive as well. I'm surprised they go thru with the moon goddess plans.

Jasper is a bit hard-hearted, and I really hope he is whipped by the end of the book. However, his grandmothers' deceptions and her mother's coercion are crazy to go up against, and I wonder how it will come into play. Adalyn us a pure outlook but is a little immature and has some growing up to do. I like Jaspers' moves to unite and wonder how all that will work out. Will the goals be met? Will the characters let their emotions get involved, and what will it mean?

What that can't be right. How can that be the goddess's plan? I mean, after everything and him finally becoming more, how could it be that twisted? This story gets surprising just as I thought they would get the happily ever after; instead, the author baffles us with the last-minute revelation.

The goddess herself reveals what went wrong and why. But all the same, just wow! I can't believe what happens. How will this extreme action play out? I love that Jasper's heart thawed finally to the Adalyn. But what now? Mary sums up the series nicely with her reminiscing back. Omg, I can't believe how this book ends. I'm happy we got a final conclusion for every couple they dabbled into their lives and changed them. I love that Jasper finally got his happily ever after and was a changed man.

I can't believe this is the end of this amazing series. This book has me hooked so many questions and so many answers. I still can't believe the outcome of all that prophecy and playing with people's futures. I love how the author interwove the entire series, leading from one book to the next and deeply interconnecting her characters. This was one heck of a paranormal romance filled with magic and love eventually, and wow, was it steamy. What they lacked in feelings, they made up for in intimacy. I enjoyed every set of characters this author envisioned and how they each complimented each other so well. I can't wait to read other books by this author.

This ARC was provided to me free of charge by NetGalley but my opinions are my own.

Union Bound is the third book and final book of the series a fact that I was unaware of when I requested the book but the author was a great job of laying out the story, so much so that even though I know how it all ends I'd like to read the other two.

The third installment follows Jasper and Adalyn two strong witches brought together by The Goddess and her helper Mary in an arranged marriage meant to strengthen the coven.

Jasper having a hard life thanks to the death of his parents and the meddling of his grandmother, refuses to let anyone in. I have never spent so much energy yelling at a fictional man in my life.

Adalyn has excepted the fact that one day she'll be married off but wasn't expecting it to be so soon, watching her fall for this angry man made me both sad and hopeful.

Honestly it's a great story and definitely one any supernatural, friends to lovers fans would enjoy

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Arranged to be married, not given a choice but will it be just a marriage of convenience? Just roommates? Or a steamy romance leading into love.
I loved the book! The ups and downs and twists leaving me wondering how it was going to end. This is a fantastic conclusion and what a gripping storyline, I loved all characters!

While I enjoyed this book, I did not read the others in the series and I felt that impacted my reading. It was steamy, but I felt there wasn’t genuine feelings between the characters. The plot was interesting but kid of confusing.

This was for me definitely the best one in the trilogy, this couple actually had chemistry and some real development before falling in love, which positively surprised me. The focus was still a lot on the romance, I would have preferred some more solid plot but it was good for what it was. I liked the characters both together and individually and the romance was written well enough that I was rooting for them. I think the writing was also better than in the other two books.