When you do trickery...
Spain meets Fara and decides he wants to make sure she never leaves him. He casts a love spell to bind the two. together. Of course, when people do trickery, even in the name of love, spells can backfire.
This short story was interesting. I enjoyed the different cultures and perspectives. I also enjoyed the friendship. However, I felt something was missing in the story. I was left wanting more and wanting to see what happens next with Spain and Fara. Overall, it was a good read.

This book was a weird instalove situation with an immediate roadblock. This made Spain look and act like a stalker. I felt like the story jumped around and that there was not real depth or development of any of the characters or storyline. Unfortunately I DNF’d this one.

Sadly I DNF’d this at 33% - I don’t think instalove is my genre, and these two people are supposed to fall madly in love but I guess I just didn’t see it. There wasn’t enough there in the first third to make me want to finish.

Not quite a novel, not quite a novella. "The Juju & Santeria Affair" was a shorter read that begs for a sequel. While it didn't end on a cliffhanger, per se, this book did a good in seeding this world with breadcrumbs that beg for future exploration: Why did Spain take *that* route? Will Fara listen to her grandmother? Will Fara reconnect with her family? Will we dig deeper into Santeria and juju? If a sequel is not planned, then these questions should be delved deeper into. Further, this book assumes that the reader is aware of the rules, consequences, and benefits from Santeria and juju: there are always variations, so an explanation of what that type of magics mean in this world means.

All told, it was a well-written book with one of the most interesting meet cutes that I have read and has a good amount of steam (there was a time/couple who didn't have great sex, and I would have liked to know more about that.). I would definitely pick this up on Kindle Unlimited.

This book has a very interesting premise to me, but sadly, I find the execution very lacking and generic for my liking. The first 30% of this book is just Fara and Spain doing mundane stuff and Spain attempting to win Fara over, but it was just watching a creepy stalker interact with his person of interest for me. Even by the end of the book, I am still confused why he liked her. I feel like both of them were lacking in depth and it's hard for me to care for them because of that. Overall, this book just didn't lived up with the exciting premise and the writing style and characterizations are so generic and bland for me.

I loved the two different cultures and practiced magics brought together in this book. I enjoyed the importance of family shown by both characters. I really struggled with the flow of this book though. The story is a bit choppy with things left out that seem to be important and some things that are written that didn't seem very important which sometimes left me confused. When I read the description I was really interested in the plot, but I was a bit disappointed. Immediate attraction is a little hard to convey, but I was confused on the reason for the immediate dire need Spain had for Sympathy (middle name Fara). Their interactions seemed forced and awkward, and not because of the magic influence. I didn't see their sense of humor as being funny, but more awkward, and honestly Spain kind of creeped me out. He wasn't giving me, "head over heels man in love" trope, but more overly obsessive, creepy stalker, Joe from "You" vibes. I wanted to love this book I really did, but the writing style just wasn't for me, and neither were the characters' personalities. I hope to read something else from this author another day though