The book This Spells Love was an enjoyable read. I would recommend any book written by Kate Robb. Happy Reading!

I received an ARC of this book courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely.

This was soooo cute, I really enjoyed it! I loved the two main characters and the storyline made this such an easy read to get lost in. I loved the friends-to-lovers trope aspects and loved seeing Gemma’s alternate life and the way she handled all the changes throughout the story. There were times I wished there was a little more focus on Gemma’s life versus the romance because I think they deserved equal time, but I was left wanting a bit more. Lastly, Gemma’s family members were really sweet and I loved their interactions with each other. Pick this romance read up, you won’t regret it!!

I absolutely connected immediately with these characters. It was so well written I was swept into the new hoping it would merge with the old. grab this one up and enjoy!!

Sweet and romantic! "This Spells Love" by Kate Robb was a very enjoyable read about best friends and soulmates, living in parallel realities until they get it right. Full of career ambitions, passion, and deep bonds. Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the copy for review. All opinions are my own.

This Spells Love was a fun read! I really enjoyed the characters Dax and Gemma. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher.

After her long term boyfriend dumps her, Gemma seeks a night of drunken debauchery with her sister and best friend Dax. When their joking “spell” leads to Gemma waking up in a different life however, she doesn’t know where to turn. Dax doesn’t even know who she is! Can she befriend him enough to make him kiss her and help reverse the spell?

This was such a delightful read. I love a story with just a touch of magic and this one fit the bill! I just adored Dax and Gemma, and was rooting for the two of them to be together from the get go. I think we all wonder how our life would change with just one small adjustment, so I love to read books where that happens! Plus the ending was just chefs kiss!

Wow! What a book! This book the perfect amount of magic realism that I personally like and romance …perfection!

After Gemma’s boyfriend has ended their relationship, her mystical aunt helps her cast a “love cleanse” spell to remove the relationship from her life. She goes to sleep in her bed but the following morning she wakes up in a different bed along with a different life! Add to the fact that now her best friend Dax who she had shared a drunken kiss with the night before doesn’t know who she is. They say, be careful what you wish for.

I adored this book! I loved how Gemma grew as a person. I love sister relationships and I loved to read how Gemma and her sister’s grew with a lot more understanding. You can’t help to root for Dax and Gemma’s relationship. You can feel the sparks from the beginning. But I also loved the secondary characters so much. They were well developed and captivating. I look forward to reading what Kate Robb writes next!

Thanks to Random House Publishing and NetGalley for a digital copy of the book for my honest opinion. This book was published on December 5, 2023.

This book has given me all the feels! It has wonderful characters including those in secondary roles. It has a friend's to lovers trope with an alternate world.

This is a wonderful debut that I can't recommend enough! Totally magical! I look forward to reading future Kate Robb book.

I am in love with Gemma and Dax! The whole time warp thing - let’s face it, we’ve all wished we could erase the memory of an ex - was such a fun concept! I loved every moment of this romantic comedy, from the little details like Dax calling her by HIS last name, to her crazy aunt calling her Poodle, to her sister’s struggles with raising 3 kids. I definitely need to read more of this author’s work.

If you’re on the fence, just read it! You won’t regret it. :)

4.5 stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
full review is up on goodreads:) thank you netgalley and sorry for the late review😘
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I adored the characters in this book - both the main and the supporting characters! I’m usually here for a supernatural romance and this one definitely met my expectations. This was the perfect friends to lovers romance and I thoroughly appreciated that there was no third act breakup!

I cannot believe this was a debut novel - it was beautifully written with phenomenal character development, plenty of tension, heat and banter to keep me wanting to come
Back for more. I can’t wait to see what Kate Robb does next!

After I read the last line of this book, I said "awww!" out loud. This book was adorable!

I'm not usually into magical realism books, but this one did it well. Gemma falls into an alternate universe after breaking up with her boyfriend Stuart. In this world, she re-meets her best friend Dax, and they fall in love. During the experience, Gemma realizes that a lot of small decisions altered her life and she has the chance to re-do them or see what life could have been like.

If I didn't have other responsibilities, I would have devoured this book in one sitting. The dialogue was hilarious, the romance scenes were extra steamy, and it was just a treat to read.

Thank you to Random House and Netgalley for an early copy in exchange for an honest review!

I really liked the premise, performing a spell to erase someone from your life.

Gemma is dumped by her boyfriend, and after a few margaritas, decides to perform a cleansing spell to erase him from her memory. Her aunt, sister, and best friend Dax are there and Dax kisses her to seal the spell.

The next day, it’s clear the spell worked. She’s not heartbroken over her ex, but she finds her entire life is different. The worst thing is that Dax doesn’t know her anymore, because she met him the same night she met her ex. They were best friends but now Gemma realizes that he was much more than that.

Can Gemma somehow get back to Dax or will she have to attempt to reverse the spell? Is it even possible? I enjoyed reading the “what if” plot and seeing how far reaching one decision could be. 4.5 stars.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed as in this review are completely my own.

I have truly never read a book like this one, for being a debut it was amazing. This was such a quick, unique, and fun book to read.
Gemma gets dumped by her boyfriend of 4 years, and is in a very low point in her life. Her aunt decides to intervene just a tad by having her do a love cleanse that puts her into a parallel universe where she never met her ex boyfriend. But that also means she had never met her best friend Dax either. She spends the next month falling for him and him falling for her.
There are bumps along the way and she has to decide if she wants to stay in this new universe where she is with Dax or go back to her old one where Dax is still only her best friend.
Watching them grow together in this new universe was amazing. I was rooting for them the whole time. I could not put the book down it was so good. Perfect fall time read!!

“Sometimes the best risks are the ones you make with your heart.”

When Gemma gets dumped by her boyfriend, she reacts the way any reasonable twenty-eight-year-old would: she gets drunk with her friends and casts a love-cleansing spell to erase said boyfriend from her memory. But when she wakes up and realizes the spell worked, she also realizes that her life is now unrecognizable to her. And Dax, her bff, now has no idea who she is. Can she get this now stranger to kiss her and reverse the spell without falling for him herself?

This was such a cute rom com with lots of spice, spells, and alternating realities. Gemma is a fun and feisty character and I enjoyed her development and self improvement over the course of the story.

The audiobook was so fun! The narrator nailed Gemma’s angst and stress and really captured her essence. A great listen!

Thanks for the free audiobook @PRHAudio #PRHAudioPartner and to @netgalley, @randomhouse, and the author for the ARC.

I truly loved this book so charming and cozy. I need this as a physical book asap. Thank you net galley for letting me read this 5 star read.

I enjoyed every part of this book. it was fun, the characters were lovable, the plot was well paced, and the romance was sweet. It was one of the reads during the holiday season that I looked forward to picking up and getting to the end. I loved the magic aspect of the book, and how it intertwined so flawlessly with the contemporary world. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a feel good, funny romance.

This was only my second foray into Witch Romance, but different in that here, Gemma doesn't believe the magic will work, so that added a special je ne sais quoi to the story. It especially fit with my recent ao3 reads that were heavy on amnesia and alternate realities. Don't you love when a book fits the mood?

For me, what really shined brighter than the romance were the female relationships, especially between Gemma and her sister. She's the one who really helps Gemma open her eyes and her heart.

Overall, I'd give it 4/5 stars. Perfect for fans of 90s Sandra Bullock movies ala Practical Magic.

Gemma is freshly out of a relationship wishing she had never met Stewart. Dax is her best friend that she met the same night four years earlier. In an at-home spell circle, they, along with Gemma's sister and slightly kooky aunt wish that she'd never met Stewart. But be careful what you wish for.

What ensued was a parallel universe with a clear butterfly effect. The better her life in this new timeline got, the worse off the lives of those around her got. A month later, Gemma must decide which timeline she wants to live in: the one where she has it all or the one where she and Dax are merely best friends?

This Spells Love was exactly the light read I needed. It was cute, made me smile, and has really good themes throughout. It's pretty much what you would expect of it, and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone needing a light romance. I look forward to the next!

And thank you to Random House publishing for the free copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.

Thank you to NetGalley, Kate Robb & Random House for the opportunity to read the ARC for "This Spells Love". This is my honest and unpaid review of the book.
I really loved reading this book! It had a fun twist and some great insight into the "what if" factor that dominates a lot of people's decisions, and reflections. I didn't realize until I was part way into the story that this book is set in Hamilton, ON, Canada, just a short distance from where I was born myself! This made me so happy. Books are always set in New York, London, etc even when the authors aren't from there. Just goes to show that romance can blossom anywhere! The character's in the story were very relatable and I loved the story, the twists and the relationships between them all. I sure hope this author plans to write more books, and set them in Canada!