Hex and the City was a laugh out loud, chaotic and fun read that kept me intruiged the entire time!

This book was great from start to finish and I can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy once it’s released!

*thank you to NetGalley for this eARC in exchange for an honesty review! As always it is much appreciated!

Laugh out loud witchy romcom - a rollercoaster of fun and adventure, a delight from beginning to end. Great cast of characters and solid creative plot keeps things going. Definitely a winner!

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a free ARC of this ebook.
This is one of those utterly bonkers books that you’ll either completely ‘get’ and love with a passion, or discard. I’m massively in the former camp. Adored it. Will read it again and can’t wait for further instalments. It really is fabulous.
I’ll give it 150 stars.
Or 5 for the purposes of NetGalley.

This book was quite wacky and chaotic and all over the place with magical plot points. I don’t think it needed so many different magical plot twists and it became hard to follow and I could not figure out what the point was of it all. The ending also didn’t do it for me. I love a witchy romance, but this one just wasn’t my cup of tea.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

I really, really wanted to love this book!

There are a lot of great things to say about Johnson's writing style. I absolutely adored the cheeky banter between the characters, and the author's playful witch-y details were so much fun (e.g. Poppy's magical hair, Malkin the cat...). Unfortunately, I found that the whole book had a random plotline where seemingly unrelated things happened with little to no pay-off. Similarly, the ending didn't have much pay-off for me; I wish that Poppy had developed as a character and learned to control her chaos magic, rather than the book simply taking a "it-turns-out-that-everything-was-Else's-fault-all-along" approach to things.

That being said, this is such a fun book. Definitely a fluffy, light-hearted read that will appeal to many!

This book was so nice. It was really funny, I laughed out loud so many times. The characters were well written and you could really feel for them. The story is great, I like the whole cursed pendant thing and all that magic. And it was kinda steamy.

Unfortunately this book was not for me, it's definitely more aimed for a teen, I really didn't connect! But that doesn't mean you wouldn't or that it's bad writing, it just wasn't for me!

But thank you Netgalley and Kate Johnson for the early release

A cute and fun romcom with magic infused through out! Thanks to NetGalley and the author for this ARC!

I love anything witchy so I got excited when I saw this book. I also liked the cover!unfortunately it was almost a DNF for me but I did decide to finish it. There was a lot of characters which made it hard to follow the story. It definitely reads more like a YA which don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy reading YA’s. This book just wasn’t for me. Thank you NetGalley, Kate and HarperCollins UK for the ARC!

I had to DNF this book, but I still give it a 3 star. I gave myself to 30% of the book before making this decision, but just couldn’t continue.
I’m still going to give it stars for plot idea and because I love witchy books, which is basically what kept me going this long. The idea of Poppy being a chaotic witch and Alex being a stage magician with a pendant she accidentally cursed is such a cute premise but the execution has fallen short. They have zero chemistry, everything feels rushed but at the same time feels slow or no build up?
But one of my main gripes is using ‘ for speaking quotations. Maybe it’s a normal for some books? But every time I see it my brain misfires and pretty much pretends they aren’t there and then I don’t know if I’m reading a quote or not half the time.
I wish I could have gotten more into it, but I hope other enjoy it!

A really fun, frothy sequel with lots of miscommunication between the two leads and an unexpected twist which I loved. Huge thanks to the publisher for the ARC of Hex and the City in exchange for an honest review.

Hex & the City is a modern paranormal romcom. Poppy's a chaos witch but she doesn't know it. She thinks she's simply a bit of a hot mess at life and no idea how to fix it. When she accidentally curses a necklace that hot stage actor, Alex Raine, purchases life gets even more crazy. I loved Poppy. She felt real, not the perfect witch who has it all together. Her phone is frequently missing, her family drives her crazy, & her hair is in business for itself most of the time. Alex is so busy running from his past he didn't even realize this woman would truly see him. Together they have to decide if they can heal from their past relationship issues
and childhood trauma. Hex & the City made me laugh. Spice level is minimal but what's there is plenty hot for the characters. If you're looking for a paranormal HEA with sexy times that aren't too graphic this is your book.

This is generally is not the genre I read, but I was intrigued by the witches & spice meets rom-com. I struggle to make it past the 35% mark and almost DNF, but stuck it out. much of the romcom formula is that one member of the couple has a secret that unravels the relationship. However, I found myself a little disappointed in the cliché that the female protagonist thinks she’s not good enough, and that the male protagonist (who’s usually a womanizer) is intrigued by the quirky/manic pixie dream girl. The end was cute, however.

Thank you NetGalley for giving me the change to review this book before release, all thoughts and words are my own.

I read Hex-Appeal and loved it which is why I really wanted to read this early.

This is better than Hex Appeal. Poppy finds out she is a witch when she is 18, but always seems to cause chaos! Sentient hair, hot Axl, time travel, Iris, her landlady and her coven. Ghosts, the great fire of London are some of the parts you can enjoy from this book. There is some spice which adds to the story.

Let not even mention the marvellous plot twists and turns.

I absolutely loved this book and will definitely be purchasing a copy.

Your standard cute witchy romance. I did like this book and I enjoyed the first book as well it just isn't anything mind blowing/doesn't really stand apart from any other witchy romance.

I am so sad to say I had to DNF this.

I found the multiple characters confusing, jumping from one place to another confusing and overall didn't enjoy the writing.

I was so excited for this book as a concept but sadly it didn't work out for me.

Hex and the city is the second book from Kate Johnson I have read and loved. This is my go to book style, Witchy RomCom with a quirky and eccentric main character. This is my comfort zone.
This book has chaos, sentient hair, minor banter and hilarious nicknames. 'ManBun'. HA. and don't forget some 🌶️
Seriously add this to your Tbr.

Poppy is a witch who accidentally sells gorgeous magician Axl Storm, a cursed pendant.

When chaos hits the town because of it, these two have to figure out how to stop it.

I had high hopes for this book as I enjoyed similar tropes from Erin Sterling, but this was just okay.

There were a lot of characters introduced in the beginning and it got a little confusing and I immediately lost interest. I also didn’t feel any connections towards the characters and I really didn’t care what happened to them.

I will say my rating is more of a 2.5 so I will round it up to 3.

Thank you to Netgalley and One More Chapter for this eARC!

Honestly I was soooo disappointed by this book! It started off pretty strong - the characters are intriguing and mysterious - but soon the plot lines became more and more random and silly. Towards the end the characters were completely unbelievable, the interactions were so fake and the plot lines were scoffable. However, I do think it would make a good teen read so maybe I was just the wrong audience demographic to fully enjoy this book.

Hex and the City is a cute supernatural mystery/romance with a hint of spice. Poppy is a witch but everywhere she goes she manages to cause chaos. Case in point she accidentally curses a necklace and then sells that necklace to a very handsome magician, Axl. While trying to get the necklace back, she starts to get to know more about herself and her magic, along with the sexy Axl.

The book reads very quickly. Sometimes I would get lost in descriptions, but I was able to follow and did not take away from my enjoyment of the book. The characters are fun and make me want to read more about this world.