While this was better than book 1, it didn’t deliver quite as much as I was hoping.

Memnon was a bit too arrogant for my taste, he needed to be toned down or more understanding for me to like his character.

Thank you to Bloom Books for providing me with an arc.

I requested this one thinking I was gonna love book 1 as I have liked the other Laura Thalassa books I have read but I ended up dnfing book 1. I may try to give it a second try so I can come back and at least start Bespelled but currently I am not able to read this one because I dnfed book 1. I gave up on book 1 because the magic was confusing very fast and the characters didn’t suck me in like they did for Rhapsodic.

First of all, I really liked the recap at the start of the book! I wish all sequels did that!
I really enjoyed the growth between the characters in this one, the animosity turning to respect, friendship and then more, especially with Selene's memories returned.
The shock at the end left me wanting more!

Laura Thalassa is one of my favorite authors and I’m never going to have an unbiased review, because I love everything she writes, so no shock then that I absolutely loved this, I adored every second, I can’t wait for the next and I need physical copies now

I will be so honest with you, when I first picked this up I DNF’d it. I returned for some reason, however, and I’m so glad I did.

Don’t take this novel too seriously. It’s a good paranormal romance that does have some plot holes and things that don’t make sense. I had a grand old time though and I thought it did a great job of building on the world and the story from the first novel.

This was just a fun, paranormal time with witches, werewolves, sorcerers, and evil-doers.

"Bespelled" by Laura Thalassa is a spellbinding mix of romance and magic, where enchantment and passion collide. Thalassa’s characters are complex and intriguing, with a love story that unfolds amidst a world of dark curses and powerful spells. The book’s enchanting atmosphere and captivating plot make it a must-read for fans of paranormal romance.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for this ARC. This was a great witchy romance with a whole heaped spoon of spice. I really enjoyed it and found it a fast-paced, satisfying read. 4/5

I loved this one!!! It was a perfect sequel that really tied this together. I’m hoping there’s another one. Memnon really started redeem himself in this one and it made it much easier to root for them.

Holy moly that ending!! I was not expecting that. I am just constantly amazed at how POWERFUL both Memnon and Selene are. I also felt bad for Kane. He really likes Selene and is a good guy. She’s just not available my dude. Also Nero is just the best familiar!! He’s so sassy and I love him. Just an oversized kitty.
I loved the first book, but I definitely enjoyed this one more as Selene has come into her powers and memory more. And with that, we learn things that happened in the ancient past, including how Roxiana died saving Memnon and what really happened that fateful day; Memnon did not any of this which makes him feel so remorseful about all his actions in the first book. So through a forged bond, in which he must follow Selene’s every command, he attempts to prove himself to her and gain back her trust and forgiveness to want to embark on the life journey he wants for them. His motives switch from revenge to forgiveness.
They also have to tackle the supernatural murders, and we find out more about the Fortuna family and even meet them . They would definitely be a formidable adversary if our main couple wasn’t who they are, but even then…

Thank you Bloom Books for my copy, I really loved it!

After reading the first in this series I could not wait to get my hands on this. It did not disappoint. I love the back story ( I can't resist a good mystery) and the enemies to lovers theme is on point. Menmon is such a sexy, growly grumpy love interest and I cannot get enough. I love that Selene has come into her own now and is the bad ass female she always had the potential to be. I am eagerly awaiting book three!

• 𝔸ℝℂ ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 •
Title: Bespelled
Author: @laurathalassa
Pub Date: May 17, 2024
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨️
Spice: 🌶🌶🌶🌶

Thank you so much to @laurathalassa and @netgalley and @read_bloom for the eARC copy of Bespelled! 🥹🖤

"𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 62 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓼𝓾𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓽-𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓘'𝓶 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓽 𝓯𝓵𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰."

"𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓿𝓮𝔁𝓪𝓿𝓪."

"𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾. 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓯𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾."

"𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓫𝓵𝓾𝓼𝓱, 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓬𝓱. 𝓘 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓘 𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻." "𝓔𝔂𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝓶𝓮."

I can't even begin to tell you how amazing it was to be back into the magically delicious world of Memnon and Selene. The spice was absolutely spicing in this one! Memnon is just 🤌🏻🤌🏻🥵🥵

Bespelled is the second book in the Bewitched series! It starts off right where we ended with book one, Bewitched. Selene gets her memories back and remembers her past life with Memnon. Her character growth is phenomenal. She is incredibly resilient, and I absolutely loved seeing her accept and embrace her past. She is an absolute badass.

Memnon shows absolute dominance with his power in this book, especially when it comes to his queen being in danger. We also see a softer side to Memnon. There is just something about seeing badass obsessive/possessive men being softies that just does something to me. 🥴 The love between Selene and Memnon is unmatched.

THAT CLIFF HANGER! My adrenaline was through the roof! I cannot fricken wait to see what book 3 has in store. Also, I got to add.. I would absolutely love receiving daggers as a gift. *Hint, hint husband* 😏

𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤:
✨️ Enemies to Lovers
✨️ Possessive/Obsessive MMC
✨️ Independent Take No Shït FMC
✨️ Touch Her and Dïe 
✨️ Paranormal
✨️ Spicy Scenes
✨️ Soul Mates
✨️ Sassy Familiars (Nero)
✨️ Ancient Curses 
✨️ Forced Bonds
✨️ Fast Paced
✨️ Action Packed

I wish I could put into words how much I enjoyed this story! Book one was spectacular and this one was no different!

After the cliffhanger from Bewitched, I was anxious and excited to start Bespelled, primarily because of how the FMC, Selene, was treated not only by the other witches but also by Memnon, the sorcerer whom she had awakened, who is supposed to be her soulmate. At least that is what Memnon keeps telling her, even though he’s acting nothing like a soulmate, trying to frame her for murders and also get revenge for what she supposedly did to him years ago. She is in jail initially in Bespelled due to what he did in the first book.

Bewitched was definitely a true Enemies to Lovers, but the second book ends up being a Second Chance Romance where Selene and Memnon rekindle their love for one another after Selene starts having past memories of her life with him. Memnon also gets off his high horse and finally realizes that Selene never betrayed him and will do a lot of groveling in this book. A LOT OF GROVELING because he definitely needed to grovel to Selene for what he did to her. I really questioned his character and love for Selene in Bewitched, but he’s made up for it in Bespelled.

Let’s not forget to mention the Touch Her and I’ll Unalive You trope, which I always enjoy reading in Fantasy/Romance storylines. Memnon is not a sorcerer you want to tick off when Selene is in danger, plus he can be a tad jealous/possessive of her. Just ask Kane, the werewolf who tries everything to get with Selene in this book, but he’s derailed several times, not only due to Memnon but Selene letting him know she’s with Memnon. Here’s hoping Kane gets his own HEA with someone else so that he can leave Selene alone.

Selene’s character development grew in this book, especially when it came to her witch powers and how she handled herself in certain situations. She did need assistance sometimes because the poor girl was put in some awful situations (five against one, etc.), but she managed her own. Selene learns what’s happening to the witches at her Academy, and she has a target on her back after she finds out the truth.

Fair warning: there is a cliffhanger again at the end of Bespelled, and it’s a big one, too. I give this book 4.5 stars and anxiously wait for the next book in the series. I’m thankful, though, that while I wait for the next book in the series, I can check out Laura Thalassa’s backlist, which I’ve already started her The Four Horsemen series. Laura Thalassa has definitely been added to my list of favorite PNR/Fantasy Authors now.

This series is definitely recommended if you enjoy reading Paranormal/Fantasy Romances. This series has a sassy witch who deals with an overbearing sorcerer who’s her past love and tries to figure out what enemies are after her at her Academy.

Trope(s)/Element(s):
✓Enemies to Lovers
✓Second Chance
✓Soulmates/Fated Mates
✓Touch Her and I’ll ☠️ You
✓Magic
✓Witches/Sorcerers/Werewolves Oh My!
✓Steamy (Lots of Groveling from the MMC in this book)

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for a copy of the eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Yet another great book from Laura Thalassa that I could not put down once I started it. The story continues on Selene and Memnon and how they got where they are now, which results in them working together to solve the murders that are happening around them and how these murders relate to them.
Although their relationship is on a better grounds there are still battles between them however their angsty relationship keeps the reader entertained and the spice is enough but not over the top.
I look forward to reading more from this author.

“Neither magic, nor time, can keep us apart. We are like the stars. Eternal.”

From bestselling author and TikTok favorite Laura Thalassa comes the next installment of a witch fantasy set in the world of the Bargainer series. On a quest through the wilderness, Selene Bowers learns the tragic cost of her powers—her memories—and only the dangerously handsome Memnon the Cursed can help her find the answers she seeks...if she doesn't lose her heart first.

Bespelled is the second book in the series. The first book "Bewitched” ended on a nasty cliffhanger, which is why I was really looking forward to this moment. I have to admit that I'm a little jealous of the people who will start the series in a few years, when all the parts of the series have been published.
After absolutely loving “Bewitched,” I was so excited to see how the story continued. The sequel totally delivered and I am just as obsessed with this book and Selene and Memnon‘s story. Ofc there are still far too many unanswered questions that keep me waiting for the next book, but at least some aspects were clarified in this one. To find out what was answered exactly, you'll have to read the book yourself and we can wait for book 3 together. Have fun reading it!

Wow, Laura has done it again! The second book installment, Bespelled, picks up where we left off in Bewitched, and I thoroughly enjoyed the recap because it had been a while since I read the first book. It filled in a few gaps I couldn't quite remember, which was nice.

I was so hoping we would get more romance and more of Selene's back story, and we did! We had the perfect amount of groveling from Memnon, and I was begging Selene to give in to him and fall right back in love. Who can resist a big, powerful sorcerer with only eyes for you? Touch her, and you die, seriously.

There were many plot points in the story related to some pretty serious stuff that I was not expecting, but it made the story that much more intense. The end of the book had me on the edge of my seat, and I can't believe how it ended because now I have to wait for the next book to come out, and I don't want to!!!

Thank you NetGalley, and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books, for providing an eARC of Bespelled. This review is being left voluntarily, and all opinions are my own.

Massive thank you to Net Galley and Laura Thalassa for the free arc book in exchange for an honest review! 🫶🏻


WOW I am in love with this book. I finished it a few hours before writing this and it is all I’ve been able to think about for days and since finishing it.

I really enjoyed Bewitched and was unsure if it would be able to be topped, but I am so happy I was wrong. What an amazing series so far.

For Bespelled, I adored the character growth in this book. Seeing Selene not only grow as a character but also in her confidence and power as well made me so happy. While some of her decisions may have seemed rash and not very smart, I like to think she had so much going on in her life, and I would probably also make decisions like that (plus, they made for amazing plot points).

Memnon on the other hand….sir….please keep doing what you’re doing. I loved seeing how he developed in this book and really started to love him more and more. I can’t say too many thoughts as I am trying to leave this as spoiler free as possible, just know that I am dying for the next book.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and am so excited to see how the series progresses from here. If you haven’t already, you NEED to read these books!!

“Will you stay with me until I fall asleep?” I want to ask him for more, but I’m not brave enough. Memnon uses his other hand to run his knuckles over my cheek. “Of course, Empress.“

NEW TOP BOOK BOYFRIEND ALERT🚨😮‍💨

ahhhh I can’t even deal with how much I absolutely adored this book!! Laura Thalassa is one of my favorite authors in the world and this book was just next level AMAZING!!! I literally tabbed and highlighted almost the entire book because every page had me squealing and kicking my feet!!

after the many things Memnon did to Selene in the name of revenge during book 1, now he’s back - ready and more than eager to GROVELLLLL FOR HIS QUEEN!!! ahhh I can’t!!! the groveling in this book should be the blueprint tbh it was everything!!!!

“I can do anything to you, est xsaya?” I ask. It’s not really a question of whether I literally can. He’s already given me that power over him. It’s a question of whether he’s okay with it. “Anything,” he agrees fervently. “I am yours.”
***SWOOOOON****

I truly have no words for how much I loved this book and these characters 😭 yall need to read it and you’ll understand why I’m so obsessed 🤭

This might be one of my least favorite Laura Thalassa book, which is unfortunate as it was one of my vacation reads. I'm not vibing with the plot mainly because I can vibe with Selene. I would have loved to have a more worldly main as she's supposed to be a reincarnation of a badass lady. Memnon is a morally gray/black character and I'd appreciate it if Selene was more like his OG wife as it would make the plot and relationships feel more real. I likely won't be reading more of this series, mostly because of Selene and her mismatch as a character in this world.

Bespelled is an awesome continuation of Bewitched. Laura’s writing is so amazing. She develops worlds that suck a reader in doesn’t let go. The continued character development kept me super invested in Memnon and Selene.