I wouldn't naturally pick a magical /spell based book but this was a really lovely read. I liked Gemma in timeline 2 when she was sweet, thoughtful and likeable, much less self centred than in timeline 1. Dax was a delight in both timelines.
An easy romantic read, and I enjoyed it.

Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review.

sorry but I wasnt that keen on this story. I liked a few of the characters but thought Gemma was a bit blah! also the spelling drove me absolutely mad, no double 'ff' anywhere which was quite distracting. overall not for me, sorry x

This was so cute and fun and spicy! I loved the concept, although I was expecting witches and magic! The main character was great although I couldn’t get on board with her descriptions of a certain penis! I loved Aunt Livi and wished she was in it a bit more. Overall a really enjoyable read!

A nice novel about life choices, and chances to redo things - would it be better or not? A good read.

First of all, the volume of spelling errors made this book difficult to read. Or perhaps that should be diicult to read, as every single instance of a double F was omitted. Coffee became coee, off became o, and it seriously interrupted my reading flow.

Another issue I had with this book is I feel it was marketed for the wrong time of year. This could have worked so much better with Hallowe'en marketing than Christmas, given the subject and the name.

I also didn't enjoy Gemma as a main character, I found her incredibly childish and struggled to connect with her.

One of my favourite books is Fractured by Dani Atkins and I love an alternate reality romance so my expectations were high. With its cute cover and vague blurb, I had no idea of the spice that was about to hit me like a super shot of caffeine though. Glorious penis has become my new favourite saying much to my buddy reader Zara’s chagrin.

I loved every single character which is rare but I was especially fond of Gemma’s sister Kiersten and witchy Aunt Livi. The latter needs a book of her own, prequel or sequel I’m happy with either (hint hint). This was bursting with humour like Dax’s pants.

This was an easy read as there was no switching between realities. Just a great will she stay or go back? Even I wasn’t sure which way it would go for most of the book, especially with her new life featuring some amazing changes, one might even go so far as to say glorious.

This is all about realising what is important, being brave and listening to other people and I mean really listen. My favourite quote and the perfect end to my review, was from Kiersten to Gemma about her relationship with Stuart.

“𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔”

I struggled to read this book with the number of spelling mistakes in my copy. I kept going for the plot which was good, but I just didn’t fall in love with the characters. I really like the plot and the premise of the book though.

This book was so fun and cute, perfect for this time of year! Such a sweet and light-hearted romcom. The witchy family added that extra touch of magic to the story. I love friends to lovers and this one was perfect, I was rooting for them from the first page! Only removing some stars because of the crazy typos in this ebook, anything with a double f just didn’t include one. For example “off” became “o” and “office” became “oice”. I really just couldn’t get past this and it made it difficult to read. Hopefully this will be fixed by publication date and otherwise a perfect cute little witchy read with some of that romance mixed in!

✨ Rom Com with a sprinkle of magic
✨ What if? Parallel timelines
✨ Friends to lovers
✨ Sweet cinnamon roll love interest
✨ Steamy scenes
✨ Side characters that *slap*

This was such a sweet and wholesome story and I’m pretty sad to be finished with Gemma and Dax’s story. The book has moments of laugh-out-loud-humour as well as some deeper themes about self confidence and following your dreams. As much as I loved the love story, I think my favourite part was the wild and wonderful side characters - they were bloody brilliant. I think my ultimate favourite has to be witchy Aunt Livi, what I’d give for an aunt like her!! I highly recommend checking out this book when it comes out early December for all the squishy feels.

Thank you to netgalley, the publisher and the author for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Loved this well written and cute story: it made me smile and root for the characters.
Losing part of our story could be great but you lose also a part who you are,
I liked the plot, rooted for the characters, and had fun.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

✨ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 ✨

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: This Spells Love
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫(𝐬): Kate Robb
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 4/5

“𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩.”

🕯️ 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆
🍹 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗲
🕯️ 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿
🍹 𝗔𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗿
🕯️ 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
🍹 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀
🕯️ 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆

This is a fun fantasy romance that can be enjoyed all year round. The tone is easy and lighthearted, the humour is abundant, and the chemistry is rife. I genuinely enjoyed this a lot. It was such an easy read and is one of those books that could end up being a comfort read for readers who prefer their romance a little more magical.

The magic in this is mild and involves a spell book and a parallel dimension. All those what ifs the main character has are answered. The main character, Gemma, has a chaotic energy to her but also does not like to take risks and is co-dependent on her support network of best friend, Dax, sister, Kierstin, and her Auntie Livi, possible witch and definite psychic. However, Gemma is incredibly relatable, funny, and upbeat or at least attempts to be optimistic. Gemma gets to explore her identity: mainly her wants and her fears, in a parallel dimension where she doesn’t have the same crutch of support telling her what to do.

Have I ever mentioned how much I love love love best friends to lovers? Honestly tops enemies to lovers for me. Why have two character who try to kill and then romance each other when you have two best friends who absolutely rip each other to shreds in a hilariously vocal manner and then romance it out? The spice is light in this, some definitely apt and competent descriptions but nothing that made me feel like a pervert for enjoying (I’ll save that for other books).

This book is lush. And never have I wanted margarita’s and doughnuts more than whilst reading this.

—Kayleigh🤍

2.5 ⭐️

I’ll start this off by saying I would have rated this higher if it wasn’t for the many typos in the ebook. Specifically with words that contained a double F, like the word coffee was spelt like coee and office was spelt like oice, it took a long time for me to register what the word actually was and it seriously disrupted the flow of reading for me. Hopefully these can be rectified for when the ebook is properly published!

Okay onto the actual review…

I loved the synopsis of this book, it’s what really drew me into wanting to read it! And the overall plot was fun and an interesting concept! The execution fell a little flat for me unfortunately :(
I found the start to be really engaging and I was really enjoying it but it started to feel like the characters relationship was being rushed and I just wasn’t feeling the connection between them in this new “alternative reality” that was going on in the book?
Some comments also made me a little uncomfortable too, mainly during the spicy scenes and also in one occasion where a plus size person was described in a way that I wasn’t comfortable with personally.

Overall I think this book had potential but the execution and the typos made it a difficult read for me, I found myself not wanting to pick it up and read at times which is so unlike me!
I can understand why some people would enjoy this book and I have no doubt that it will be a hit for others! Unfortunately it just wasn’t for me!

A heartwarming tale that makes you think what if things went a little differently!?
The characters were engaging, the storyline was fun and the saucy parts were an added bonus. I really enjoyed reading it.

This was such a cute book, I loved the small town setting and the friends to lovers plot. I didn’t expect the story to turn in the ways it did, so it was full of surprises. I really enjoyed the characters, I adored the relationship between Gemma and Dax. I was hooked from the start, such a cosy and cute read, I couldn’t recommend it enough.

"This Spells Love" by Kate Robb is a charming contemporary romance that weaves a tale of unexpected connections. Robb's storytelling is endearing, and the characters' chemistry sizzles with authenticity. The novel explores love in all its forms, from friendship to romance, highlighting the power of vulnerability and understanding. With wit and heart, Robb crafts a delightful story that leaves readers with a warm, fuzzy feeling. "This Spells Love" is a heartwarming journey through the intricacies of relationships and the magic of finding love in unexpected places.

A truly amazing debut by Kate. I can't wait to read more her work.
I could literally feel the love between Dax and Gemma with this book.

A perfect love story with no 3rd act breakup (thankfully) with a touch of magic. What's not to love! It wasn't just about love, it was about people's dreams too, about taking risks.

A wonderful friends to lovers romance taking place over multiple universes. With a "he falls first trope".

Lots of character growth and development. The relationship between Gemma and her sister was also particularly important and transformative. I loved Gemmas growth in this relationship as well as her love life.

This Spells Love is a super cute, accidentally magic read! I’ve got to say this is one of my fave romances I’ve read recently. I’m not a huge spice lover and I think for me personally this book had the perfect amount. I also loved the relationship between Dax and Gemma, I thought they were really cute together!

The only thing that I didn’t 100% love about this book was that I thought it was a little bit predictable. However, I do think that can be said for a lot of romance books.

I would absolutely recommend this book to other people who want a feel good romance with a magical twist. This is Kate’s debut which I think is really impressive, I can’t wait to see what she comes up with in the future!

Gemma's boyfirend just broke up with her after a 4 years relationship. She's sad (but not devastated), so she needs sugar, booze, and her family's emotional support.
After too many margharitas, her mystic aunt proceeds a spell that is supposed to erase her ex-boyfriend.
How suprised she is the next morning when she wakes up in a parallel universe where she has never met him. And worse, where she has never met her bestfriend, Daxon.
She has then just one goal : performing the spell once again, in a reverse mode.
But what if instead of being her bestfriend, Daxon would become her boyfriend ?

This is a charming story, where a young girl has to be in a parallel universe to finally take her life in hands, and to dare living how she dreams, despite her fears. The storytelling is grea, and sometimes funny.
Thank you NetGalley and Penguin, that was a nice discovery.

Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it in this magical spell-binding romantic comedy. The Halloween season needed a touch of romance and this is it!

A feel-good page-turner that keeps you entertained from beginning to end. Perfect for fans of (contemporary) romance with a touch of magic, beautiful friendships, and second chances.

I got this arc in exchange for an honest review.