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island-in-ignorance · 4 months

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I dunno what kinda drugs they give Reylo fanfiction authors that allow them to write these absolute BANGERS but I'm gonna politely request some.

#books #booklr #tbr #romance #fantasy #romantasy #lana ferguson #the fake mate #the nanny #ali hazelwood #the love hypothesis #love on the brain #love theoretically #jessica clare #what the hex #go hex yourself #Reylo

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lizyork8509 · 5 months

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Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare

A fun, steamy, angsty Reylo-inspired witchy romance. It’s my second time reading this & I love it that much more.

Reggie is clueless to the world of magic until invited to work for warlock Ben’s witchy aunt. When his aunt gets hexed into a coma, it’s up to tall, dark & moody Ben to team up with Reggie to save the day. They fall in love & have plenty of sexy times but also have time for some spells too.

Anyway, love this book! A great witchy Reylo romance.

#go hex yourself #jessica clare #witchy romance #reylo #bookworm

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beatrixacs · 1 year

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New batch of purchased books AKA new addition to my 'published Reylos' shelf thanks to @MsSarahHawley, @_JessicaClare and @EverSoAli Thank you for making us proud!

#am reading #books #personal #sarah hawley #a witch's guide to fake dating a demon #ali hazelwood #loathe to love you #jessica clare #what the hex #reylos #published reylos #reylo fics turned original fiction

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bookcoversonly · 6 months

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Title: Go Hex Yourself | Author: Jessica Clare | Publisher: Berkley (2022)

#books #Jessica Clare #Go Hex Yourself

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mygeriatricthots · 10 months

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Barnes & Noble haul

#book club #planners #ali hazelwood #jessica clare

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oracleofmadness · 1 year

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What a splendid book! Grumpy/sunshine, fake dating, enemies to lovers, and the spice! Yes, please!

Penny is a sweet, wonderful character that I instantly fell in love with. Especially because she has a pet squirrel that she loves. Willem is a surly warlock in need of a familiar to help him with casting even though he is not supposed to.

I didn't read the first book, so there were parts of this that made me feel a little lost, but that's a me problem. I really loved this. I love how Will and Penny worked together, especially the spice! Overall, this book left me feeling warm and fuzzy!

Out April 4, 2023!

#book #bookish #books #bookworm #book review #currently reading #read #bookblogger #reading #fantasy #fantasy romance #romance books #spicy reads #spicy books #What the Hex #jessica clare #grumpy/sunshine #enemies to lovers #fake dating

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readingwithgenie · 2 years

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Summary:

When Reggie Johnson answers a job ad in the paper, she's astonished to find that she's not applying to work at her favorite card game, Spellcraft: The Magicking. Instead, she's applying to be an actual familiar for an actual witch. As in, real magic.

The new job has a few perks - great room and board, excellent pay, and she's apprenticing to a powerful witch. Sure, the witch is a bit eccentric. And sure, there was that issue with the black cat Reggie would prefer to forget about. The biggest problem, however, is warlock Ben Magnus, her employer's nephew and the most arrogant, insufferable, maddening man to ever cast a spell.

Reggie absolutely hates him. He's handsome, but he's also bossy and irritating and orders her around. Ben's butt might look great in a crystal ball vision, but that's as far as it goes. But when someone with a vendetta targets the household, she finds herself working with Ben to break a deadly curse. Apparently, when they're not fighting like cats and dogs, things get downright...bewitching.

Plot Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ /5

Character Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5

Romance Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5

Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️ /5

Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ /5

Would I Recommend? Mmm... yes.

What I Liked:

The story itself is very interesting and well thought out. Many parts that were unexpected yet humorous and fun to read.

Most of the characters are solid individuals who add their weight to the story.

Aunt Dru is definitely the star of the show, regardless who the main characters are meant to be!

The "enemies to lovers" trope played out fairly well and took its time throughout the story. I'm glad they didn't "fall in love" by chapter three.

What I Didn't Like:

A few plot holes that make me question a few characters or wonder if there was more the author could have expanded on or finished seeing through.

It's written in first POV and has alternating chapters which made it feel weird alternating between Reggie's and Ben's perspectives consistently. It definitely could have benefited being written in third POV instead.

A few characters got on my nerves and I couldn't like them no matter how important they were to the main characters and the story.

The "grumpy/sunshine" trope didn't work too well in this story because Reggie isn't really "sunshine". She's very skeptical and weary of others, making her almost skittish and too cautious. There isn't much happiness found in that.

My Thoughts:

Once again, I fell for another Relyo-inspired novel. I couldn't resist the premise! An enemies-to-lovers witchtok vibe between a brooding "Ben" and a runaway "Rey" couldn't sit on my TBR pile for too long, especially with October right around the corner!

Unfortunately I didn't enjoy this novel as much as I hoped. If it weren't for the fact the main love interests are based off my favorite Star War's star-crossed lovers I would have dropped it at 30%.

Reggie answers a newspaper and misinterprets the ad. She plays the card game Magic the Gathering and mistakes the "magic" part of the ad as a reference to the game. When she shows up to her interview she quickly learns the old woman has no intention of playing with magic cards when she can perform magical spells in her kitchen. Reggie is thrown back by their "delusions" but is pulled into accepting the job when the pay is too good to be true.

I've never played Magic the Gathering but it was used to bring Reggie and Ben closer so it I suppose it pulled it's weight later on in the story.

Reggies best friend and ex-roommate was my LEAST favorite character. He was meant to be an overly friendly guy who loved Reggie like a sister but I couldn't overlook his flaws. Who in their right mind would send their boyfriend's dick pics to their best friend? Apparently that was a very normal behavior for him, although Reggie never appreciated it. Every nude and screenshot he captured of his boyfriend was sent to Reggie with a parade of emojis following. I know it was meant to make Ben jealous but I couldn't get over how gross and annoying that is!

Not to mention moving his boyfriend into the apartment they used to share a few weeks after Reggie accepted her new job. Reggie worried the boyfriend taking her old room closed her escape plan, just in case the job didn't work out, but she didn't say anything on behalf of his happiness. But it was kind of a dick move on his part. Thankfully he isn't a huge part of the story.

There were also a few (major, imo) plot points that remained unfinished and left me with many questions.

Plot point number one; apparently Reggie has magic in her lineage otherwise she wouldn't have been able to answer the charmed newspaper ad. The fact she was able to read the otherwise invisible ad told Aunt Dru she has some magic in her blood. However that is never explored or addressed again. We learn Reggie could be a witch but nothing is done with that information. It's literally dropped and forgotten.

Plot point number two; her two thieving free-loading parents don't have a history of their own. Considering Reggie has magic in her past I thought her parents would be revealed to have dabbled with a few spells in their youth but unfortunately that doesn't happen. We keep hearing about her horrible parents who use her as a bottomless bank but we don't know anything about them beyond that. We don't know what they're spending the money on or how they're able to continually find her (magic would have been a great excuse to explain that since no one is able to figure out how they're able to tail her whenever they need to steal more money from her, not to mention practicing magic is very expensive as Aunt Dru proves through her shopping list which would explain why they're always broke so quickly). I feel there is definitely missed potential here that would have done a lot for Reggie's part of the story.

The romance is well written but the spice is...

Ben has lived for over 500 years, has taken lovers in the past, but is somehow very vanilla. Their multiple sexual encounters are... awkward at best. I mean, the first time they began to explore each other's bodies was at the bottom of a muddy well. They don't have the best decision making once their sex drives begin to spike. Sure, it makes for fun situations but it puts a damper on the sexiness.

The most infamous moment of sexual tension having to be when Reggie willingly confessed she spied on Ben masturbating through a crystal ball when she wanted to test if magic was real. The fact he took it as a dare makes it all the more uncomfortable.

Overall, the book had a great story to tell with characters that added depth and humor. Although there are some parts to it that I didn't enjoy it's still a good book to read. I'd recommend it even though it's not a solid five stars.

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#book review #honest review #contemporary romance #adult fiction #adult romance #spicy books #go hex yourself #jessica clare #reylo inspired

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brittanybwrites · 2 years

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Finished up the Death of Jane Lawrence. It was clearly a book written for me, and I enjoyed every bit of it. Now I’m gonna read (tomorrow) Go Hex Yourself and Beach Read by Emily Henry. Have a feeling I’m gonna take Emily Henry to school with me, but that’s okay, since I only have two days of school this week.

#booklr #bibliophile #the death of jane lawrence #go hex yourself #emily henry #jessica clare #caitlin starling #beach read

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between-the-pages657 · 4 months

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Adam was in the Navy?

Please say he was a pilot. Please say he was a pilot. I’m missing my Naval Aviators.

#bookblr #holly jolly cowboy #jessica clare

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goodbooksandgoodwine · 9 months

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What The Hex by Jessica Clare | Book Review

Jessica Clare’s What The Hex is the second entry into the Hex series — and wow it is so fun! I actually ended up liking this book more than Go Hex Yourself. I think part of the reason being that What The Hex doesn’t feel like fan fiction with the serial numbers filed off. The tropes within are some of my favorites too. This story is about Penny who is secretary of the Society Of Familiars. She is…

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#Adult fiction #Book Review #Jessica Clare #Paranormal #Penguin #romance #strong women #Witches

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beatrixacs · 1 year

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Finally diving into the continuation of Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare! Can't wait to see how that one goes...

#what the hex #go hex yourself #jessica clare #gingerrose

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thebooklovebot · 1 year

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REVIEW: Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare

New Review: Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare. A steamy witchy romance featuring a new-to-magic familiar and a grumpy warlock!

PUBLISHER: Berkley Jove PUBLISHING DATE: April 19, 2022. Genres: Romance / Contemporary Romance Go Hex Yourself follows Reggie Johnson as she starts working as an assistant to Dru, an elderly woman who unbeknownst to her, is a 2000 year-old witch. As Reggie tries—and fails—to comprehend that magic exists, Dru’s nephew warlock Ben Magnus, who happens to be the most irritating man to ever exist…