Book Review – Chaotic (Arcane Mage 1) by T.S. Snow

Checked out with kindle unlimited, March 2023. Charisma is a magical engineer who just graduated from her magical academy on her own. After her family kicked her out at 18 for not possessing enough magic to be the magical heir of their house. She uses her gift for magical technology to pay her way through school. Once she finally graduates all the magical houses want to enlist her services, casting her carefully planned life out the window. I appreciated the magical system of this story. The plot was convincing, and her array of characters kept me reading until the end. Her writing style had me engrossed from the first chapter. I liked Charisma and her mission to stand on her own two feet. I didn’t care for Logan and his attitude towards anyone else. I’m curious to uncover his true motives for many of the things he does. I’m still trying to decide if I like the rest of her love interests or not. This would be considered a slow burn from the romance side of the fence. The ending made left me frustrated with the four of them. (4/5 rating)

Book Review – Can’t Fix Cupid by Raven Kennedy

Our female main character, Trix, is a Cupid with wonky powers that don’t work right but she’s determined to make at least one person fall in love. In steps our male main character, Warren Knight. He’s the resident CEO, perennial bachelor and determined not to create attachments. Trix has her work cut out for her in this showdown of wills to keep her Cupid job. This was just what I needed today since I laughed through most of it. I loved Trix and her attitude. I enjoyed the unique plot line and the awesome array of background characters. (My favorite was Blue.) I needed this book from a favorite author to break up my reading slump and this Cupid love story did just that. I may have to move Kennedy’s full Cupidity series higher on my TBR list. (4/5 rating)