Week 31 Review: Enchanted to Meet You

From Goodreads:

A witchy rom-com from New York Times bestseller Meg Cabot about a plus size witch who must team up with a handsome stranger to help protect her village from an otherworldly force--but will she be able to protect her heart?

It's Magic When You Meet Your Match

In her teenage years, lovelorn Jessica Gold cast a spell that went disastrously wrong, and brought her all the wrong kind of attention--as well as a lifetime ban from the World Council of Witches.

So no one is more surprised than Jess when, fifteen years later, tall, handsome WCW member Derrick Winters shows up in her quaint little village of West Harbor and claims that Jess is the Chosen One.

She's the Chosen One

Not chosen by West Harbor's snobby elite to style them for the town's tricentennial ball--though Jess owns the chicest clothing boutique in town. And not chosen finally to be on the WCW, either--not that Jess would have said yes, anyway, since she's done with any organization that tries to dictate what makes a "true" witch.

No, Jess has been chosen to help save West Harbor itself . . .

As Summer Ends, Her Power Grows

But just when Jess is beginning to think that she and Derrick might have a certain magic of their own--and not of the supernatural variety--Jess learns he may not be who she thought he was.

And suddenly Jess finds herself having to make another kind of choice: trust Derrick and work with him to combat the sinister force battling to bring down West Harbor, or use her gift as she always has: to keep herself, and her heart, safe.

Can she work her magic in time?

My Review:
This was such a fun read! I love Meg Cabot's writing, and that she wrote a witch read, yeah, I had to read it! I had a wonderful time reading it, I loved Jess and Derrick and their quest to help this town from this coming evil.

Honestly, I felt badly for Jess. This is basically our world, with hidden witches. That most witches are hereditary and have joined this exclusive and exclusory group, that Jess didn't fit their definition of a witch, that they kept her out...well, that's hurtful, but they're not the kind of group that Jess would want to join! Plus one of the members was her high school nemesis with whom there is still tension.

That Jess is plus-sized, it was really great to have that rep, it wasn't a big deal, she just was, and the fact that she was in fashion, all the more better! And when you add in the romance between her and Derrick, yeah, I just adored, along with everything else that was going on! 

How the big bad was resolved, it was pretty ironic, because it was totally unexpected and came out of left field. There was a brief note previously, but what came about it, yeah, that was really sweet to read, how it all was figured out! 

This was a really cute, adorable read, and I can't wait to see where the series goes from here! 

Author: Meg Cabot 
Series: Witches of West Harbor #1
Read: August 2nd, 2023
Source: Edelweiss 
Reason Why: Love her writing, and it sounded really great and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Avon Books
Expected Publication: September 5th 2023

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars