Book Review
Title: Love Spell
Author: Mia Kerick
Genre: YA/Contemporary/Romance/LGBTQ+
Rating: ***
Review: The opening to Love Spell was, we are introduced to Chance César who has to one of the most flamboyant characters I have ever read from but when he is crowned Miss Harvest Moon as a joke he takes it all in his stride. We also meet Jasper (Jazz) Donahue, who was one of the people that voted for Chance but not in a vicious way, he actually voted for Chance because he felt that Chance would best Miss Harvest Moon, incidentally, he also wins the title of Pumpkin King.
As we approach the ¼ mark in the novel, the first interaction between Chance and Jazz was brilliant, Chance is really out there and confident while Jazz comes across quite shy and fumbling a little. I didn’t like Emily however, she immediately judges Jazz for voting for Chance without even hearing his reason for doing it and then she basically calls him stupid later on, but his amazing pumpkin artwork proves he isn’t dumb. Chance is also developing quite the crush on the quiet and smoking hot Jazz and he has a plan to find out all the information he wants.
As we cross the ¼ mark in the novel, Chance is crushing hard on Jazz and wants to find out whether Jazz actually likes him or whether he is a little dense. So, after coming across an article proven ways to make a man fall in love with you Chance and Emily develop a plan to bag Jazz and put it into action. Step 1 was hilarious there is nothing else I can say, however, moving on Chance is following the instructions which are aimed towards women and he begins to question whether Jazz would want to feminine Chance or the boyish Chance or maybe even no Chance at all.
As we approach the halfway mark of the novel, Chance really steps his game about getting Jazz to like him in a romantic way and it seems to be working for a while. However, I had an issue with this as Jazz seems to run hot and cold, whether this is because he isn’t out yet or isn’t sure of his sexuality, it should have been made a little clearer as one minute he seems really into Chance and then the next seems so cold towards Chance.
As we cross into the second half of the novel, Chance seems to be trying harder and harder to get Jazz’s attention when I felt that the best option after his two previous attempts failed would just be to tell Jazz how he feels or at least ask him whether or not he is open to the idea of dating another guy. After a while Chance is slowly just being himself around Jazz and this is the Chance that he seems to respond to, but he is still sending these weird mixed messages.
As we approach the ¾ mark in the novel, Chance just doesn’t seem to have the social skills to form a relationship with Jazz and vice versa. Despite all the rooting I have been doing for this pair I just want something to happen in the romance department. I really want Chance and Jazz to kiss or confess or something.
As we cross into the final section of the novel, everything I wanted to happen finally happened. For me, it came a little late in the novel I would have had Chance give up on the plan by around 35% and then have the remainder of the novel centred around Jazz and Chance building a relationship and growing together which we didn’t get a lot of despite being marketed as LGBT romance. I would recommend this novel but just go into it with the mindset that even though it is labelled romance, hardly any actual romance happens.
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Paperback: amazon.co.uk amazon.com
Kindle Edition: amazon.co.uk amazon.com
I received this review copy from YA Bound Blog Tours
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