Title: Hearth, Home, and Havoc
Author: R.J. Blain
Series: A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) #3
Rating Out of 5: 5 (I will read this again and again and again)
My Bookshelves: Humour, Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Pace: Fast
Format: eBook, Novella
Year: 2017

Any story that starts off featuring a single mother is something that I’m going to like. Yet, I wasn’t expecting this to be a story about a single mother of a goddess in training. Which was just hilarious. I mean, being a mother is difficult enough. But when your daughter is learning at an accelerated pace and the goddess of hearth and home? I can’t imagine the challenges faced.

This is one of the shorter stories in the A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count) series – more novella length than anything. I kind of wanted it to be a bit longer if I’m being honest. After all, Hestia is a freaking hilarious daughter. She’s literally running around causing havoc, all in the name of taking care of her mother. Plus, she’s decided that her mum needs hearth and home to be happy – a matchmaking daughter on top of everything else? Absolutely priceless.

Running from a psychotic ex isn’t necessarily a new trope for my bookshelves. Particularly one who is powerful (financially and socially) and able to manipulate the system to ostracise his ex. But, the idea of being able to magically control someone was truly horrible. The compulsions that are constantly making her question her worth and stop her from moving on? Definitely heartbreaking. But a good way to highlight just how bad the emotional aspect of abuse can truly be.

I loved this novella, like everything thus far in this series. I mean, I’m binge reading it for a reason I suppose. The couple at the centre was fun, there was murder and mayhem. And everyone gets a happily ever after… except for the bad guys, they just end up dead…

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