Potions and Proposals by Kate Callaghan

I picked up this ARC late, but I am glad I did, as this was a fun and different type of story by Callaghan. I've thoroughly enjoyed her two Christmas stories, and her Ms Perfectly Fine - her writing is always spot on.

In Potions & Proposals we arrive to the mystical town of Foxford, where a new High Priest(ess) is going to be selected.

Lucinda and Benedict have been pranking each other - and the whole village - since they were children and they still do to the dismay of everyone around them. Now they're pitched against each other for the lead roll, unless they agree to work together under a binding spell. The village is getting there revenge!

The banter between the two of them drives the story forward, and they soon realise that it's better to work together to save their coven, the continue with their pranks and sabotaging for each other.

I am looking forward to the next book in the series as there is plenty of unfinished business.

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