Reviewed by Kat

TITLE: Half Past Hex

SERIES: Cauldrons and Kisses Multi-Author series

AUTHOR: Toby Wise

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 152 pages

RELEASE DATE: October 7, 2024

BLURB:

Is it possible to find your soulmate while stuck in a time loop?

When a box of magical items ends up at the university where Quinn is a professor, it’s his job to go through everything. The last thing he’s expecting is for one of those items to have a magical side effect when he and Bennet touch it at the same time.

Bennet’s been hiding his feelings for Quinn for years. When the two of them are stuck in a magical time loop together because of a magical time piece, will this finally be the right time to talk to Quinn about his feelings?

Half Past Hex is set in a magical urban fantasy world features two professors mutually pining, meddling students, being stuck in a time loop, and of course, a happily ever after! Cauldrons & Kisses is a multi-author series of MM magical standalone stories. Each low angst read will feature a witch finding love.

REVIEW:

This was a fun quick read perfect for a fall evening reading adventure.

Quinn loves getting to teach at UFA (University of Future Adventurers). He did not enjoy his time out in the field as an Adventurer and feels that teaching other witches about conjuration it the best use of his talents. Bennet was born to be an Adventurer. But when a near-death attack, during his last adventure, leaves him physically challenged for life he became a teacher and coach of the Tracker and Field team at UFA. He misses being the scout that he excelled at before his life-changing injury but lives developing the youth that are the future. When the school gets a sizable donation of magical things from an estate Quinn’s boss asks for his help in cataloging the items and making sure they are all safe. But a stumble by Bennet’s captain of the team leads to a predicament no one could have foreseen.

I loved that both of these guys pined for the other but, for various self derogatory reasons, though the other was way out of his league. But those around them knew and maybe a little “push” was what they needed.

I loved that this book brought back memories of watching “Groundhog Day” with my kiddos when they were young. The twist of it being witches and a hex was a cute theme here. Also the addition of being stuck in a time loop. Thankfully this has very little angst and became sweeter as each man tried to make their predicament a little easier to live through. I did love that, even though the day repeated and no one else had memories of what transpired the day before, they each remembered the events and how the other made it so special.

This was a fun, fast read that was perfectly set for the fall season. Hope it brightens up your chilly evening too!

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