Book Review: Careful What You Witch For by Emma Jackson

I’m pleased to be welcoming Emma Jackson to Novel Kicks and the blog tour for Careful What You Witch For.

Two complete strangers.

One life-changing spell.

Becca Ashworth’s family is in trouble and with their magical legacy under threat, it puts their small village of Biddicote at risk too. So going against the witching tenets to summon an ancestor for help seems like a small price to pay to fix the problem…at first.

Connor Lynch is the Witches Council’s secret weapon and he’s just been deployed to find out exactly what the Ashworths are up to. But how he ends up posing as Becca’s fake husband at a magical inn in Cornwall as they hunt down a magical artefact is just as perplexing as the cheerful witch herself.

When their attraction for each other grows, Becca and Connor question everything they have been taught – and soon the missing artefact isn’t the only thing they are searching for. As love collides with duty, it’s clear that sometimes you need to be careful what you witch for…

*****

Rebecca Ashworth comes from a family of witches, all who have special magical abilities.  When her family, her home and the village of Biddicote is threatened, she sets out to find a stolen family artefact that will help eliminate the threat. Her biggest hurdle is Connor Lynch, an Abrogater representing The Witches Council. Can Becca find what is lost without giving her family secrets away to a stranger? 

It’s such a pleasure to be a part of the blog tour for Careful What You Witch For. First, can we talk about this book cover. It’s so pretty. 

The premise for this novel is great. I love the idea that witches and magic simply exist in our world. The plot is also great, throwing in plot twists and gasp moments a plenty. 

I couldn’t figure out how it was going to end and I didn’t see a few things coming. 

This novel is full of believable characters. Becca is someone who is full of love for her family and friends and wants to protect them. I would also like her power to find things sometimes. But and I want to adopt Michael Kitten. 

Connor is someone who has trusted in the people around him without really being accepted for who he is. I loved seeing how his and Becca’s relationship developed throughout the book. 

The settings in the book felt so vivid and I felt like I’ve stepped into the book. Overall, Emma Jackson has weaved a spellbinding tale with realistic and likeable characters. 

If you love books with a touch of magic, laugh out loud moments, strong bonds between family and friends and love, this book is perfect. I love it. 

About Emma Jackson –

Author of the Best Selling A MISTLETOE MIRACLE and contender for the Joan Hessayon Award 2020, Emma has been a devoted bookworm and secret-story-scribbler since she was 6 years old.

When she’s not running around after her two daughters and trying to complete her current work-in-progress, Emma loves to read, bake, catch up on binge-watching TV programmes with her partner and plan lots of craft projects that will inevitably end up unfinished.

Emma is also a host on the SFFRomCast, a podcast dedicated to celebrating fantasy and sci-fi romance. Her last book, WITCH YOU WEREN’T HERE, a witchy romcom full of misbehaving magic, brother’s best friend angst, and only one bed shenanigans.

Say hello to Emma via X, Instagram, and Facebook.

Careful What You Witch For was released by Orion on 1st August 2024. Buy at Amazon UK, Amazon US and Waterstones. 

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Laura

I’m Laura. I started Novel Kicks in 2009. I wanted a place to post my writing as well as give other writers like me the opportunity to do the same. There is also a monthly book club, a writing room which features writing prompts, book reviews, competitions, author interviews and guest posts.

I grew up by the sea (my favourite place in the world) and I currently live in Hampshire. I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I’ve loved writing since creative writing classes in primary school. I have always wanted to see my teacher Miss Sayers again and thank her for the encouragement. When not trying to write the novel or writing snippets of stories on anything I can get my hands on, I love reading, dancing like a loon and singing to myself very badly. My current obsession is Once Upon a Time and I would be happy to live with magic in the enchanted forest surrounded by all those wonderful stories provided that world also included Harry Potter. I love reading chick lit. contemporary fiction and novels with mystery.