Bespoke & Bespelled (Movie Magic #1)
by Karen Healey
My Rating: 4 stars
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Age Category: Adult
Type of romance: m/f
Blurb:
Stitch-witch and costume supervisor Marnie Taylor knew she was taking a risk when she left her solid studio job in L.A. and returned to New Zealand to work on the film adaptation of her favourite fantasy series. But she didn’t expect supernatural sabotage – or her disastrous attraction to the star.Rider Adams was hoping for something different for the next stage of his film career. Instead, he’s trapped with a terrible script and a production where everything that can go wrong does. And for some reason, he can’t stop making an idiot of himself in front of the costume supervisor…
Can Marnie and Rider overcome magical vandalism and studio stresses? Find out in Bespoke and Bespelled, the first witchy romance novella in the Movie Magic series!
My Review
I received a copy through Netgalley and voluntarily reviewed it.
Bespoke & Bespelled is one I got through Netgalley a while ago. And when I was looking for a quick paranormal read I got reminded of it and decided this was the perfect time to pick up this witchy paranormal romance book. I had such a fun time reading this one. The main characters are likable and I liked the unique magic types, like the main character Marnie who is a stitch witch.
I liked this book and had a lot of fun reading it. It’s a pretty quick read, but I still felt like everything got enough time to develop, although the ending did feel a bit fast. I liked reading about Marnie who is a stitch witch and she quits her stable job at a movie studio to return to New Zealand and help there on a movie adaptation of her favorite fantasy series as customer supervisor. She meets Rider on the plane there, not realizing he is the main star of the this movie. Their attraction is instant and throughout the book they grow closer. Their romance did develop a bit quickly seeing as this is a shorter read, but I thought their connection was clear and I liked reading about them. There are some interesting side characters as well.
My favorite part of this was probably the unique magic. I just loved reading about Marnie’s stitch witch magic worked, the way she could communicate with fabric, mend rips without stitches or make a fabric softer or more rain proof. It was just very cool and fun to read about. There are a few more unusual magic types that are revealed later.
I also liked the movie set type plot line and seeing a bit about how that worked. It also made for an unusual backdrop for a book and I liked that. There’s also a plot line about some sabotage that’s going on and I liked seeing how that got resolved and finding out what happened and why the person acted that way.
To summarize: This was a fun quick witchy paranormal romance read. I enjoyed reading this one and seeing Marnie and Rider fall in love while working together on the set for a new fantasy movie. The romance does progress a bit quickly, but I could feel their connection and liked reading about them. There are some fun side characters as well. I especially liked the unique magic and reading about Marnie’s stitch witch magic and how that worked was so fun. The movie set made for an interesting backdrop for the story and the sabotage plot line was interesting and I liked how that got resolved.
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