Personally, I developed a new appreciation for its comic value. (FYI: If you have any aversion to Sterling’s beloved four-letter word, you will need to check it at page one. I laughed aloud many times from all the hilarious one-liners, hysterical situations, and well-placed, amusing F-bombs. The chemistry between Vivi and Rhys is smoking hot, and Sterling’s literary comedic timing is superb.

(Psst! By the way, Sterling is author Rachel Hawkins in disguise.)Īs I hinted above, the novel is a sexier, funnier, more foul-mouthed Practical Magic. Sterling has written a surefire winner for romance fans who, like me, enjoy a little hocus pocus with their hanky-panky. The Ex Hex is cute, cute, CUTE! I absolutely loved it. And now she must figure out a way to reverse it before both Rhys and her beloved town of Graves Glen are destroyed. When Rhys returns to town nearly a decade later, it soon becomes clear to Vivi that her curse did, in fact, stick. Vodka was involved, and all she had on hand was a cheap scented candle. And Vivi did what any other hurt witch would do – she cursed him. Nine years ago, Rhys Penhallow shattered Vivienne Jones’s heart. My fall-lovin’, Halloween-lovin’ heart.įor I have found one of the funniest, hottest, witchiest rom-coms I’ve ever read – Erin Sterling’s novel, The Ex Hex. Vivi and Rhys have to ignore their off the charts chemistry to work together to save the town and find a way to break the break-up curse before it’s too late.īe sure to visit Bantering Books to read all my latest reviews.īe still my heart. Suddenly, Graves Glen is under attack from murderous wind-up toys, a pissed off ghost, and a talking cat with some interesting things to say.

With one calamity after another striking Rhys, Vivi realizes her silly little Ex Hex may not have been so harmless after all. What should be a quick trip to recharge the town’s ley lines and make an appearance at the annual fall festival turns disastrously wrong. That is until Rhys Penhallow, descendent of the town’s ancestors, breaker of hearts, and annoyingly just as gorgeous as he always was, returns to Graves Glen, Georgia. Sure, Vivi knows she shouldn’t use her magic this way, but with only an “orchard hayride” scented candle on hand, she isn’t worried it will cause him anything more than a bad hair day or two. Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young witch would: vodka, weepy music, bubble baths…and a curse on the horrible boyfriend. New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins, writing as Erin Sterling, casts a spell with a spine-tingling romance full of wishes, witches, and hexes gone wrong.

The ex hex by erin sterling