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And They Lived Happily Ever After
And They Lived Happily Ever After: A Magical OwnVoices RomCom | Therese Beharrie
4 posts | 4 read | 6 to read
Fans of Paybacks a Witch and The Ex Hex wont want to miss this charming and humorous novel featuring a South African writer facing her past and literally living her dreamsand conjuring a real-life hero. A Goodreads Most Hotly Anticipated Romance A USA Today Best New Rom-Com An ambitious story of magic, romance, and healing from past traumaAnxious Gaias difficult background and social awkwardness will endear her to many readers. Publishers Weekly A sweet reminder of the connections between love and magic. KirkusReviews One unexpected kiss . . . Successful romance author Gaia Anders has a secret: anything she dreams at night is magically written into her bestselling novels. After a lonely childhood in foster care, her dream life is the only one she trusts. Gaias waking life just cant compareuntil she gets caught in one utterly surprising, crazy-passionate, real-life kiss . . . One near-perfect guy . . . Workaholic businessman Jacob Scott has had a crush on his brothers best friend, Gaia, since foreverbut he never expected to literally share her dreams. Living out their magical nighttime fantasies is explosive, but its their waking desire turning his single-minded ways upside down. Its making him want a future he didnt think was possible . . . One dream that could come true . . . But Gaia has secrets from her past she won't reveal. And Jacob's attempts to keep the peace in his own fractured family puts him up against her deepest fears. Soon, theyre facing hard truths about who they are and what theyre running from. And the only way to break this curse is realizing true love's real-life power . . .
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Posh_Salad
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Bailedbailed

I couldn‘t finish it. There‘s A LOT of dialogue but everyone speaks in a similar language and cadence. And the dialogue isn‘t that enthralling. The fantasy/magic part is what intrigued me to read the book, but it‘s talked about more than shown to us. When we finally get a picture it‘s not that captivating. Had to bail on this one.

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MidnightBookGirl
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Mehso-so

The first romance I read for #Swoonathon and our Fountain Flirt book club pick of February. It has a lot of elements I liked- the main character is a romance author who edits her books in her dreams, and then falls for her best friend's younger brother, who ends up dragged into her magical dreams. Parts of it work, parts of it made me roll my eyes. I don't know if I would have finished it if it weren't a book club pick though...
#Readin22

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MidnightBookGirl
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Here's a chance to get a bingo for #Swoonathon- or just for fun.

If you love romance, then you love a trope! Mine is usually Best Friend's Siblings, or Sibling's Best Friend, but I also really love Fake Relationship and Surprise Pregnancy (which I feel was much more common in the 80s and 90s romances), and Enemies to Lovers is almost always good!

I'm not loving the tagged book, but it's Best Friends Sibling, so there's that, I guess.

chasjjlee If you like surprise pregnancy, you should read almost any Jodi Ellen Malpas book. 3y
Nessavamusic Love this! I live friends to lovers & enemies to lovers both are delightful 3y
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kimmypete1
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Panpan

I had a lot of problems with this one and if it hadn‘t been for book club I would have abandoned it. Overall the writing style was fine, but the story was all over the place.

I liked the magical dreaming aspect, but nothing really became of it (besides adding some humor). Gaia‘s best friend was a terrible. That whole situation drove me nuts - he did not deserve her friendship one bit. Jake was ok, but he had his own issues to deal with. ⬇️

kimmypete1 The thing that drove me the most crazy was at 30% you find out that Gaia has a twin sister she didn‘t know about (honestly I didn‘t think they split up twins, but maybe in South Africa they do) but nothing happens with this until 85%. This could have been a thing, but instead it was all dreaming and Jake and her BFF. 3y
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