Mariel accidentally summons Ozroth, creating an unbreakable attachment between the two until she bargains away her soul. I found this book incredibly hard to put down from chapter one with its beautiful main characters and GORGEOUS background characters….

When a spell to summon flour goes very wrong, Mariel finds herself staring down a demon—one she inadvertently summoned for a soul bargain. I liked the story, it was really light and funny (not so much my type of humor) but still well enjoyable 💫. These aspects of the story were extremely excessive and I simply did not have the mental headspace and patience for such BS.The alternate green cover does a better job at making them look like adults as well as accurate to their book descriptions! Hawley delights in her humorous and romantic paranormal debut…Hawley ably navigates life and love among toxic family members, fantastical chaos, and small-town politics—with some steamy scenes and plenty of dad jokes along the way. With a little foray into toxic families, capitalist city councils, and supportive friendships, the book is a delight.

A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon is a delightful, cute, steamy story that ends with a magical twist! Both were also genuinely overwhelmed by what was happening to them and while they weren't always the best with communication or extending grace to each other, they do learn more about the other as their forced proximity continues. I was most annoyed by Mariel believing in Oz the whole time until one person suggests something is his fault and she goes and turns her back on him straight away like BRUH. I felt so much sympathy for Mariel (h) that her family was powerful and therefore so much was expected from her, but she struggled hard with her magic. With plenty of laughs mixed with the witchy magic and demon determination the pages flew right by with the story.She was a winner of RevPit 2018, and her short stories and satirical articles have been published by Hooked, Slackjaw, The Belladonna Comedy, and Points in Case. This book has an excerpt for the next book, which is about Mariel's BFF so I'm certain this couple will also feature heavily in the next book. Berkley Publishing Group and Sarah Hawley provided a complimentary digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley.