Rating: 4.25⭐️:  

Bespelled is a strong sequel to Bewitched by Laura Thalassa about a young witch coming to terms with duel memories, a ancient morally ambiguous soul mate and a terrifying mystery that threatens her friends and future on the very campus she fought so hard to attend.

In Bewitched, Selene’s memories of her previous life as Roxilana are back so she’s able to use magic without the curse of memory loss.  And the truth of her own death and role in Memnon’s entombment is revealed as well changing their dynamics.

Thalassa balances the conflicts and emotional tension between Selene and Memnon with the complex storyline of the investigation into the events of the witches murders and those beings at behind the plots. 

It has great action sequences and a strange cliffhanger that’s not exactly one that’s logical when you consider the elements of the events that just happened. 

Next book is a prequel so it might be a while before we see the cliffhanger resolved. 

I enjoyed Bespelled, anticipated some of the elements here and remained invested in the story and the relationship. 

Recommended!

Bewitched series:

Bewitched #1

Bespelled #2

The Curse that Binds – a prequel story/ July 1,2025

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        Bespelled (Bewitched Book 2)

    

Blurb 

“Neither magic, nor time, can keep us apart. We are like the stars. Eternal.”

No one told witch Selene Bowers having a soul mate would be so difficult. Nor did they warn her that he might be a vengeful, ancient sorcerer who would frame her for murder, force her to remember a past life he swears she lived, and then coerce her into an unbreakable marriage pact. But that’s exactly what happens the night of the Samhain Ball, when Selene finds herself in a jail cell.

After waking from enchanted sleep, Memnon swore to discover why Selene betrayed him long ago. But when his soul mate’s memories return, the truth reveals something else entirely. Horrified by his own actions and desperate to make amends, Memnon offers Selene the unthinkable: a magic bond that will give her full control over his will. And Selene is desperate enough to accept it.

But other enemies still haunt Henbane Coven, Selene’s magical academy, and they’ve taken a keen interest in her. If she wants to stop them, she’ll need Memnon’s help. But partnering with the sorcerer is a tricky business, especially when he’s dead set on winning her heart. And that can’t happen…because the bond controlling him will break the moment she falls in love with him.

• Publisher: (May 17, 2024)
• Publication date: May 17, 2024
• Language: English
• Print length: 506 pages