This book Mountain Charm by Sydney Logan is an excellent read! It is completely different than any book I have read recently. It’s a lovely romantic story set in the American South. It is a sweet New Adult romance (with just a touch of paranormal) set in the hills of Appalachia.
The blurb on the back says:
“True love and sweet whispers, till death do us part; Send someone to love my Appalachian heart.”
At the age of thirteen, Angelina Clark followed in the footsteps of her ancestors by casting an Appalachian love spell, which promised she would blossom into a beautiful and gifted woman who would find her true love. A young Angelina had been thrilled to participate in the sacred ritual, but through the years, her father’s untimely death and her mother’s failing health have shaken Angelina’s magical faith to its core. As her twenty-first birthday approaches, she refuses to practice her supernatural gifts and no longer believes in the love charm. That is, until Dylan Thomas arrives on her front porch. Dylan, a Nashville writer, travels to the mountain town of Maple Ridge to unearth the family’s supernatural secrets. While her clairvoyant mother is convinced that Dylan is her daughter’s soul mate, Angelina refuses to see the nosy reporter as anything more than a nuisance. Despite their constant bickering, sparks fly. Dylan admits he feels strangely drawn to Angelina and is in no hurry to leave Maple Ridge or publish his magazine article. Fearful that his emotions are being influenced by the spell, a stubborn Angelina struggles to fight her own budding attraction to the reporter. The two inevitably grow closer just as her mother’s health begins to deteriorate, and Angelina is faced with the possibility of selling the family’s music shop to pay the mounting medical expenses. Desperate to help the woman he loves, Dylan explores his own family tree and finds support from an unlikely source. Can he finally prove his love is real-spell or no spell? A story filled with love, friendship, family, and just a hint of Appalachian magic, Mountain Charm will leave you spellbound.
It didn’t take me very long to read this book since it had me hooked from the start & it is such a sweet book with magical interludes! I felt completely captivated under its spell and read it over 3 days (mainly over my lunch break & in the evening when I could sneek some time in!). I highly recommend this book if you are looking for an easy reading sweet romance book.
I could definitely relate the the 2 main characters Angelina & Dylan and their intense feelings for each other. Obviously, I have never been under a magical love spell (that I know of!) but I could relate to the intense infatuation that the two of them felt. I do love my alpha males, and as much as Dylan tried to be, he is a romantic & I have to put this one in the vanilla category on my blog.
I thought this book flowed really well and the characters were well developed. I loved the developement of the other characters in the book and was just as invested with their wellbeing at the main characters. I think their inclusion was good and really brought another level to the story as a whole! I know this book is part of the Appalachian Heart Series but I don’t know when or if any more books in the series will be released.
Genre: New Adult / Paranormal tones
Author: Sydney Logan / www.sydneylogan.com / @SydneyALogan
Rating: 4.5 stars
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