Sierra and Jenna review “The Ex Hex” with special guest Claire, a romance novel that too many plot holes to count

Red Wine Reads

This week as part of our Spooky Reviews Series, we read The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

This novel follows Vivi, a witch who cursed her long-lost lover Rhys after he broke her heart. Nine years later, Rhys returns to their home of Graves Glen and finds himself facing two dangerous things: his scorned ex and a cursed town.

Sierra and Claire join me on this episode to discuss:

• Why this book fell so flat with so many plot holes
• Why we are not invested enough to read the sequels
• Why this book felt like it was trying to fit into too many different genres: romance, comedy, dark witches

Open your book and press play on a podcast episode that will have you getting in the Halloween spirit.

Mentioned in the Pairings section of the podcast:

• DRINK: Frankenstein Punch, Blackberry Margarita, One Tree Hard Cider: Caramel Cinnamon
• TV SHOW - The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Charmed, Gilmore Girls, Sabrina the Teenage Witch
• BOOK - Beach Read, The Kiss Curse, Matilda
• MOVIE - Practical Magic, Hocus Pocus, The School of Good And Evil, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Bewitched, Halloweentown

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