To tell you the truth, I picked this book because the cover has a Victorian house on it and I love Victorian houses. The story sounded cute too.
This book is number four in the Fix-It Witches series, but it can be considered a spinoff or standalone.
On Goodreads, it says, “Iris Collins is the messy one in her family. The ‘chaos bunny.’ Her sisters are all wildly successful, while she can’t balance her budget for a single month. It’s no wonder she’s in debt to her roommates.
When she unexpectedly inherits a house from her great aunt, her plan to turn it into a B&B fails—as most of her plans do. She winds up renting rooms like a Victorian spinster, collecting other lost souls…and not all of them are ‘human.’
Eli Reese grew up as the nerdy outcast in school, but he got rich designing apps. Now he’s successful by any standards. But he’s never had the same luck in finding a real community or people who understand him.
Over the years, he’s never forgotten his first crush, so when he spots her at a café, he takes it as a sign. Except then he gets sucked into the Iris-verse and somehow ends up renting one of her B&B rooms.
As the days pass, Eli grows enchanted by the misfit boarders staying in the house…and even more so by Iris. Could Eli have finally found a person and a place to call ‘home’?”
I liked the story and Eli’s magical element. I didn’t understand why they kept calling the house a bed and breakfast because everyone lived there as residents and not people who would come in for a few nights.
At times the story felt slow. And I wish Iris and Eli would tell each other they like each other already! But that’s what keeps you coming back to read more.
I liked how everyone helped each other and also helped around the house. The perfect group of housemates.
I gave the book 3.25 stars out of 5. Iris’ surprise storyline was interesting and was a nice twist.
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