Rai (is hard to please)’s Reviews > A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon > Status Update

“We’ll get matching canes when it’s hard to walk,” he told her.
“No swords in them.” Mariel’s lips curved against his shirt. “Or wait, maybe I do want a sword.”
“Definitely a sword.” Themmie nodded. “Terrorize the old folks’ home.”
Mariel wiped her eyes and sat up straight. “It’ll be an adventure,” she said. “And I can’t wait.”

At least we ended strong

“Now, instead of watching her age while he stayed healthy and strong, he would get to go on the journey of life with her.”
(…)
“No more bargaining; no more cold, unfeeling, unending existence. Instead, a messy human life, lived fully from top to bottom. Lived alongside the person who meant the most to him.”

Sorry,” she repeated. “For all of it. Ignoring your gardening and pushing you too hard. You’re right, I didn’t pay attention to the things you loved or were good at.”

IT WAS THAT EASY??

“Mariel’s display was by far the most beautiful—he’d done the rounds, wondering if there were any competitors he needed to take out—and her enthusiasm was contagious.”

Now THIS is romance

“Never underestimate a witch with a mean right hook and anger-management issues.”

Damn straight 😌

“She was the source and the meaning of everything. A life without her wasn’t worth living.”

“Have mortals forgotten respect?”
“Yes,” Oz said. “And honestly? Good for them.”

Authority can suck it :)

“I offered him the best of everything. The best training, the best accommodations, the best position he could dream of in demon society.”
The words rankled; they made her think of her parents. The best of everything, but none of what a child actually needed.

Oop-

“That was how Ozroth found himself bundled into a sling fashioned from stolen potato sacks, dangling below a technicolor pixie as they flew towards the forest and the woman Ozroth loved more than anything.”

So maybe this was worth reading, after all.
pFF-

We rlly need to talk about Oz’s self-harm tendencies