Review: The Witchwood Boys Did Me Dirty

 

Title: The Witchwood Boys Did Me Dirty

Series: Witchwood Boys 

Author: C.M. Stunich 

Release Date: January 2025 

These forgotten witches aren’t too wicked to fall for.

A coven of shadows with a curse on my heart and my house.

They bake f*cked-up cupcakes in my kitchen and unalive influencers in my front yard.

These men make zombies out of their own relatives, and a panting mess out of their own wife.

The Witchwoods are a violent stain on the world.

Eradicating that blight is worth the dirty, rotten things we do.

With a second coven’s sacrifice, we can close the gate.

Locking the Hag Wytch in her supernatural prison has to be easier with more witches.

Bet nobody wants to help me in exchange for cumcakes, huh?

The Witchwood Boys Did Me Dirty is a reverse harem/why choose romance (meaning one woman with three men). It’s a dark, sensual romantasy with a splash of campy horror. Inside, you’ll find graveyards, romps in dark woods, and confessions of undying love.

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So Witchwood Boys Did Me Dirty is book 3 in the series, & the story starts to quicken as time runs out and the Witchwood Witches are trying to juggle saving the world, with work, trying to curb the craze of the influencers & Internet and their budding romance. Of course things are never as easy as it seems. The Hag Wytch is hunting them - waiting behind every corner. The Internet is ruthless and set to ruin them. And even if the Witchwood Boys are rough around the edges, and they haven't been together long, Kate is falling for each of her men, and they are falling for her in turn. But will they survive the Hag Wytch and save the world to enjoy their lives together - or will the Hag Wytch tear them apart? 

I have really been enjoying this series, and while I think book 2 was a bit slower than the 1st, book 3 picks back up and offers more than just the danger the Witches are in. Between friendship and romance and a mix of cumcakes this book delivers. And I can't wait to see where the final book takes us after that ending. 

4 ⭐ out of 5⭐

4🌶️ out of 5 🌶️. 

Tropes: 

• Why Choose 

•Paranormal/Fantasy 

• Dark Romance 

• Witchy/Magic 

• Stalker 

• Posessive/OTT MMCs 

• Forced Proximity 

• Psycho MMCs 

• Morally Black MMCs 

• Touch Her & 💀 

Trigger Warnings: 

- Stalker 

- Rituals/dark magic  

- blood play 

- semon play 

- primal play/chasing 

- dub con/non con 

- violence/gore 

- monsters 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

C.M. Stunich is a socially awkward hermit chick with a fondness for bats. As both a mood reader and a mood writer, she’s into all genres - just so long as they have romance. When not writing about tattooed alpha-holes, she can be found penning alien smut or spicy slow-burn romances featuring bubble tea. If we’re talking romantasy, she’s a sucker for the cranky prince trope. Caitlin lives with her spouse in the Pacific Northwest with too many border collies and a black cat who bites (and also sees ghosts). They are all weirdly obsessed with K-pop and K-dramas (especially the cat).

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Review: Top Shelf

 

Title: Top Shelf 

Series: Seattle Serpents 

Author: Teagan Hunter 

Release Date: October 2, 2025 

I have two goals this season:

1. Prove to the Seattle Serpents I’m more than just the old guy.

2. Don’t fall for my captain’s stepsister.

In my defense, I had no clue who Vanessa was when we met. We were in a different city. How was I supposed to know she’s my teammate’s stepsister?

Now she’s in Seattle, still healing from her divorce, and apparently, she’s here to stay. That would be fine if I didn’t still think about our night together every waking hour. Thing is, I do think about it—constantly—and then when I find out she needs a place to live, I offer my spare room.

We’re roommates, and that’s it. Until it isn’t.

We’re just having fun, that’s all. Except nothing feels like just fun. It feels far too real and far too serious, and her stepbrother has no idea about us living together or that I’m slowly falling for her.

So much for focusing on the season…

TOP SHELF is a standalone hockey romance novel. There’s an age gap, a veteran player falling for his teammate’s stepsister, a woman recovering from a broken heart, sneaking around, a one-night stand, one bed, lots of steam, ridiculous group chats amongst teammates, and a happy ending.

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So I have been in a serious reading slump off and on all year, struggling to find a book to hold my attention and just read in general. But when I picked up Top Shelf I didn't want to put it down - not to play Monopoly Deal and not even to eat. It was exactly what I needed and I loved every second of it. 

Top Shelf is the lastest book in the Seattle Serpents series and follows Locke one of the oldest members on the team and one of the last members of the Seattle Serpents Singles Club to be, well, single. Which is fine by him - he wants to remain single until he can hoist the Cup over his head. He doesn't need any distractions right now, because they could end his career. 

But when they were all hanging out in his Captain's house, and a blonde walks into the front door - his mind is taken back to months before when he had a one-night stand while at an away game- and he realizes the distraction found him. The blonde he slept with all those months ago? His Captain's stepsister Vanessa. Which means she's off-limits. 

But that doesn't stop Locke from offering her his spare room, and them becoming roommates. And that doesn't stop them from fooling around. But it's far too real for it to just be them having fun. 

I really enjoyed this book & these characters and this series. Top Shelf was entwined with the humor and banter, but with emotion too - Vanessa's divorce hitting fairly close to my own situation. 

Vanessa was fresh out of a divorce when her and Locke first met. 

Locke hoping he isn't getting too old to keep up with the game. 

Their one night together felt like more than just one night with a stranger - which scared Vanessa. What she didn't expect was her to find her one night stand in her stepbrother's house when she went to ask Hutch for help. Or for him to offer her a place to stay. Or for them to end up in bed together again. And again. But Locke understood her in a way no one else did. 

I loved this book, these characters, & this series, and I can't wait to see what else Teagan has in store for us. 

4⭐ out of 5⭐.

3🌶️ out of 5🌶️. 

Tropes: 

• romantic comedy 

• sports romance 

• teammate's stepsister 

• forbidden 

• age gap 

• one night stand 

• one bed 

• secret hookups 

• found family 

Trigger Warnings: 

- divorce 

- cheating (from the ex, is mentioned throughout) 

- emotional abuse/toxic relationship (red flags from the ex, is mentioned throughout). 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Hi, I’m Teagan!

I write steamy romantic comedies with lots of sarcasm and a side of heart. I love pizza, hockey, and romance novels, though not in that order. When not writing, you can find me watching entirely too many hours of Supernatural, One Tree Hill, or New Girl. I’m mildly obsessed with Halloween and prefer cooler weather. I married my high school sweetheart, and we currently live in the PNW.

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Review: Come Dance With the Witchwood Boys

 

Title: Come Dance With the Witchwood Boys 

Series: Witchwood Boys 

Author: C.M. Stunich 

Release Date: November 2024

I accidentally married three witch stalkers.

They've escaped perpetual hell, courtesy of yours truly.

They’ve also gone viral with their annoying thirst trap asses in leather.

#theWitchwoodBoys

Fine. The power of magic is worth the price.

Though getting trapped in those woods again is always a possibility.

We’ll have to seal the gate with a little … group participation.

We’ll need to utilize a sex-based resurrection spell.

I can the Hag Wytch does eat people while they’re still alive and screaming—even if that person is your lover.

I still need help. Will pay in pumpkin bread.

Come Dance with the Witchwood Boys is a reverse harem/why choose romance (meaning one woman with three men). It’s an urban fantasy with a ton of spicy scenes, and a dash of Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Inside, you’ll find invisibility spells, sexy chess games, and inappropriate broom scenes. All characters are 22 or older.

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So I have been enjoying this story, but haven't had as much time to read as I would have liked, and ended up hitting a slump part way through reading so instead of taking just a day or two to finish, it's been nearly two weeks. 

I still am enjoying getting to know each of the characters better. & Still loving the spooky witchy vibes perfect for this season. It may be a dark fantasy why choose - but it has more of a cozy feel to it. & These books are mostly quick reads - when you aren't hit by a reading slump part way through. 

The overall series plot is still very much there - working towards a goal that they started on in book 1 but still haven't reach the finish line with. But a plot for this book is lacking a bit. It feels more like a filler book (like a filler episode in a TV show). The spice was spicing, the characters growing but the emotions may have been moving a little quick - between the two books the characters moved from a hasty hating to already talking about love & possibly kids - so the emotion seems a little rushed. 

Overall I am still liking these books & I cannot wait to read more from this series to find out what happens next & with these characters - who are finally starting to grow and flesh out a little more then what we initially learn of them in book 1. 

3.5 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐

4 🌶️ out of 5 🌶️

Tropes: 

• Why Choose 

•Paranormal/Fantasy 

• Dark Romance 

• Witchy/Magic 

• Stalker 

• Posessive/OTT MMCs 

• Forced Proximity 

• Psycho MMCs 

• Morally Black MMCs 

• Touch Her & 💀 

Trigger Warnings: 

- Stalker 

- Rituals/dark magic  

- blood play 

- semon play 

- primal play/chasing 

- dub con/non con 

- violence/gore 

- monsters 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

C.M. Stunich is a socially awkward hermit chick with a fondness for bats. As both a mood reader and a mood writer, she’s into all genres - just so long as they have romance. When not writing about tattooed alpha-holes, she can be found penning alien smut or spicy slow-burn romances featuring bubble tea. If we’re talking romantasy, she’s a sucker for the cranky prince trope. Caitlin lives with her spouse in the Pacific Northwest with too many border collies and a black cat who bites (and also sees ghosts). They are all weirdly obsessed with K-pop and K-dramas (especially the cat).

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Review: The Witchwood Boys Are Trending

 

Title: The Witchwood Boys Are Trending 

Series: Witchwood Boys 

Author: CM Stunich 

Release Date: November 2024 

They tricked me into a dark and unholy union.

Three bastards in witch hats, leather pants, and iron masks.

These supernatural stalkers have claimed me for their coven.

They won’t go away. These assholes will. not. leave.

All because I fell for an urban

Touch the Witch’s Tree on a moonless night and discover magic.

Wholesome magic kinky rituals, blood sacrifice, and jizz potions.

Oh, and a forest god who eats people—while they’re still alive and screaming.

Send help, and I’ll send cupcakes.

The Witchwood Boys Are Trending is a reverse harem/why choose romance (meaning one woman with three men). It’s a unique blend of cozy urban fantasy and dark horror, and while it starts spicy, it gets much, much spicier. Inside, you’ll find forced proximity tropes, grumpy-sunshine dynamics, and a main character with a banana slug tattoo. All characters are 22 or older.

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So the other day I was looking for something new to read I originally stumbled upon "If You Don't Love Me We Both Die" but then found the Witchwood Boys & figured it would be a perfect read to start off spooky season. Why choose witchy read? Count me in! 

So The Witchwood Boys Are Trending is multiple POV following Kate who has been reading up on the Witchwood legend and the missing people who were dragged into the fantasy world of Witchwood. When Kate finds herself in Witchwood, and face to face with twenty -something year olds who disappeared decades ago - and her choices taken from her Kate must navigate this strange ruthless world. She finds her self initiated into a coven of three hot guys who are other than human as they try to get out. And once they are back into the real world, the guys have to navigate a world that is completely different from the decades they disappeared from. 

But the danger of the Witchwood is only just begun. 

Besides her two pets and a couple of friends, Kate didn't have anyone in her life. She inherited her house from her grandma who passed away, and had started her business on her own but before the Witchwood Boys she didn't have anyone. 

Brooks was the first Witchwood boy who went missing in the 1950s and subjected Tanner and than Marlowe to the same fate. He is the leader of the coven. 

Tanner disappeared in the 1980s. He didn't have anyone who cared in the world if he disappeared. 

Marlowe disappeared in the early 2000s - and his hurt is the most fresh. He still resents the rest of his coven for trapping him. And he doesn't know what to make of a world - and people he cared about - that moved on without him. 

And these boys have been waiting decades for the chance of escaping and Kate is the key to that - and they will stop at nothing to get what they want. 

So while I am loving the witchy vibes that fit nicely with the season and loving the beginning dynamics of the why choose relationship this book also wasn't entirely what I was expecting at all. I am definitely enjoying it, and can't wait to see where the story goes and learning more about each character in turn. It's fast paced (all of book 1 takes place in a matter of a week or so) and definitely intriguing. I'm not entirely sure if I have a favorite character yet since we don't know much about them. 

4 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐. 

4🌶️ out of 5 🌶️. 

Tropes: 

• Why Choose 

•Paranormal/Fantasy 

• Dark Romance 

• Witchy/Magic 

• Stalker 

• Posessive/OTT MMCs 

• Forced Proximity 

• Psycho MMCs 

• Morally Black MMCs 

• Touch Her & 💀 

Trigger Warnings: 

- Stalker 

- Rituals/dark magic  

- blood play 

- semon play 

- primal play/chasing 

- dub con/non con 

- violence/gore 

- monsters 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

C.M. Stunich is a socially awkward hermit chick with a fondness for bats. As both a mood reader and a mood writer, she’s into all genres - just so long as they have romance. When not writing about tattooed alpha-holes, she can be found penning alien smut or spicy slow-burn romances featuring bubble tea. If we’re talking romantasy, she’s a sucker for the cranky prince trope. Caitlin lives with her spouse in the Pacific Northwest with too many border collies and a black cat who bites (and also sees ghosts). They are all weirdly obsessed with K-pop and K-dramas (especially the cat).

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