Love Potions

By: Michelle M. Pillow

This book was a ton of fun to read!  The plot was interesting and moved along at a good pace.  The characters were entertaining and the MacGregor family was just downright hilarious! The pranks they played on each other kept me in stitches and I found myself rereading several sections of their immature antics, simply because I enjoy a good laugh. It's rare that I find a book that can actually make me laugh out loud, and watching how the MacGregor siblings interacted with each other (and sabotaged each other!) was refreshing and highly amusing!

Lydia is a great main character.  She is strong and independent and in control (to a certain degree, anyway) of her life. She owns her own business making various body lotions from the herbs in her own garden.  She has made a success of herself and she isn't going to let a little magick destroy all she has made for herself.  She's very down to earth and likable.  Her only employee is her best friend, Charlotte, whom she respects and cares for like a sister. It's a great relationship and the two women keep each other grounded in the midst of all the evil that begins to happen around them.  It is very touching to see how Lydia cares for Charlotte when Charlotte's sanity seems to start eroding.   And Lydia also has a good head on her shoulders when it comes tomher new sexy neighbor, Erik.  Erik is the leading man in all of Lydia's steamy fantasies, and yet Lydia still manages to maintain a respectable amount of self control around him when it really counts.

Erik is a likable enough character.  He's a bit domineering but, after centuries of going solo, he's a bit rusty when it comes to interacting with women.  So the reader needs to cut Erik a little bit of slack and be patient with his overbearing possessiveness as he learns how to be in a relationship.

Overall, I really liked this book a lot. It was well written and left no unanswered questions at the end, and I loved all the characters.  Lydia and Erik come to some excellent compromises in their relationship and the ending leave the possibility of a sequel.....(involving Charlotte and Euann I hope!)  I will be looking for more books by this author!