Love’s Goddess - Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 5) : HP Mallory & JR Rain

Chaos and Coercion. Can Poppy save a scared Succubus from her demon family?

This is the third book in the Poppy’s Potions series.  It’s another really enjoyable collaboration between HP Mallory and JR Rain and it’s my favourite in this series so far, giving us a deeper insight into several characters and taking us through a more complex storyline than the previous two books. 

The book falls in the Paranormal Women’s Fiction genre and although there’s a little romance, there are no adult scenes and romance is not the main focus of this book. 

The majority of the book is set in Haven’s Hollow, USA following the increasingly complex and magical life of Poppy, a 40-something year old Gypsy descendant of Scottish Travellers. 

Poppy’s relationship with her Sasquatch boyfriend isn’t going as well as hoped. They are increasingly arguing and there doesn’t seem to be a way to break the cycle. Things are further complicated when the town’s Succubus, Fifi, comes to Poppy desperate for help. Helping Fifi means inviting the attention of Fifi’s demon family, who bring chaos to the small town, forcing a brief and hair raising escape to the sanctuary of the Sasquatch colony in the mountains. 

This book has a darker tone than the previous two; briefly touching on the unpleasant subjects of coercion and the threat of being unwillingly forced into situations. These subjects are integral to the storyline and covered in an appropriate way. 

Poppy was already a well developed and relatable character but I think we get to know her so much better in this book. There are more appearances from the variety of characters which cross between this series and the Wanda’s Witchery series. 

The two series should be read parallel to each other and the reading order so far is:

Gypsy Magic (Poppy’s Potions, Book One) 

Cashmere Curses (Wanda’s Witchery, Book One)

Faery Enchantment (Poppy’s Potions, Book Two)

Spandex Sorcery (Wanda’s Witchery, Book Two)

Love’s Goddess (Poppy’s Potions, Book Three) 

I really enjoy the easy writing style of HP Mallory and JR Rain and I’m looking forward to the next books for both Poppy and Wanda.

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