Stupid Magical Love

Stupid Love, Book 1

By: Amy Boyles

Narrated by: Samantha Summers, Troy Kain

For a sassy Georgia farm girl and an uptight city boy, love is a high-stakes bet that can warm a heart—or break it—in this spicy, emotional, and enchanting romance.

Ever since the magic dried up in Mystic Meadows, Rowe Wadley has fallen on hard times. Her piggycorns aren’t selling, and the family farm is in foreclosure. Then handsome Pane Maddox comes knocking. His pitch: I’m here to save your farm.

The hottie isn’t exactly selfless. His own future is on the line. Competing to become president of a luxury hotel chain, Pane has sixty days to whip a struggling business into shape. Which is okay by Rowe—that means putting the privileged and smug city slicker to work. But Pane never guessed he’d find farm labor so fulfilling, or the spunky country girl so down-to-earth appealing. To Rowe’s surprise, she’s seeing a whole new side to Pane. His dazzling green eyes aren’t bad, either. Soon, sparks fly on the piggycorn farm.

Once this high-stakes bet is over, Rowe knows that Pane is moving on. Though saving the farm is a dream, Rowe fears that now she’s about to lose her heart.

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Critic reviews

“A delight, and the ideal autumn cozy romance. The perfect book to read while you curl up under a blanket with a cup of tea and dive into the world of Mystic Meadows.”—C.N. Crawford, Wall Street Journal bestselling author

Such a great book

Who doesn’t love a good romance and toss in piggycorns and magic you can’t go wrong with Stupid Magical Love

any of Amy Broyes are great reading, or listening to. She has such a different books!

Stoy line is, funny, romatic, and intense characters are believable. I'm glad this series will continue.

it was meh

⭐ (Story) 2.75
⭐ (Narrator) 4
🌶️ 1
🥵 Spicy Chapters: 24, 33
❤️‍🔥 Swoon Factor: 2
📚 Tropes/Themes: magical realism, he takes care of her, small town, protective MMC, opposites attract, Rich/poor, country/City
👀 Dual POV 1st person
🎙️ Dual narration (Samantha Summers + Troy Kain)
⏰ Approx 6.5 hours @1.7x
💔 Triggers: mentions of parental death, and parental abandonment

💬 Eehhh this was cute I guess. It was a little too cutesy for me with the "piggy-corns".

I try not to be grossed out about unrealistic things but idk the idea of her keeping pig unicorns in her house just...ick 😂 and that set the whole stage for the story so it was doomed from the beginning.

I mean c'mon it's a freaking pig. I love bacon but I don't want a herd of pigs running through my house

As for the story itself, well the idea was cute and the writing wasn't terrible. Pane is forced to turn Rowe's piggy-corn farm around in an effort to win the CEO position for his family's hotel chain but falls in love with Rowe instead.

Side note ... I really hate the MCs names. I'm sure this is an unpopular opinion but I feel like lately there's this trend of using weird-ass names like this and I'm not here for it.

It does deal with some deep issues, like foreclosure, parental abandonment, toxic ex but it a lot of it is wrapped up in the "cutesy" vibe. Plus it felt like toward the end the author was just throwing random shit in to add length to the book.

The chemistry was lacking between the MCs as well, IMO.

I read this book because I have an ARC for the next one coming up soon so I guess we'll see how that goes 😬