#17 in Urban fantasy
Payback's a Witch
- 352
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Light and funny, “Payback’s a Witch” delivers the easy pleasures of a small-town rom-com, with witches and a spellcasting tournament added. Emmy Harlow returns to Thistle Grove after years away, to the family history she left behind and to the town’s resident heartbreaker. What some readers miss, while enjoying it as a fun read, is more of the revenge its title promises.
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About the book
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets The L Word in this fresh, sizzling New York Times bestselling rom-com by Lana Harper. Emmy Harlow is a witch but not a very powerful one—in part because she hasn't been home to the magical town of Thistle Grove in years. Her self-imposed exile has a lot to do with a complicated family history and a desire to forge her own way in the world, and only the very tiniest bit to do with Gareth Blackmoore, heir to the most powerful magical family in town and casual breaker of hearts and destroyer of dreams. But when a spellcasting tournament that her family serves as arbiters for approaches, it turns out the pull of tradition (or the truly impressive parental guilt trip that comes with it) is strong enough to bring Emmy back. She's determined to do her familial duty; spend some quality time with her best friend, Linden Thorn; and get back to her real life in Chicago. On her first night home, Emmy runs into Talia Avramov—an all-around badass adept in the darker magical arts—who is fresh off a bad breakup . . . with Gareth Blackmoore. Talia had let herself be charmed, only to discover that Gareth was also seeing Linden—unbeknownst to either of them. And now she and Linden want revenge. Only one question stands: Is Emmy in? But most concerning of all: Why can't she stop thinking about the terrifyingly competent, devastatingly gorgeous, wickedly charming Talia Avramov?
Reading order · Witches of Thistle Grove
Full order & progress →- Payback's a WitchThis book
7.77.7 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 143 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 49% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Urban fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.8 | 5 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 138 | 97% |
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How long is Payback's a Witch?
It has 352 pages — shorter than 62% of the ranked books in Urban fantasy.
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