I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
MY RATING:
Synopsis:
Act first, think later. Fedora knows it’s a flawed approach—especially when casting spells. But when a highborn dalliance turned out to be both a disappointing lover and married… well, she may have lost her temper.
Now… he’s a cat.
Fedora has no clue how to control magic, let alone reverse it.
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But she can’t let Lord Vosswhythe spend the rest of his days licking his paws on her windowsill of her woodland cottage. The solution? A spell from the Witches’ Guild library. The problem? She’s spent years telling them to stuff their rules.
Now, in exchange for access, she has to fulfill some stuffy tea-leaf prophecy. Seduce the king? How hard can it be?
Except, it’s not the king their magic guides to her door—it’s his unethically handsome jousting double, Fynn. A soldier who’d rather be a baker, Fynn feels honor-bound to help her, even if mishaps follow each other like spiced buns at a royal breakfast.
And he’s brought his oddball friends. Did she find love and the family she never had?
Or has she invoked her own curse?
“One Knight Under Her Spell” is a cozy cottagecore fantasy bubbling with humor and steeped in romance. With found family, cat antics, and enough tea to drown a scandal, it is the perfect escape for fans of T. Kingfisher or Travis Baldree.
☕ Cozy: 4/5
🔥 Stakes: 2.5/5
🌶️ Spice: 3/5
- Pages: 343
- Genre: Cosy Fantasy, Romance, Witches
- Publication date: May 10, 2025 by ePan Publishing
- Format: Kindle
- Source: BookSirens
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THE REVIEW:
This one definitely was different from your usual cosy fantasy. And I mean this in a nice way.
We follow a lone witch, Fedora, who is selling her herbs, but she is not doing much “workings”, and the only spell she has ever cast turned her lover into a cat accidentally, and now she is trying to find a way to undo what she did. But little did she know what she was bargaining for!
She meets unlikely characters who become her newfound family, she learns truths about herself, and most importantly, she learns to accept help and that being with the company of others might not be so bad after all!
The beginning of this story hooked me in, and the writing style is easy to follow, witty and fun. The author did a great job of presenting us with a vivid picture of the people and the world he has created. Each character, although flawed, was interesting. Fynn and Fedora, as well as Seren (Seraphine), sometimes did questionable things and made questionable choices, which, for me personally, I found a bit too much at times, but nothing major, and it showed them as people prone to errors, just like everyone else.
I really liked our lord turned into a cat, he was mood! I mean, if I could choose to be a cat, I would be just like him!
Without giving too much away, I really want to know more about Fedora and the “family” part! I am looking forward to the next book, and I am sure this series will throw at us more adventures and some epic quests. I can already feel it. You can absolutely see that Gelder has worked in the video gaming world; it shows in a good way, and he knows what he is doing.
Overall, this cosy fantasy was a solid 4-star read for me, which I definitely recommend.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
ONE KNIGHT UNDER HER SPELL: THERE ARE STILL ARC SPOTS AVAILABLE. CHECK MY WEBSITE IF INTERESTED.
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E.P. van Gelder has worked as an animator for video games, exhibited sculptures worldwide, and sold his soul making motion graphics for corporate TV behemoths—only to reclaim it by writing the books he loves.
He writes about flawed yet good-hearted characters who support each other through the struggles of being human—or orc, or dwarf. Now, more than ever, he believes that our only real power lies in togetherness.
In his spare time, he rides bikes, climbs mountains, and drinks an absurd amount of snob-coffee.
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