The Cupid Chronicles

Title: The Cupid Chronicles    

Series: Only Magic in the Building    

Author: Courtney Walsh

Publisher: Independently Published

Genre: Contemporary Romance, RomCom, 

Source: Kindle Unlimited

My Review:

The Cupid Chronicles by Courtney Walsh is the second book in the Only Magic in the Building series. It is a standalone book. These closed door, whimsical romance books are all set in the same historic building, which has a habit of playing matchmaker with its residents. There are light magical elements, but no spells, shifters, or dark magic.

"If you're scaring people off, Iris, then they aren't the right people."

At first, the magic got on my nerves. I was like "really," it felt forced. I know it sounds dumb because it's magic, but as the story progressed it was less noticeable and fit better with the story (if that makes sense).

I adored Iris. She is funny, bubbly, sensitive, smart, and relatable. I related to her more than I wanted to. Iris loves big, has big emotions, and gets hurt, you guessed it, big. She feels like she is too much (because she's been told that).

Matteo struggles with his grief and doesn't want to love again, so he basically pushes people as far away as he can. Except Iris has no concept of boundaries and before he's even aware, she is breaking down his defenses.

Read for:

🗞 magical newspaper

🗞grumpy/sunshine

🗞Chef Cupid

🗞Pop Tart Princess

🗞Iris's complete abandonment when eating

🗞found family

🗞witty banter

🗞 super sweet romance

🗞 family dinner

🗞square dancing

potential triggers: death of a spouse (in the past), light magical elements, grief,

★★★★/4

Synopsis (Amazon):  

Some love stories are written . . . this one is magically delivered.

Iris Ellington isn’t looking for love. Not even a little bit. With a long list of failed relationships behind her, she’s decided to reinvent herself as a person who doesn’t fall head over heels on the first date.

New town, new job, new Iris.

But someone—or something—has other plans.

When her neighbor’s newspaper lands in front of her door, Iris has no choice but to return it. And when she does, she comes face to face with a ridiculously handsome but very grumpy chef who all but slams the door in her face.

Matteo Morgan just wants to be left alone. He’s loved and lost and has zero interest in ever doing that again. Which is why it makes no sense that The Serendipity’s magical newspaper has decided to turn him into an unwilling Cupid. Matchmaking is hardly in his wheelhouse.

And yet, for the last three years, that’s exactly what he’s done. And he’s always done it alone.

Until now.

When the newspaper pulls his bubbly neighbor into its matchmaking schemes, Matteo has no choice but to go along with it, hoping that maybe—finally—he can pass Cupid’s bow and arrow on to her.

Thrown together by fate, they must navigate the newspaper's increasingly absurd demands while trying to resist the undeniable spark between them.

Will Iris melt the ice around Matteo's heart and embrace the magic? Or will Matteo scare her off with his grumpy demeanor and ruin any chance of happiness? In a building where anything is possible, Iris and Matteo might just find that the greatest magic of all is finding love when they least expect it.

The Cupid Chronicles is a standalone book in the Only Magic in the Building series. These closed door, whimsical romance books are all set in the same historic building, which has a habit of playing matchmaker with its residents. There are light magical elements, but no spells, shifters, or dark magic of any kind.