Friday, March 6, 2026

This Deadly Touch by Aimee Donnellan

This Deadly Touch by Aimee Donnellan
My Rating: ★★★

I received a copy from the author through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Tia grew up in a convent thanks to the rare condition she was born with that kills people with necrosis magic if she has skin to skin contact with them. The convent is all she’s ever known, but a letter from someone intent on curing her was just too good to pass up. One easy escape from the convent later, Tia and her potential savior, Asha, embark on an adventure in hopes to cure her of the condition that’s actually an ancient curse placed on multiple bloodlines.

This is such a cute feel good romance following Tia and Asha through their rotating perspectives. I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but this book might’ve been a little too fluffy because the stakes were almost always non-existent. Every time they came up against something or someone that could put them through the wringer, it was immediately solved or turned out to not have been an issue.

That said, I really did enjoy this book for the most part. I really enjoyed following Tia and Asha as they slowly fall in love and introduce Tia to the world she’s never been allowed to see before. It’s a light read, but if you’re not used to books that are at this level of fluffy, it’s possible that it’s not the right book for you. For me, it felt like we weren’t going anywhere for a while just because everything went too smoothly and some of the plot points were random at times. Plus, the ending left me feeling like a portion of the story was missing.

However, I liked the book and liked the characters. It was just too fluffy for me, especially when I didn’t expect it to be anywhere near as light and fluffy as it turned out to be. The romance plot was amazing once it got rolling, but I wish the rest of the story was a little more focused and that the curse itself had a bigger plot point.

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