REVIEW: Did It Have To Be Gnomes?! by Michele Notaro (Carry a Faerie #1)

DID IT HAVE TO BE GNOMES?!

Carry a Faerie - Book One

by Michele Notaro

Release Date: July 31, 2025

Review

Highly entertaining and charming.

Not only do we get a creative, magical world, a sweet love story, but also the beginning of a unique and fun found family.

Miles is an ethical pest control operator whose chosen career puts him in the path of the one thing he hates the most, Gnomes, almost on a daily basis! But this latest assignment is like nothing he’s seen before.

So he teams up with an old high school classmate & hotty, Winter.

While tackling the unhinged gnomes, they get to know one another again and find themselves crushing on each other while also stumbling into a found family of some pretty awesome characters. These two are pretty cute, and I love watching them ‘court’ one another.

Each of the characters has magical abilities, complicated pasts, trust issues, and da esire to help. Which makes them the perfect friends and lovers.

This story ends on a cliffhanger, and I can’t wait to see how things continue to play out, and to get more deets on all our characters.

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Synopsis

Am I afraid of gnomes? Maaaaaaaybe.

Did I take on a huge gnome job anyway? I sure did.

Am I about to ask my crush for help? Well, I have to ask someone, right?

I get called out to a huge mansion with the biggest number of invading gnomes I’ve ever seen, and I’m not sure who to call to help. And I definitely need some help.

So when Winter Montgomery just so happens to stop by, I know I have to ask him. I’ve been crushing on the handsome guy from afar for years, so now’s my chance to get close—and get some much needed support.

As long as I don’t let him see just how much I hate gnomes—okay, I’m actually terrified of them, but he doesn’t need to know that… right?

Did It Really Have To Be Gnomes?! (Carry A Faerie Book 1) is a MM urban fantasy and the first book in Miles and Winter’s love story. Each book will have its own supernatural problem with a HFN ending for the couple, but there will be overarching plot themes throughout the series.

About Michele Notaro

Michele is married to an awesome guy that puts up with her and all the burnt dinners she makes—hey, sometimes characters are a bit distracting, and who doesn’t plot when they’re supposed to be cooking? They live together in Baltimore, Maryland with two little monsters, a three-legged princess, a four-legged goofball, and a cutie with giant ears (aka their two kids, their two cats, and their dog). She hopes to rescue another cat soon, and if her hubby wouldn’t kill her, she’d get more than one… and maybe a few more dogs as well.

She loves creating worlds filled with lots of love, chosen family, and of course, magic, but she also likes making the characters fight for that happy ending. She hopes to one day write all the stories in her head—even if there are too many to count!

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