Witcha Gonna Do? by Avery Flynn
#Witches #Paranormal #Fantasy #Romance #Magic
An unlucky witch and her know-it-all nemesis must team up in the first of a new, spicy romantic comedy series from USA Today bestselling author Avery Flynn.
Could it possibly get any worse than having absolutely no magical abilities when you’re a member of the most powerful family of witches ever? It used to be that I’d say no, but then I keep getting set up on dates with Gil Connolly whose hotness is only matched by his ego. Seriously. I can’t stand him. Even if I also can’t stop thinking about him (specifically kissing him) but we’re going to pretend I never told you that part.
So yeah, my life isn’t the greatest right now, but then it goes straight to the absolute worst hell when I accidentally make my sister’s spell glitch and curse my whole family. And the only person who can help non-magical me break the spell? You guessed it. Gil the super hot jerk.
Now we have to work together to save my family and outmaneuver some evil-minded nefarious forces bent on world domination. Oh yeah, and we have to do all that while fighting against the attraction building between us because I may not be magical, but what’s happening between Gil and I sure feels like it.
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I received book 2, Head Witch in Charge for review. Thought I should read book 1 first. I do enjoy a good witchy book. This one is a humorous family centered witchy book. I read it quick and it was enjoyable.
I like the premise of this book. Tilda is not your perfect witch in body or craft. She doesn’t have the perfect body. She is the youngest in a very powerful magical family but doesn’t have a drop for herself. Stuck being the social media coordinator for her family, she thinks she has dealt with the lack of magic. But her extra thick glasses aren’t enough to help her figure out her life or dating life. Blind dates aren’t working for her. Everyone watches everything she does waiting for her to mess up again. They love to video her and post on social media immediately. All the time, she is talking to the reader about her life. It is amusing and entertaining.
I do like Gil. He certainly tries to not be the good guy but he is. His inner dialogue is almost as amusing as Tildas. Here’s the deal though, both of them have too much personal negativity. I think it was overstated to make sure we get the point. It was a moral to the story kinda thing. Believe in yourself and you can do anything you set your mind to. I guess that’s not why I read.
The story was slightly predictable. I mean I knew from the moment they had their 3rd, no 4th blind date, that the cards where trying to tell them something. The rest fell in line from that point on. It was easy to work out how it would go. While I don’t mind predictable plots, I found myself thinking there should be a set-back here. And it showed up.
Then there is the ending. I wanted more details about how they got out of the mess they made. The epilogue gave a few hints but mostly gave teasers to upcoming books in the series. It could be that I’ve been reading a lot of fantasy lately and needed more from this book than was intended. It truly is a lighthearted romcom kind of witch story. It’s an evening snack, not a rich dessert that takes days to enjoy completely. I get that and I’m good with that. Just make sure you know what you are getting into.
Three stars for this evening snack kind of book.
Head Witch In Charge by Avery Flynn
#Witches #Paranormal #Fantasy #Romance #Magic
When two witches with a tangled history are forced to team up, it spells disaster in this steamy rom-com from USA Today bestselling author Avery Flynn.
It’s the curse of every family’s heir to be the responsible one. My family being the most powerful family in all of Witchingdom doesn’t eliminate that fact, it only makes it worse—and that’s why I, Leona Amber Sherwood, never do the unexpected. Except for that one time I did.
Believe me, I have rued the day that I got married in a midnight ceremony under a full moon to Erik Svensen, the heir to my family’s deepest, bitterest enemies, and now, he won’t agree to a divorce unless we return an ancient spell book to his family’s secured facility.
But on our road trip to return the book, I learn more about Erik as we encounter trolls, nymphs, satyrs, and more. The longer we work together, the more I’m convinced that he might not be the evil trickster I assumed he was. Any more time together will leave me even more enchanted with my husband and that’s the last thing I want. And if I keep telling myself that, maybe I’ll start to believe it.
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Leona has been raised to take over as the heir of the Sherwood family. It’s her responsibility to marry the right person with enough power to put the council in its place. The three choices for husbands she has been given is not what she wants. She wants the love her parents have. But she understands her duty. Erik has been raised to find the loophole in every agreement. To find a way to win. His family has the opposite reputation of the Sherwoods. His father is a selfish man that will use anything he can to keep the family power for himself. He doesn’t care about his heir or his other children. He uses Erik’s younger brother and sister against him to keep him in line. Erik believes he’s just as bad as his dad but the fact that he protects his brother and sister from his father tells you the real truth. Erik is not on the list of possible husbands .
The story includes a trip to Vegas where things definitely don’t stay in Vegas and a multi day road trip where these two are forced to spend time around each other. They have instant chemistry and struggle to stay away from each other. Erik has a plan to protect his siblings from his father. Leona is trying to live up to her family responsibilities. These two plans won’t work together so they find themselves on opposite sides. And fate has something to say about the whole thing.
The same inner dialogue romcom that played out in book one showed up in this book. Leona is desperate to do the right thing for their family and Erik trying to convince us he’s the bad guy playing through their minds nonstop. Add to that the serious chemistry these two have. Forced proximity creates all kinds of sexual tension between these two. It’s all amusing for a while but I will admit to feeling like we were stuck in a rinse and repeat loop as they went through similar distractions on a quest to get their main goal accomplished. As a result, I sat the book down too many times. And I became less and less interested in picking it back up.
It’s a cute read that’s heavy on the sexy times. But I needed a little more from the story than forced proximity meant to convince them of what the reader knew from the trip to Vegas.
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