Paranormal Romance published by Berkley 19 Apr 22
If you don’t analyze this too closely, it’s a pretty fun witchy read, perfect for fall. At times I was simultaneously cringing and entertained. It’s a very fast-paced read that was predictable, but also lovable.
Reggie answers an ad for what she thinks is an assistant job for her favorite card game company. Turns out the job is a familiar position for an eccentric, two-thousand-year-old witch. Said witch, Dru, is up to all sorts of silly schemes and has a handsome warlock nephew who’s always hanging around.
If you love the found family trope and meddlesome witches, this is the book for you. It’s funny, full of magic, and has some great characters! There’s also a sequel coming out next year, What the Hex.
Grade: B-
Summary:
When Reggie Johnson answers a job ad in the paper, she’s astonished to find that she’s not applying to work at her favorite card game, Spellcraft: The Magicking. Instead, she’s applying to be an actual familiar for an actual witch. As in, real magic.
The new job has a few perks – great room and board, excellent pay, and she’s apprenticing to a powerful witch. Sure, the witch is a bit eccentric. And sure, there was that issue with the black cat Reggie would prefer to forget about. The biggest problem, however, is warlock Ben Magnus, her employer’s nephew and the most arrogant, insufferable, maddening man to ever cast a spell.
Reggie absolutely hates him. He’s handsome, but he’s also bossy and irritating and orders her around. Ben’s butt might look great in a crystal ball vision, but that’s as far as it goes. But when someone with a vendetta targets the household, she finds herself working with Ben to break a deadly curse. Apparently, when they’re not fighting like cats and dogs, things get downright…bewitching.
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