Witch, Warlock, Whatever…
My name’s Devon Jinx, and, yes, I’m half warlock, half witch. But I couldn't care less about which kind of magic is better. All I want to do is keep my head down and get on with my new job as an investigator at the Hunted Witch Agency.
A recent, shall we say, mistake, has put me in place to inherit the leadership of the warlocks. Which means only one thing. I have a choice to make: Leave behind my life of witchery to become a warlock, or lose my warlock magic forever.
Complicating my choice is the fact that someone is trying to destroy the warlock coven. If I don't stop them, the warlocks will be annihilated. The task seems impossible until Gerard Freshwater, a distractingly handsome witch, explodes into my life. He's determined to make me see that being a witch isn't just the best option, but the only option.
This is a fairly fast paced read, I enjoyed this for the most part. As always with a new series there are bumps along the way.
The first bump for me was it felt like I was missing something. I don't want to give spoilers away. But from the beginning I kind felt like I was reading the second novel in a series and not the first. Or that there is some prequel novella that I missed out on. The second was the "Mac" everything! Once or twice is witty and cute, every time you converse with a character or are even in the same room with them it loses the charm. Granted I did enjoy some of the other witty and snarky comments. It's just I feel....my own personal opinion, that the "McDreamy" and "McSteamy" is soooo over played at this point. It even got to the point where it was a little bit childish.
Honestly I'm not trying to rip this to shreds, but I am trying to be honest. There were moments where it was really choppy for me. I am not for the whole insta love in any books, I like to see this built up. This was the third bump in the reading of this....I was often confused by the relationships. With all the characters, personalities gave me a bit of whiplash at times. I know there is always a brooding silent type, I'm fine with that. Transitions just weren't always smooth between the lukewarm and cold, if you know what I mean.
I'm not going to go into anymore, I just don't want to be that person.
My ending thoughts on this....I feel it was kind of thrown together with a great base story that didn't get the finesse that is needed to keep everything smooth. Things could a have been stretched out to explain things a little better and even give the characters more depth and a realistic feel. It's paranormal, I know. All in all, I liked the story....the execution could have been better.