An unlucky witch and her know-it-all nemesis must team up in the first of a new, hot 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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Disclaimer: I received an advanced reader's copy from Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, via NetGalley. The following thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.
This is my first introduction to Avery Flynn and her writing style. First things first. The cover is 5/5. I love the leafy scrollwork with witchy paraphernalia sprinkled about. Our main character is Tilda Sherwood, a member of one of the most powerful witch dynasties that there ever was. It's too bad Tilda is decidedly unmagical. That's a rough hand to be dealt. If my many years of reading Korean manhwas have taught me anything, life can go one of two ways for a powerless MC. One, the MC is bullied, ridiculed, and reviled by their family members and the rest of society. Or two, the MC is protected and loved before experiencing a traumatic event that spurs their transformation into a powerhouse with a thirst for vengeance. Typically, it's the former. Tilda usually finds herself often humiliated and the butt of the joke. Her opposite and supposed nemesis, Gil Connolly is the typical witchy researcher. The book is told in dual POV with the occasional Fourth Wall breaking. This is the first book in the Witchington series, but I felt like there was a lot going on at once and a lot left unresolved. The reasoning behind Tilda's dislike of Gil seemed superficial. The worldbuilding was both heavy and lacking in detail at the same time. There were mentions of the Council, the Resistance, and The Beyond, but there was little context of the whos, whats, and wheres. The rules of magic and magic theory were unclear and inconsistent. Since this was a witchy rom-com, the HEA was expected, but there was too much left unexplained and unexplored to be satisfactory.
3.5 stars
About the Author
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USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling romance author Avery Flynn has three slightly-wild children, loves a hockey-addicted husband and is desperately hoping someone invents the coffee IV drip. She lives outside of Washington DC with her family, Dwight the cat, and a pack of five dogs all named after food. If she’s not reading romance or binging reality TV, she’s most definitely plotting to take over the world so she can banish Crocs from existence. Also, if you figure out how to send Oreos through the Internet, she’ll be your best friend for life.
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