Mar. 4th, 2018

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Between yesterday and today, I read the ebook Pretty Hexed, which is the first installment in author Sara Bourgeois' "Witches of Winterfield" series.

Winterfield resident and witch, Belladonna Nightshade, inherits the local harridan's cat, and a fortune to take care of said cat, when Elsbeth Tory is murdered. Unfortunately, that puts her at the top of the list of suspects, and Detective Benjamin Carmichael, who's new to town, puts Bella through the wringer as he investigates. For Ben, it seems the entire town is keeping secrets, and he's right--most of the residents are magical in one form or another, but he doesn't know that. It's up to Bella to keep him out of the know, and she must also find out what happened to Mrs Tory, before something dark is unleashed in their sleepy little town.

Sounds good, yeah? Well, it wasn't. There was no cohesiveness to the plot, characters were not fleshed out (I don't even know what they looked like!), writing was painfully trite, and there was no resolution to some of the smaller plot points. Thank goodness it was a novella-length story; I would have hated to slog through much more of this. Here's what really bugged me:

Cut for Spoilers )

Favorite line: She'd made it this long without letting a man get his hooks in her.

In short, Reader Jae was most displeased. Giving this a mere one star:

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