Oh, Canada...that was a helluva game!

I'd pretty much written Canada off when they were down, 3-1 in the third, but they sure amassed a mighty comeback! Gotta say, though, I think they should have gotten a penalty late, when that puck hit the camera. Would it have changed the outcome? The world will never know.

Russia can be proud of its team; it really was a remarkable game.

Book 3, 2020

Enter the Witch by Andris Bear

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I started reading a new ebook last night and finished it late this afternoon. It was Enter the Witch, by Andris Bear, and it's the prequel to the author's "Witches of Whisper Grove" series. Main character was Evangeline Winther, who has recently moved to Whisper Grove. Story is told in third-person pov, but the perspective shifts between Evangeline and Shane, her newly-acquired love interest.

Evangeline is struggling after having moved away from home. She has a job at the library, but her boss is a dragonlady. Her apartment is small, and her electronics keep failing her. Compounding her problems, she accidentally rear-ends a truck at a stop sign. When her car refuses to start again, Evangeline hoofs it to work. In the meantime, mechanic Shane has her car towed to his shop, and he gives it a tune-up. All he asks is that Evangeline go out to dinner with him. That seems promising to her, until they are confronted in the restaurant by Freya Stone, Shane's ex and, unbeknownst to Evangeline, her mortal enemy.

Evangeline has always considered herself practical, but more and more clues seem to be pointing to the fact that she is a witch, as are her parents. Shane and her BFF, Carrow, confirm this, but Evangeline is having a difficult time believing them...until her cat starts talking to her.

This was just a novella, setting up the series, and it ended on a cliffhanger, too. Evangeline and Shane's characters were well-done, the secondary ones, not so much, but I presume that will change in future installments. What set this one apart from most of the other "witch cozy mysteries" was how funny it was. I laughed all through it!

Favorite lines:
♦ He nearly shit a kitten...Totally my new favorite saying!
♦ The blonde sashayed away without a word of thanks--to her, who nearly shit herself getting the books, or to Mimi, who sent her down below where she nearly shit herself.
♦ "Are we rival gang members?" // "More like Slytherin and Gryffindor..."
♦ "...I will cast a spell to make you quack like a duck and fart like a moose."
♦ On a creep scale of one to ten, he'd give it a forty-seven.

Very enjoyable, and I look forward to reading more! Five stars!