So this book wasn’t great. It was pretty boring as hell and started off in a pretty cliched way by having the MC’s, Constance, husband cheat on her with someone who works with them. Not only that, but they sleep around at the office. The fact that it took them this long to get caught is amazing. Anyways, Constance heads across the country to her grandmother’s house, who’s been expecting her. This is because the woman used magic to bring her here, because she wanted to help her with her powers. I am also wondering if the spell is what caused her husband to cheat on her so she would leave or if that was his own thing.
Anyways, in this universe, witches don’t get their powers until they are forty. Also, the Sheriff is a werewolf, his deputy is psychic, one of her coworkers is also a witch and the dead grocery manager was a vampire. Did I mention Constance is judgy over the small town? Like we get it compared to California the town is boring but there’s no need to go on and on about it in chapter two. Also, she was fifteen minutes late for work and is annoyed that her coworker is annoyed, girl you were late for work anyone would be annoyed, even if you were pulled over. Also, the magic in this universe works on a whole, “If you build it they will come” type of rule where it only works if it's needed. So that’s interesting but only sometimes apparently. Since, in the same damn chapter, Constance’s grandma goes from “I couldn’t use magic to clean the house before you came” to “I can use magic to heat my coffee despite having been able to work to the microwave and use that.”
I really don’t like most of these characters the only characters I don’t mind so far are Dave and Willow. Largely because Dave isn’t annoying and Willow hasn’t appeared much in the book to get on my nerves or not. The romance between Dave and Constance is hard to buy because despite this being in 1 POV from Constance’s side she really doesn’t spend much time thinking about him even when another character brings him up. Needless to say at three-fourths of the way in when she talks about wanting to kiss him I am underwhelmed. There is no urging from me for them to kiss because there is no romantic tension. There isn’t much of anything between them, except maybe friendship.
She is fired from her job by the new manager, the old one having been murdered, because the new manager, Jade is convinced she has a record and doesn’t like her. I can’t tell if the author wants us to find Jade and Summer, a local reporter who runs a podcast with Jade, annoying or intimidating. But they remind me more of those stereotypical mean girls you see in high school/college movies.
The chapters of the story are mixed with chapters of the podcast that exists within the book and slow the plot down big time. Also, the fog that pops up all the time in story is supposed to keep locals, human ones at least, from noticing something, somehow.
Oh yeah did I mention there is a mummy who owns and operates a winery. He’s name is Cyrus/Osiris and he is also new in town. He is also supposedly interested in Constance and she in him. Though like Dave there is barely any chemistry. There’s no chemistry between any character save for the animosity between Jade and Constance which is honestly feels less adulty and more like children squabbling on the playground. Which might be the point.
She gets mad at Dave for not calling her for a few days before he breaks up her not a date with Cyrus, despite the fact that she didn’t reach out to him either. Dave’s girls also adore her, despite only meeting her once and for a few minutes. I wish there were more scenes between them for the adoration to come across instead of just being told to us.
Anyways, at the end of the book a full moon pops out despite being full earlier in the book and all hell breaks loose with various shifters changing into their animal form. People screaming and running all over the place. Very boring.
Anyways, turns out it was Hal one of the coworkers and someone who really didn’t have a lot of appearances in the book. So no need to suspect him of doing anything unsavory aside from bad hygiene and being pushy about a date that probably would have been a murder date. Anywho, Constance turns him into a bat and he is promptly eaten by an owl. Very sad.
The book ends somewhat on a cliffhanger which probably won’t be addressed in the second book. Which I won’t find out because I’m not reading it. Yet, another book I wouldn’t recommend.
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