I read this book for what I call a "candy read" meaning it'll be fast, full of delicious calories, and not requiring me to do anything but enjoy it. It was all that.

If you're looking for a book to take seriously, this isn't the book for you. But if you want to relax on the beach or in the bath, Jazz Tremaine's your go-to witch. ( )

Jazz an exiled witch tries her best to stay within the rules of her banishment. Life keeps throwing things at her that make her lose her patience and release a little more magic than she should. She takes it with a smirk and keeps living. he life is too busy to worry about what she can't change. She has a haunted car, vicious slippers and an ex love that is hotter than...well you know. She also has the stinky-est job ever. * Gross*
Nick the hot vampire who has been her lover for over 300 years has arrived in town and he's not welcome after the way they parted. He is starting a new life and needs Jazz's help and wants her back in his bed. *He is good, really good* it is not easy the hurt runs deep.
There are deaths in the vampire community. The two must work together. This is sometimes funny, and sometimes dangerous. They delve into dangerous dark places and meet some interesting beings.
I enjoyed this paranormal romantic comedy. It was light, funny and had just enough mystery and sexy moments to keep it interesting.
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I really enjoyed this. Jazz was a believable heroine in a world in which magic and the paranormal is not only present but in the open. Her bete noire is the vampire Nikolai Gregorivich, gorgeous and irresistible to Jazz, which frustrates her and had ended up with her being locked up repeatedly over the years.
This opening book sets up the background world for Jazz and Nick to operate in and has some really interesting ideas which are well fleshed out. Jazz is a witch, being punished along with her fellow witchy sisters for a transgression against a member of the nobility some 300 odd years ago, every time she uses her magic inappropriately, she gets time added to her sentence.
When she met Nick again she almost immolated him and Linda Wisdom perfectly portrays the dismay Jazz feels when she realises that she still has the hots, metaphorically speaking, for a guy who is technically dead.
There is some wonderful humour in the book, along with great characters and the plot, which concerns vampires going missing, is believable within the world the author has created.
If I had one criticism, it would be that I would have liked a bit more background to the whys of Jazz and her fellow witches' casting out to wander the earth until their punishment had been served. ( )

I really enjoyed this. Jazz was a believable heroine in a world in which magic and the paranormal is not only present but in the open. Her bete noire is the vampire Nikolai Gregorivich, gorgeous and irresistible to Jazz, which frustrates her and had ended up with her being locked up repeatedly over the years.
This opening book sets up the background world for Jazz and Nick to operate in and has some really interesting ideas which are well fleshed out. Jazz is a witch, being punished along with her fellow witchy sisters for a transgression against a member of the nobility some 300 odd years ago, every time she uses her magic inappropriately, she gets time added to her sentence.
When she met Nick again she almost immolated him and Linda Wisdom perfectly portrays the dismay Jazz feels when she realises that she still has the hots, metaphorically speaking, for a guy who is technically dead.
There is some wonderful humour in the book, along with great characters and the plot, which concerns vampires going missing, is believable within the world the author has created.
If I had one criticism, it would be that I would have liked a bit more background to the whys of Jazz and her fellow witches' casting out to wander the earth until their punishment had been served. ( )

I always say that three star reads are the ones that make give me the worst book slumps . . . I say this because it’s true. I know a lot of you are shaking your heads and thinking, why the hell would a book with a good rating give you a worst slump then, say, a one star read? Or a DNF? I can explain. A three star read is an “okay” book, a book that I liked but didn’t love. It’s a book that is so freaking hard to review because you can’t find anything overly positive or negative to say, so you wind up saying, “It’s a good book. I liked it. You might, too.” Not exactly an exciting book to review, because it wasn’t very exciting to read, either.

With 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover, I had this problem. The funny thing is, I’ve read this one before. I loved it years ago, and now that I read it again, I can see that I’ve grown more critical and chooser as a reader. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it sure did give me a slump.

This book didn’t wow me, because . . .

I’ve seen it all before. I’ve been reading for over half my life already (a feat since I’m 19. Lol), and obsessing over romance for a few years less, so it can be hard to find authors unique to their genre. I usually don’t have a problem when the writing is excellent enough to keep my attention, but in terms of 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover, it was only ordinary. Nothing new.
It left me feeling incomplete. The odd thing is, it didn’t even end with a cliffhanger! (P.S. I hate cliffhangers.) Wisdom just didn’t give me the closure I needed for some of the conflict she gave the story. FYI: If you write in a conflict, you need a solution. I know a lot of authors just leave it for the sequel, but it feels like she just forgot a few key elements.
I wasn’t enamored with the main characters. I liked Jazz well enough, and Nick is . . . slowly growing on me, but none of them were that interesting. Jazz seemed like this feisty, strong character that wouldn’t allow anybody to walk all over her, but anytime Nick is around her vag makes all the decision and she ends up hurt. WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME? YOU DON’T NEED HIM AND IT’S ANNOYING AS FUCK TO WATCH HIM TREAT YOU TERRIBLY. Wisdom winds up redeeming Nick’s character a bit at the end, but I’m still not happy with him. Perhaps he’ll grow up, in the next book, but I’m not counting on it.
The two things that saved this book for me were the cute, adorable, man-eating slippers, Fluff and Puff (where do I find some? Anybody know?), and the sex is deliciously hot. For all Nick and Jazz’s fault, they make yummy whoopee. ;)

All-in-all not a terribly enthusiastic read, but I’ve picked up the next book in the series in the hopes that it redeems the Hex series for me.

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