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Boy Meets Witch
by G.A. Rael
I've been reading some romance lately - definitely not my normal thing, and I still don't care for books where romance is the main plot, that's for sure. I was expecting this one to be more paranormal & lot less romance, and it's probably 50-50, so too much romance for me.
I was expecting the book to be more YA as well, because the title of the book is BOY meets witch. Well, there are no boys in this story, so the title really, really bugs me. Yes, you aren't supposed to judge a book by it's cover OR it's title, and though I like the cover, I really hate the inaccuracy of the title.
Other thoughts: the book follows the standard paranormal plot, too much so. It's a fast read, luckily, but there's not any substance whatsoever for the first half of the book, and I was honestly pretty bored. If I was just reading this on my own or reviewing for just the author, I would have quit by 20% in because nothing was happening, and the cat demon thing was just creeping me out/bothering me way too much. I'm a cat person & had big issues thinking of a cat as a demon (though my cat is definitely a demon cat at times!!). Since I was reading the book for a book tour, I felt I had to read the entire book & not give up so soon.
The book definitely picks up and gets more interesting, and there are some interesting angel and demon conversations that weren't expected in this type of light, quick read (that added meat to the book, which is definitely needed) and I definitely ended up enjoying it more than I was expecting. I'm honestly not sure if I'll continue reading the series, however- the pacing was just too slow for me, even after it got going, and there wasn't as much world building as I like. It was really hard to rate this one, because there were a lot of things I didn't like / didn't enjoy, but there was just something about the book that I did like (clear as mud, right?)
I was expecting the book to be more YA as well, because the title of the book is BOY meets witch. Well, there are no boys in this story, so the title really, really bugs me. Yes, you aren't supposed to judge a book by it's cover OR it's title, and though I like the cover, I really hate the inaccuracy of the title.
Other thoughts: the book follows the standard paranormal plot, too much so. It's a fast read, luckily, but there's not any substance whatsoever for the first half of the book, and I was honestly pretty bored. If I was just reading this on my own or reviewing for just the author, I would have quit by 20% in because nothing was happening, and the cat demon thing was just creeping me out/bothering me way too much. I'm a cat person & had big issues thinking of a cat as a demon (though my cat is definitely a demon cat at times!!). Since I was reading the book for a book tour, I felt I had to read the entire book & not give up so soon.
The book definitely picks up and gets more interesting, and there are some interesting angel and demon conversations that weren't expected in this type of light, quick read (that added meat to the book, which is definitely needed) and I definitely ended up enjoying it more than I was expecting. I'm honestly not sure if I'll continue reading the series, however- the pacing was just too slow for me, even after it got going, and there wasn't as much world building as I like. It was really hard to rate this one, because there were a lot of things I didn't like / didn't enjoy, but there was just something about the book that I did like (clear as mud, right?)