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tsbowman1124's review
3.0
Really like the premise of an eternal witch that guards the balance. The story had moments when I would give it 4 stars.
cdcsmith's review against another edition
1.0
The idea of the book was great and sounded promising. Unfortunately, this fell flat on multiple levels. I found none of it erotic. I didn't feel there was any love between the characters - attraction yes, but not love. Some things seemed to be repeated over and over again for no reason I could make sense of. I hate the whole, "we can't tell you the secret, you have to guess" crap unless it has a reason for existing and that never seemed to be the case. I also have trouble with the rather quick acceptance of the information about her power, the world with supernatural beings, etc. But maybe the most annoying part to me, was the magic. I don't fathom how you can have an "understanding" of the magic you used for hundreds of years for the big spells, but you don't recall the basics that would have been automatic in the way muscle memory is. No, that wasn't the most annoying. Now that I think of it, maybe it is that not only was our main character more or less instantly okay with the knowledge she has been reincarnated, but so too is her best friend. Just a little too matter of factly for my liking. On a good note, I did like this book more than the 1 star rated Twilight.
shaedegray's review
Got to like chapter 4, but can't do it. No wonder it was free on Amazon. DNF.
wolffe's review
2.0
As witch-powered supernatural being huntress stories go, this one was just okay. The premise is fairly tired and I found myself rolling my eyes at several points. What 22 year old woman is going to find out someone is keeping an important secret from her and just let it go for a while? That's right. None. But this one does. There are a myriad of other plot and character problems that pulled me out of the story at several points along the way, but honestly the whole thing felt very tired, derivative and overdone. A few simple tweaks would have gone a long way to saving the whole thing. *Why is it always sex? How come nobody comes up with a better way to come into power?
There was nothing that made me want to read the sequels - wait, take that back. I thought the addition of the familiar in the sequel preview chapter at the very end was done well and I approved of the choice of animal. But that's not enough to make me want to read the whole thing.
There's a glimmer of a fine author in there, and with a bit more experience, imagination and coming into her own voice I think Jack could turn out a good read. Maybe she just needs to have hot sex with a veritable stranger to come into her power as a writer.
There was nothing that made me want to read the sequels - wait, take that back. I thought the addition of the familiar in the sequel preview chapter at the very end was done well and I approved of the choice of animal. But that's not enough to make me want to read the whole thing.
There's a glimmer of a fine author in there, and with a bit more experience, imagination and coming into her own voice I think Jack could turn out a good read. Maybe she just needs to have hot sex with a veritable stranger to come into her power as a writer.
donnek's review
4.0
I was a little unsure whether or not I was going to really like this book once I read a bunch of the reviews. I don't always let the reviews dictate my reading choices but they do sometimes cloud my impression or perspective. But fortunately I didn't let them get to me. I liked this story - it was kind of cute in a way. I was expecting something different but ended liking what I got.
The storyline is an odd one; not one I've come across. The main character, Grateful (love that name) discovers she is a reincarnated witch and chaos immediately ensues as she deals with her past lives as well as all the crap she's enduring with current life. I also liked all the other characters so continuing on with this series is highly likely for me.
The storyline is an odd one; not one I've come across. The main character, Grateful (love that name) discovers she is a reincarnated witch and chaos immediately ensues as she deals with her past lives as well as all the crap she's enduring with current life. I also liked all the other characters so continuing on with this series is highly likely for me.
thecraftynene's review
3.0
I liked the story well enough, though the characters weren’t fleshed out very well. The thing I hated was how the “heroine” always lost control around Rick. This isn’t realistic, and it’s insulting. Just because a guy is hot doesn’t mean a woman will lose all control of her faculties and drop her pants.
murderbydeath's review
3.0
A good, quick read that held my attention, though perhaps not enough to make me rush out to read the next book.
prationality's review
2.0
Welcome to another round of "I'm So Torn!". On the one hand I was really digging the story here. Grateful makes enough of an impression that her immediate lust for Rick can be overlooked since, well she acknowledges her bad decision making skills and the need to tone it back. The mystery surrounding the creepy happenings at her new house kept me reading and while I wasn't particularly fond of either guy (for reasons I'll explain) neither one seemed like a complete Alphahole.
So far so good!
And then we get to the explanation part of who Rick is, who Grateful is (was/could be/whatever), her place in the universe and oh yeah the TRUTH behind her life.
Firstly - the whole plot with her father's dark secret surrounding her birth didn't feel needed. I see why Jack had it as part of the story--it helped to bridge connections with another character's motivations--yet how disturbing to hear such (even if it was a completely normal and unfortunately frequent emotional response).
Secondly - Rick goes from mysterious sex on a stick graveyad caretaker who seems a little bit too interested in Grateful (though not in a creepy stalker way) to...well being kind of creepy.You find out that he was married to various previous incarnations of Grateful through the centuries; she's a reincarnated piece of his beloved's soul and they are stronger together then apart...also he is severely weakened without her love/sex/blood. Soon as the cat is out of the bag he is suddenly like 'And to solve all our problems marry me!' and POUTS and SULKS every time she reasonably states its not a good idea. He basically uses her intense physical response against her as perfectly rational reasoning.
Thirdly - Logan goes from being a 'aw poor puppy!' to 'dear lord could you be more suffocating?' fairly quickly. Granted Grateful sees what is going on and understands that she can't just...keep him as her ghostly servant/emotional support, so good on her for recognizing it was a bad idea. By the time his ah lingering spirit problem is figured out I was ready to smack him, bury him and hand Grateful over to her scheming, manipulative ex (its bad when the guy who stole your money is the less evil of the men you know).
Fourthly - its a spoilerthe ghost sex with Logan was SUPER CREEPY. SUPER DUPER 100% CREEPY. That could just be me though, I've never been into the whole 'my lover is a phantasm of energy/smoke/mist' genere of paranormal romances, but it seems pretty popular.
And while I admire the fact that Grateful stood up and said 'Hey stop deciding my life for me!', its kind of a moot point given the circumstances of Rick staying powerful enough to defeat the creepies involve her. I also felt like Logan's resolution should have been given a bit more time--a lot happens at the end and the mystery of him is kind shoehorned in between figuring out the bad guy's motivations and saving all of humanity.
So far so good!
And then we get to the explanation part of who Rick is, who Grateful is (was/could be/whatever), her place in the universe and oh yeah the TRUTH behind her life.
Firstly - the whole plot with her father's dark secret surrounding her birth didn't feel needed. I see why Jack had it as part of the story--it helped to bridge connections with another character's motivations--yet how disturbing to hear such (even if it was a completely normal and unfortunately frequent emotional response).
Secondly - Rick goes from mysterious sex on a stick graveyad caretaker who seems a little bit too interested in Grateful (though not in a creepy stalker way) to...well being kind of creepy.
Thirdly - Logan goes from being a 'aw poor puppy!' to 'dear lord could you be more suffocating?' fairly quickly. Granted Grateful sees what is going on and understands that she can't just...keep him as her ghostly servant/emotional support, so good on her for recognizing it was a bad idea. By the time his ah lingering spirit problem is figured out I was ready to smack him, bury him and hand Grateful over to her scheming, manipulative ex (its bad when the guy who stole your money is the less evil of the men you know).
Fourthly - its a spoiler
And while I admire the fact that Grateful stood up and said 'Hey stop deciding my life for me!', its kind of a moot point given the circumstances of Rick staying powerful enough to defeat the creepies involve her. I also felt like Logan's resolution should have been given a bit more time--a lot happens at the end and the mystery of him is kind shoehorned in between figuring out the bad guy's motivations and saving all of humanity.
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