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songwind's review against another edition
2.0
As I said in a status update, this in the worst book I've liked in a while.
The world building is very interesting. The main characters are good, too. The basic storyline was fun.
However, in execution the wheels start to fall off. The copy editing is terrible, fully of apostrophes used for pluralization, misused words, confused homonyms and more. The narrative doesn't flow at all, frequently whipsawing abruptly between topics, some of which aren't even related to the scene at hand.
Basically, it's worth a fluff read if you're feeling tolerant, but go into it with your eyes open.
The world building is very interesting. The main characters are good, too. The basic storyline was fun.
However, in execution the wheels start to fall off. The copy editing is terrible, fully of apostrophes used for pluralization, misused words, confused homonyms and more. The narrative doesn't flow at all, frequently whipsawing abruptly between topics, some of which aren't even related to the scene at hand.
Basically, it's worth a fluff read if you're feeling tolerant, but go into it with your eyes open.
mrose21's review against another edition
4.0
I am properly curious now.
I am very intrigued in finding out where the author is going to take this series. How the characters will develop and evolve.
So far I could so picture this being a film or a TV series as long as they don't loose the magic and the action...
Really fun start to the series. Shes powerful but broken at the same time so although we're told shes a little bit off the wall in her magic shes actually pretty successful from what I see in what she does magic wise.
No love interest! I didn't even notice that. I love that. Shes a powerful witch but hasn't got a man to make her stronger. She has a were cat which could be a love interest? I like her being a friend at the moment shes also a very strong female character.
I am very intrigued in finding out where the author is going to take this series. How the characters will develop and evolve.
So far I could so picture this being a film or a TV series as long as they don't loose the magic and the action...
Really fun start to the series. Shes powerful but broken at the same time so although we're told shes a little bit off the wall in her magic shes actually pretty successful from what I see in what she does magic wise.
No love interest! I didn't even notice that. I love that. Shes a powerful witch but hasn't got a man to make her stronger. She has a were cat which could be a love interest? I like her being a friend at the moment shes also a very strong female character.
pjonsson's review against another edition
4.0
This book was quite fun to read. At times it is perhaps a bit nonsensical, even childish, but on the whole I liked both the story and the main character.
Agatha is a witch with some problems controlling her magic which in turn creates a few minor issues like buildings blowing up, people turning into pink rabbits etc. Unfortunately, for FBI, the agency needs a fully sanctioned witch on their payroll in order to combat the less mundane threats in the books alternate world where magic, werewolves and other supernatural entities roam around.
I like the way the book starts. As usual the FBI Director is a dick. However, to my great joy, said dick is pretty much immediately replaced by a very sympathetic new director who quickly takes a liking to Agatha and is not alien to circumventing the upper echelons when they try to interfere.
I also like the fact that, although Agatha has some magic control issues, she is indeed a powerful witch and she knows it.
Agatha has some friends as well which I also found quite likable. The fact that they are both werewolves, or in the case of her female friend a werecat, makes it even more fun to read. Especially when said werecat opens safes by ripping the doors off their hinges. Who needs a key anyway, they just get lost.
After the obligatory introduction Agatha and the werecat gets thrown straight into a kidnapping case even though they are still students. Both of our good guys prove to be quite adept at acting as agents, well at least within the confines of the story’s rather simplistic depiction of an FBI agent, and all in all I quite enjoyed reading this book.
I am fairly sure that I will pick up the next one.
Agatha is a witch with some problems controlling her magic which in turn creates a few minor issues like buildings blowing up, people turning into pink rabbits etc. Unfortunately, for FBI, the agency needs a fully sanctioned witch on their payroll in order to combat the less mundane threats in the books alternate world where magic, werewolves and other supernatural entities roam around.
I like the way the book starts. As usual the FBI Director is a dick. However, to my great joy, said dick is pretty much immediately replaced by a very sympathetic new director who quickly takes a liking to Agatha and is not alien to circumventing the upper echelons when they try to interfere.
I also like the fact that, although Agatha has some magic control issues, she is indeed a powerful witch and she knows it.
Agatha has some friends as well which I also found quite likable. The fact that they are both werewolves, or in the case of her female friend a werecat, makes it even more fun to read. Especially when said werecat opens safes by ripping the doors off their hinges. Who needs a key anyway, they just get lost.
After the obligatory introduction Agatha and the werecat gets thrown straight into a kidnapping case even though they are still students. Both of our good guys prove to be quite adept at acting as agents, well at least within the confines of the story’s rather simplistic depiction of an FBI agent, and all in all I quite enjoyed reading this book.
I am fairly sure that I will pick up the next one.
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