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Enchanted, Inc.
by Shanna Swendson
Given all of the numerous other series where the female protagonist is some amazing half vampire/pixie/werewolf/witch extraordinaire I was prepared to absolutely adore a book that took a female protagonist of an urban fantasy world in an entirely different direction. In Enchanted Inc., the protagonist of this book is Katie, a woman without an ounce of magic in her. This means that she can't do any magic... but also that she can't be affected by it. She can see the reality covered by illusion spells, the magically hidden clauses placed in contracts or the "invisible" man sneaking in to steal company property. This unique ability gets her noticed and hired by Magic, Spells and Illusions, Inc.
I thought that this premise was brilliant and I wanted to LOVE this book. However, that being said... I was very disappointed with the execution of this idea. None of the supporting characters seemed to be very fleshed out. It seems like their entire existence was to prop up Katie, who as far as I could tell, possessed nothing beyond her non-magical status besides a little common sense. Even the head of the company, Merlin (Merlin!!!!!!) serves as a mostly grandfatherly type who has to be taught a few things about the world from our heroine.
Additionally, Katie's main love interest was probably the least exciting man I have ever read about. Granted, this could just be my own personal taste in men... But does shy and blushing really do it for most of the ladies out there? I think there's a reason most of those romance novels have those embarrassing covers with the powerful-looking oily man chests.
I thought that this premise was brilliant and I wanted to LOVE this book. However, that being said... I was very disappointed with the execution of this idea. None of the supporting characters seemed to be very fleshed out. It seems like their entire existence was to prop up Katie, who as far as I could tell, possessed nothing beyond her non-magical status besides a little common sense. Even the head of the company, Merlin (Merlin!!!!!!) serves as a mostly grandfatherly type who has to be taught a few things about the world from our heroine.
Additionally, Katie's main love interest was probably the least exciting man I have ever read about. Granted, this could just be my own personal taste in men... But does shy and blushing really do it for most of the ladies out there? I think there's a reason most of those romance novels have those embarrassing covers with the powerful-looking oily man chests.