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Life is always hectic for P.I. (and novice witch), Jill Gooder. Murder, theft and a missing cat, she can take in her stride, but a date with detective Jack Maxwell? That's a whole different ball game.

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August 24, 2015
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ASIN : B0127HPLCA
Publisher : Implode Publishing Ltd (August 24, 2015)
Publication date : August 24, 2015
Language : English
File size : 1954 KB
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Best Sellers Rank: #5,186 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #37 in Ghost Mysteries
- #39 in Witch & Wizard Mysteries
- #49 in Cozy Crafts & Hobbies Mystery

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Bronwen

I guess I'm committed to this series now.

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017

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I was horrified to discover there are over twenty books in this series, because now I'm going to have to read them all. Adele Abbott has captured my attention like no urban fantasy writer since Jim Butcher has done with well-written, engaging, fun stories about an intelligent, strong and relatable woman who happens to be both a PI and a witch. She tough and feminine, clever and brave but still enough like you and me to understand her motivations and think, yes, that's what I would have done... you know, if I were a PI and a witch. There's a small bug-bear about the time stands still in Candlefield thing, but I chose to ignore this temporal conundrum and just let it be what it is. If you haven't started this series yet, be warned, it's gong to suck you in.

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T.O.Powell

3 1/2 Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2019

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Okay, I read the first book of this series and really liked it. It was a fun read, especially the dialog with Jill. This one, Book 2, still had the great dialog which made me laugh, and still had the cute interactions between Jill and the hunky cop, but it wasn't as good as Book 1. I think I'd have to agree with another reviewer, Jill is funniest when she's in the real, non-magical world. I'm getting pretty tired of Candlefield and all the various 'sups'. I would like less emphasis on sups and more on how Jill deals with the real world.

I mostly enjoy the sibling interactions between Jill and her sister, Karen, but I think it's stupid that Kathy blamed Jill about the Beany Babies when Kathy was the one snooping through someone else's house and taking things that didn't belong to her. That was very irritating!

At times I was so fed up with the story that I vowed to never read another one, but then I'd run into more of that delightful and funny dialog and then I think, well maybe I'll get just one more before I quit. That's how much I enjoy Jill's snarky comments, especially her inner ones. So maybe I will get the next book, but if it still focuses on Candlefield and vampires and werewolves and the squabbling twins then I'll have to give up. Wish me luck.

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Lynn Demsky

GREAT adventure!

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2017

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The story just keeps getting better and better – life is more than complicated with Jill especially since she now has two families and can’t tell her Human family about her Witch Family who live in a special city just for all the super subs – warlocks, vampires, angels, witches etc. or she’ll be in serious trouble – besides being a private eye working with a super cranky detective who does NOT want any of her help – she’s learning her first book of spells and having fun doing it until her Witch Grandma takes her under her wing and becomes her teacher ----her witch mother, now dead, and appears as a ghost to Jill is always popping in and out to make the story even more fun --- her receptionists is still fighting with her one eyed cat – and her human sister keeps setting her up with blind dates and taking her to all sorts of places she would rather not go and getting suspicious of her because of the stunts she sees her sister do………..comical, romantic and just a truly fun read!

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Sloppy editing, one-dimensional characters, sketchy worldbuilding

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2016

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Jill Gooder is a PI who discovered (in book 1 of the series) that she is also a witch. Her powers come to her via her biological mother (she was adopted) and she is learning that witches are part of a supernatural community that lives, hidden, alongside the world of everyday people. Jill maintains a life (and a household) in both worlds (this is managed by time suspending in one world while she is visiting the other -- how this works when she meets people from one world in another isn't explained at all -- surely if they spend most of their life in the supernatural world it would be very difficult for them to meet Jill at "her time" in the regular world and --- whatever!). It's an intriguing premise, albeit one that is heavily borrowed from another, much more popular series, but the execution is so awful that I can't recommend it to anyone.

First, Jill is mentally and emotionally a child. While this could be an interesting premise for a book about a witch, there is no indication that the author realizes that Jill is childish. Her "career" is a joke -- she investigates cases in both worlds, but she never takes a case on which she makes money. How does she pay her bills? It's the real mystery of the book, one that pales in comparison to the "Encyclopedia Brown"-style mysteries she spends her time solving (not just one missing trophy case, she takes on TWO, like anyone over the age of 12 would get that worked up about a trophy). There's also a murder, but the case is so choppily investigated and hastily resolved that it's difficult for the reader to care about it. Her method of investigation is just to wander around asking questions.

Jill's maturity isn't any better when it comes to her personal life. She lets her non-supernatural sister bully her relentlessly and spends most of her time with her immature, bickering cousins, her inefficient and unhelpful assistant, and her mean grandmother. These relationships are sketchily written and tedious to read. And the supernatural world she is joining feels pulled together from scraps leftover from more successful series. Magic is rudimentary and basic, ghosts are cute distractions, vampires and werewolves are toothless and smoothly integrated into society without a hint of disruption or violence. What do they eat? Who do they hunt? It's unclear these questions ever crossed the author's mind. Their main purpose is to date witches and play sports. There is a mysterious "Dark One" following Jill, but the threat is so vague and dull it's hard to care about (and the eventual identity of the "Dark One" seems painfully obvious).

All these problems with the story are made worse by the rudimentary quality of the writing. Dialogue is stilted, characters are one-dimensional and universally immature, the mundane and the supernatural world seem equally sketchy and unrealistic. It doesn't look as if any editing was done at all -- in some parts, even character names are mixed up or wrong. It just has a sloppy feel, like there was a rush to get it online. Better editing wouldn't fix everything for this book, but it would make it easier to read.

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Charly781

2nd book is just as good as the first if not better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 20, 2018

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2nd book is just as good as the first if not better. Rather silly really, just wanted some light reading to help me sleep and the first one was free anyway, but somehow I just bought number 14 in the series, having become rather addicted. Quite crazy and funny especially the cat Winky. I loved all the books so far. In fact I almost found myself buying custard creams yesterday, she goes on about them so much!. I quite like the way she chats to the reader as she goes along and manages a very strange mx of skills to live a funny double life among humans, ghosts and "sups" and at the same time striving to help everybody else. - Looking forward to the remaining 14 books or however many there are by the time I get to the end

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The Reading Room

Quirky, Funny and Entertaining

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2018

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When Jill Gooder discovers she is a witch, life gets a whole lot more interesting. When her sister, Kathy sets her up on a date, it also gets a whole lot more complicated…

I’m now up to book 7 of this series, so don’t be put off by the 3-star rating. I felt the main drawback of this book was the considerable amount of detail that was repeated from Book 1 of the series. That said, I haven’t found it an issue in the later books, when the balance between pleasing new readers by filling-in the back-story, and concentrating on delivering the next episode seems much better.

Regardless of what might seem a harsh rating, there is still an awful lot to enjoy in this second book of the Witch PI series: The plot is jammed packed with things going on. A mix of cozy mystery, fantasy and a budding romance thrown in for good measure. And, the pace is just as zany; once in to the story, it rips along at tremendous speed.
There is the same degree of craziness that began in Book 1 too. The characters are clearly defined, varied, and even the madness of including a talking dog and cat simply adds to its unique appeal. Another thing that works especially well is the way the lead character uses ‘asides’ to communicate her thoughts directly to the reader.

Full of humour throughout, there were more than enough positives to easily keep me engaged with the series.

5 people found this helpful

Diana Fleming

Fine if you enjoy emotional abuse, not my cup of tea in a 'cozy'.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2019

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I bought this because I wanted a nice safe cozy novel and I liked the main character's personality in the first novel. I hated it becuase, in this novel, she is constantly being bullied and manipulated by relatives, especially her sister, who steals her beanie collection then makes HER feel guilty about it. Narcissistic siblings are an interesting angle to explore in a different genre. Emotional abuse is out of place in this one. Two stars rather than one because the writing itself is fine, I just didn't like the story.

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Peter Scott

Some Brilliant One-liners

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2019

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Witch is when Life got Complicated (A Witch P.I. Mystery Book 2) by Adele Abbott
I love the relaxed style of writing and the great 'one-liners.' Solving the mysteries is a secondary consideration to life in the 'extended family' but all the more entertaining. Interaction between the characters is superb.

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Mrs H.Brookes

These books are addictive easy to read with a good sense of humour and ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 30, 2018

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These books are addictive easy to read with a good sense of humour and wit in abundance. Jill Gooder P I and a trainee witch solves cases with the aid of her newly found magic skills.Between her two families and homes human and supernatural (sups) she manages to keep flitting between the two and with love interests in each domain makes for fun reading.The books evolve with her improving skills and the threat of the sinister dark one slight resembalance to Harry Potter in a way but I m a big H P fan so that's not an issue

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