Slouch Witch (Lazy Girl’s Guide to Magic Book 1)
by Helen Harper
Amazon: 4.8/5
Goodreads: 4.0/5
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
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Amazon Description: Let’s get one thing straight – Ivy Wilde is not a heroine. In fact, she’s probably the last witch in the world who you’d call if you needed a magical helping hand. If it were down to Ivy, she’d spend all day every day on her sofa where she could watch TV, munch junk food and talk to her feline familiar to her heart’s content.
However, when a bureaucratic disaster ends up with Ivy as the victim of a case of mistaken identity, she’s yanked very unwillingly into Arcane Branch, the investigative department of the Hallowed Order of Magical Enlightenment. Her problems are quadrupled when a valuable object is stolen right from under the Order’s noses.
It doesn’t exactly help that she’s been magically bound to Adeptus Exemptus Raphael Winter. He might have piercing sapphire eyes and a body which a cover model would be proud of but, as far as Ivy’s concerned, he’s a walking advertisement for the joyless perils of too much witch-work.
And if he makes her go to the gym again, she’s definitely going to turn him into a frog.
Opinion: For the most part I stay away from modern Paranormal Romance. For the most part I consider it a sub-genre of Urban Fantasy. I am not a fan of love triangles between a human, a werewolf, and a vampire or graphic sex scenes and in the indie urban fantasy world you can find any number of bookcovers which promise all these things.
These details are why, so far, I have enjoyed the Slouch Witch, and the series as a whole. It features a smart, funny female lead that lives life on her terms. She eventually falls for a coworker and there isn’t another love interest in sight. I think in many ways the cover does this series a disservice because it makes it seem like all the other Urban Fantasy romance novels out there, but it’s much better. It’s a light, easy read and the world building isn’t all it could be, but the characters and the story was enjoyable enough that I endorse it.