• Witch Is When Life Got Complicated

  • A Witch P.I. Mystery, Book 2
  • By: Adele Abbott
  • Narrated by: Hannah Platts
  • Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (457 ratings)

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Witch Is When Life Got Complicated

By: Adele Abbott
Narrated by: Hannah Platts
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Publisher's summary

It ain't over til the custard creams have all gone.

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

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Still good. Read them in order.

This is a wonderfully entertaining story that is delightful to read. I enjoyed the first book so well that I download the complete series before I finished the finished the book. The books end with a cliffhanger, usually with a startling revelation or socially awkward situations.

The story is driven by Jill’s discovery that her biology family is witches. So, she has a learning curve and all the comedic situations that a beginner witch can encounter when learning magic in secret, being pursued by the diabolical nemeses of the story, and trying to work as a detective. After solving the mystery in the first book, demand for her services increases and her time becomes determined by others.

Jill has two separate lives, her paranormal life as a witch, which must be kept secret from non-paranormals. The story always has one central mystery, which Jill may or may not get paid for and other peripheral things that are happening to her inner circle. Her mysteries in her human world put her is a situation where she must work with Detective Maxwell. Their relationship begins as contentious. Winky, the one-eyed cat, is the most delightful character. While at the office there is dissension with the cat and her secretary Ms. V. The main mystery is in the human world. The little peripheral mysteries are solved with the aha epiphany. There is no profanity or sex to disrupt and a light, funny story.

Action between the magic and human world is tried together with Jill unintendedly using her magic in her human life. Yes, the conversation is snarky, and there are a few characters whose primary purpose is to whine. I read the complete series in three days and through enjoyed them.

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crazy

cute and crazy fun. I enjoy the banter between the characters. I just love Winky. That is one bad cat/ if love a light run read then this series is for you.

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Weak storyline, abusive relationships

I barely made it through book one, and with reservations but some faith, started book two. I bailed out with an hour left in the book. My primary complaint, which I could not reconcile, was the relationship between sister Kathy and Jill. It’s not just that this relationship is abusive, it’s that the author presents the abuse as something the reader should accept as ‘love.’ We are led to believe that Kathy’s constant belittling and humiliation of Jill is done in fun, and out of concern for her well being. Seriously? Jill has a hard phobia of clowns, and Kathy belittles her for it and makes her go to the circus, then when Jill saves Kathy’s children’s lives (again) Kathy treats her with suspicion. Jill loves her stuffed animal collection, that got her through tough times as a child and that still bring her comfort. Kathy humiliates her for secretly keeping the collection as an adult, and then shames her for not wanting to give them to Kathy’s daughter, which leads to Jill reluctantly turning them over to Kathy. Again, seriously? Kathy treats Jill’s new family relationships with suspicion, and gives every indication that she will continue to be cruel and abusive to Jill in future stories, and that Jill will continue to accept it as ‘love.’ Sorry, that alone made me stop listening.

Add to that the fact that the story line is weak, the world building slow and thin, and most of the characters one dimensional. I don’t recommend this series, even if you got through book one and are hoping it gets better. Trust me, it doesn’t.

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Very English

Easy listening. Short, fun, quick, nothing special. I do like the accent. I'll stay with the series.

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ugh, Kathy...

I really wanted to like this more. The narrator tried too hard to over enunciate, so that started getting annoying to listen to. And I HATED Kathy. She's selfish and manipulative and Jill kept claiming how good their relationship was, but the way Kathy treated her was not a good relationship. That was very much the reason this book didn't get a higher rating for story.

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Love this Series!

Any additional comments?

The plot gets a bit more complicated with several crimes being solved at the same time, and romance weaving it's way into the lives of several characters. Grandma turns up the heat and the craziness .. such fun; and the animals get meaner still!

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Enjoyable, but choppy...

I am enjoying the escapades of Jill (I think that's the main character's name--names don't stick with me), but if I didn't know better, I'd think this audio version was abridged. At least, I hope that's not how the author wrote the book. The first time I noticed it was when Jill went to work in her cousins' bakery in Candlewood. Mention was made that there would be someone helping out with the waitressing, but then that person was never mentioned again. That scene was incomplete, and the next thing I knew, Jill was in the park with Barry, her dog, with no mention of how her first day at the bakery went. This choppiness continued throughout the book, and it was disconcerting. I do like the story line and the characters, but I hope the third book in the series won't follow this trend.

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Difficult to like

The character development is so one dimensional I keep waiting for additional information to explain the characters motives further. Without an explanation of the main character’s inner workings, it is difficult to like her. The relationship between Kathy and Jill is weirdly abusive. Also, there are some long pauses in the audio recording. I really want to like it but it’s tough not to be annoyed.

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I wanted to like it, really.

The story is filled with unhealthy relationships, which makes it difficult to care about the characters and be invested in their fates. Also, the world building is vague and unsatisfying. Plus, the murder mystery is barely a C storyline. Finally, the narration of the female characters is good, but most of the male characters sound dopey and unintelligent.

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Self-deprecation

Love everything happening... but one major problem -- The main character. She is riddled with insecurities, has low-self esteem, a self-deprecating attitude, and is inordinately simple-minded.

But wait, she is also spineless, bold-faced lies, and is incapable of making decisions - rather she just goes along with what everyone bosses her to do.

It's taxing at this point...

The good : I like the cat, the grandmother, and the story flows nicely. Any other lead character & I could love this series as a 'go to' for fluff to listen to on a lengthy drive.

Sigh. I will read reviews to see if she gets any self-esteem and stops (acting?) like she's incapable of walking through life without her hand held or a boot up her bum.

Great narrator.

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