The Trouble with Spells is the first book in the Of Witches and Warlocksseries, and we start with a prologue of two years ago, when Vance first set eyes on Portia. He finds out she is the daughter he has been warned to stay away from, and so he does.

Skip forward two years, and Portia is near her 16th birthday. On her birthday, she gets more than she bargained for, and finds out she is from a long line of witches and warlocks. Not only that, but she already has an amazing amount of control over her powers. Throw in a soul mate, a big bad, and you're on the way.

Now, this story has an amazing amount of Insta-Love, which I usually don't like too much. I prefer the slow burners. However, it seems to work in this story. Perhaps because Portia deals amazingly well with what is thrown at her. I was worried she would be a whiny character, but she isn't. Her and Vance do make an exceedingly cute couple.

I thought this story was well written, and a delight to read. If you like insta-love, and young-adult paranormal, then I would definitely recommend this one. Plus you can get book 2 free if you sign up for her newsletter!

Chasing Nikki - Lacey Weatherford 

*More like 3.5 STARS*

Aww man. That was so mean! I can't believe this. Poor, poor Chase. Life just really kicks some people in the nuts, doesn't it?

Anyway, I thought it was a sweet coming of age story with a whole lot of tragedy mixed in. Of course though, I'm going to have to go to the next book, like immediately! I have to see what happens next.

DNFed at 33%

He grabbed another girl by the arm and yanked her around, so I. AM. DONE. I don't like this YA trend. A man grabbing a woman is not appreciated. I don't care how nice or sweet he is.

I have been DNfing a lot lately, and it's all because I have short patience for stupidity and bad writing. I have way too many books to read to sit around suffering through abusive jerks and assholes.

Am I supposed to like this Chase kid? Because I don't. He's a new kid at school, first day in the middle of the spring semester and in his 4th period class. He has never even spoken to this girl Nikki but when they get up to leave, he blocks her path and flirts. When she tries to leave he grabs her arm and yanks her back because he pretty much demands a date. 

I don't like this entitled little prick. Hopefully he improves.

I've got another backlog of ebooks going on. So for a while, I'm going to read only those. Starting from the oldest I have and moving toward the new ones. Here are 5 of my oldest ebooks that I will tackle first. I don't even remember what some of them are about. I'm such a digital hoarder.

But it's not like I have a lot else to do. Knit and read. I have a bulging disk in my lower back, so I can't do much of anything right now. You never realize how much you like to move around until you can't.