Witches Protection Program

BLUF: Cute, quick read – great for those who enjoy a little supernatural mixed into their mystery stories.

I was provided a copy of this book from netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review

Plot: The Witches Protection Program is exactly what you think it's about. It's a witness protection program for witches. After failing his first assignment within a highly regarded federal police branch, Wes Rockville is reassigned to the Witches Protection Program. Although Wes thinks the reassignment is an elaborate joke, (c'mon, witches don't actually exist) Wes has little choice but to play along. Soon enough, and a rude awakening later, Wes finds himself fighting for the survival of humanity.

Okay, okay.. I exaggerate, but the level of action definitely reflects a good vs. evil battle.

Let's start with the good...: The plot wrapped together quite well. Starting from a main character who doesn't believe in the witches he is now hired to protect, continuing to the witches stirring up trouble, and ending with a successful thwarting of plans – the plot ramps up in a way that will keep your attention. Also, I can see this book being a good series – maybe episodic in nature?

... and move to the awkward...: Oh my, awkward relationships. The main relationship between Wes and Morgan was strangely developed. From distrust to sparks of chemistry to making out in inopportune moments to an actual relationship – it just didn't flow naturally. The other awkward relationship was between Alastair and Morgan. Alastair creeps Morgan out for the majority of the book. Then, at the end, she's very excited to be a daughter to him – no questions asked. I did not understand this at all. There were a couple others, but, for the most part, the relationships weren't too questionable.

... and finish with the rest.: I know this doesn't matter, but I am going to vent anyways. The book kept introducing one character as Junie “Baby Fat” Meadows, but, she was consistently referred to as Junie in the text. Why introduce a person with a nickname if you don't use the nickname more than half the time? But.. maybe that was my perception. If not, it's definitely just a pet peeve.

I received this copy in exchange of an honest review, for so, none of my feelings were affected or biased by the author or publisher.

Update: 09/10/2015

If you'd like to read this review on my blog.

Rating: 1.25/5 stars.

The Witches Protection Program is a secret agency that's been running for years, that seeks to protect those good witches, Davinas, from the harm done by those bad witches, Villas. In here, we find our protagonist, Wes, who was sent after his first assignment at work went wrong, turning his world upside down.

That description sounds promising. shade Better than the book, for sure. shade

I'm so mad I didn't like this book. But I'm not really mad at myself, I'm mad at the author for making it such a bad book. When I was cruising around to find NetGalleys, I found this, saw the description, saw the glowing reviews, and thought “well, this is surely to be a fun ride”. Wrong.

I really hate being mean about books. Authors put so much time and effort in this little pieces of papers, and so do editors and publishing houses. Whenever I don't like a book, I feel bad about not liking it, and having to later review it.

But this book, no. It was all so cliche. Every single paragraph in this book, I've read at least twelve times. Every. Single. Paragraph. And the writing style, well, it was non existent. It really felt like a million authors trying to write a book at the same time. It was so bad.

There's even this one line I highlighted...

“If I was a man, everybody would marvel at my aggression. I'd be called a go-getter, ambitious. People would respect me.”

ZERO

I CAN'T READ WITHOUT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. EVEN IF IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT.

instalove.

And they didn't even do that awkward “sorry...” dance that some instalovers do, they just flat out went at it.

he murdered somebody.

fun.

This book took a bit to get going, but then it took off. Really enjoyed the story and the characters. Would really like to see this continue as a series.