Another fun caper with Jane Madison, Melissa, Neko, and David. Jane has a new man in her life, the sexy Brit Graeme Henderson, and is asked to join the exclusive Washington coven. In doing so, her magic is put to the test, and she revisits some high school style insecurity about fitting in with the "cool girls." As in The Girl's Guide to Witchcraft , Jane's voice is appealing, her adventures amusing, and her growth as a human being outshines her romantic ambitions. I liked the first book better More...

Wow! Wow...oh...wow...oh...wow!!! Do not expect the expected with this one. I knew that this book was going to be more intriguing but I didn't expect a little mystery to be a much bigger mystery. So much so that I had a really hard time putting down Sorcery and the Single Girl by Mindy Klasky.

Jane is back again, but this time things are bit more complicated. The I.B. is gone, but a new mystery man named Graeme has shown up. The Washington Coven has just summon Jane and Neko has been on the prowl More...

It's been almost a year, but Jane still hasn't mastered this whole "witchcraft" thing. True, she managed to turn the Potomac River into ice, and can make small whirlpools in the sink...but those things aren't really helpful in real life...right?

Things are looking up for Jane's love life however, when a handsome Brit randomly walks into Melissa's bakery asking for a plateful of Lust. Floating on her prospects of a new beau, Jane's euphoria is short lived when David, her warder, tells her that the More...

Type and Source of Book:
Ebook borrowed from the Ontario Library Service

Thoughts:

Not as captivating as the first book - and it seemed to tie up ends nicely, leaving me to wonder about the 3rd book in the series. Although we still learned about magic, it was exactly that - more of a lesson than a thrill:

He'd already drilled me on vervain (a defense against metal weapons), rosemary (protection against the evil eye), and radish (defense againsst scorpions). Yes. Radish. Scorpions.

We also learned a More...

Klasky emphasizes the importance of being true to yourself and having faith in friends and family in her bewitching second romance featuring fledgling witch Jane Madison (after Girl's Guide to Witchcraft). Young librarian Jane believes getting into the elite Washington Coven, ruled by the prodigious Teresa Alison Sidney, is of major importance. If Jane wants to hold on to her familiar, her valuable book and gemstone collection andDavid Montrose, her hunky protector and instructor, she has to mee More...

I was kinda disappointed. This book was not nearly as funny as the last one. It was still really good. I felt like the main character really lost her center and did things that were out of character. I am not sure if it was the writing or if it was the character that just screwed her life up.

This is a great follow up to the first book, I'm really drawn into Jane Madison's world. I'll definitely be reading the next book, and more of Mindy Klasky's work, but later, I really need to get back to my backlog of books before I go buying more. I'm surprised my kindle doesn't smoke some days I buy so may books and novellas (I'm not rich, but when they're free or 99 cents I just can't help it). So I'll plan out when I get the next one, itll be like if I read 5 I can get a new book.

Anyway, bac More...

Well, even though the overall story line and plot is cute; this book is really a lot of fluff. I found myself skimming most of the pages in every chapter.

It's hard to know that this is the second book of the series because its really not addressed in the beginning of the book. Not much is mentioned from the first book. The characters are interesting, but every time a conversation starts, it just goes way off topic and turns into useless fluff. I really do enjoy Neko and his flamboyant ways. And More...

Overall this was a nice book. You can definitely tell it was written by a librarian because she sneaks some information literacy nuggets into a short conversation and inner-monologue about Wikipedia. Also there's a struggle for the main character in her library of the focus switching from her as a research/reference services librarian to the library preferring her to run the coffee bar, do children's story times so the mothers can use it as free babysitting, and the quest to make the library mor More...

Yeah, so this series is rapidly becoming my guilty pleasure. Mindless fun, with a chick-lit heroine who doesn't *completely* annoy me... :)

Although (and I have to comment on this just to make Bonnie chuckle), the costuming bits are clearly written by someone who doesn't wear a costume. The librarian in this book has to wear a reproduction 18th century costume to work, and the one thing that pleases her about it? The fact that it takes so much less time in the mornings to get dressed! Hem. As som More...

I'm not sure what I was hoping for, but certainly it could've been worse.

The second book has underwhelmed me, so I'm not too sure if I'll be moving to the third installation of Jane Madison's new witchy life. This time, all the insecurities of a high-school girl manifested in our intelligent, supposedly grounded librarian. That aside, all the while I was thinking, "Duh! THAT'S a bad guy!"

I had to remind myself repeatedly that this is NOT a mytery, it's a supernatural fiction about a witchy libr More...

Fledgling witch Jane has been set a daunting task—she must perform a crucial spell in order to not just join the prestigious Washington DC coven but prove she is competent enough to keep her spellbooks, spell working items, and familiar. She *has* the ability, or so she hopes, but so much is going on in her life that she might not have the time to learn the lessons she needs to learn… and more importantly, to realize that being true to yourself is the most important power anyone can have. It is More...

Wow. For about 3/4's of the book, I thought I was reading about someone in junior high school, because that is where Jane was mentally. Poor baby, she wasn't part of the popular crowd in school and even though she's got a job she loves, a couple of good friends and a new talent with magic, it just isn't enough if the coven won't warmly accept her. Man, I wanted to smack some sense into her multiple times.

Of course, everyone around her was just as juvenile at times, including her grandmother. He More...

Sorcery and the Single Girl continues on with Jane's story. She previously learned that she's a witch, has a warder, David, and a familiar, Neko, who she awoke accidentally while investigating the library and treasure trove in her basement. Now, David tells her that the Coven wants to meet with her. She knows that if the Coven doesn't accept her, she will be forced to forfeit the entire Osgood collection of magical books and treasures, as well as Neko. The Coven wants what she has and she's det More...

A very light-easy read series. The second in the Jane Madison series takes Jane into the DC coven. She is expected to complete a task in order to be accepted into the group. There were a couple twists I did not expect, but for the most part a fun easy read. My only issue with this book and the first one in the series is that Jane is often faced with challenges that bring out this 30 something’s inner high school freshman. A little more maturity would help solidify the character.

I have to admit, I kind of put off reading this book since I wasn't blown away by the first one in the series. I'm sorry I did that. I liked this one SO much more. It seemed faster paced and had a little more tension in it. Jane kills me with her awful choices in men - first the IB (I loved all the words they used to explain those initials LOL), and then Graeme in this book. Why can't she be with David, her Warder? They'd be perfect together :) I'll be reading the next one soon.

Okay, I really wanted to give this three stars, but I just can't. Jane just seemed to make one bad decision after another. I find that I really like all of the bit players, but our main character is really getting on my nerves. However, she finally started to see the light, and I absolutely loved the ending. But I can't deny that I found myself just wanting to get it over with for a large portion of the book.

Follow up to "A Girl's Guide to Witchcraft". Jane has some a little ways in her magical learnings, but has a lot to learn still when it comes to relationships. A little slower paced than the first book, but still a nice story that has a little romance, a little magic, and some intrigue thrown in. Good book to just while a way some time with, not much heavy thinking required.

The book was good it just seemed like it took forever to get to the point... A much better read toward the end. It's fun and quirky and extremely detailed. It's about a witch named Jane who tries to get accepted into an exclusive Washington Coven. She doesn't realize the extent of her power. I kept picturing Jane as a skinny Bridget Jones lol. I was surprised with the ending. Overall the book was pretty good.

I did like it, I really did. Just not as much as the first. I was really caught up in the story telling for the first third. But then, i dont know, i think i got the bad feeling about Graeme and it kinda made the book harder to read. Normally i dont take 6 days to read a book, any book, but this one did. I do love the interaction between all the other characters and the story is fun. Im glad she finally stood up for herself especially in the face of so much stress. It reminded me back of the sto More...

The overwhelming feeling while reading this book was "...am I missing something?" Second in a series, right? Yeah, didn't get that till the end. *is slow*

So add that to the fact that the prose attempts to be witty and sharp and fails spectacularly, and I didn't have the best time with this novel. Jane is like a boring Phoebe Halliwell, without the quirky outfits, and Neko is unnecessary and annoying. David is lacklustre as a (potential?) romantic interest, and Graeme is just plain skeevy. I spen More...

Love this series! I'm still pretty annoyed that Jane is so gullible when it comes to men, and she doesn't have patience when it comes to love. She rushes in heart first and pays the price later. I really love her character, but she needs to open her eyes and see the one man who will never let her down.

Great second book in the Jane Madison series. Jane must hone her magic to impress the coven's witches. Jane longs to belong to the group but isn't impressed by their friendlyness so she, her warder, and her familiar work on doing their best.

This series is sooooo good! I love Jane and her best friend Mindy who are on the prowl for the perfect man. All the while, Jane is honing her magical witch powers to become a member of the strongest coven on the Eastern Seaboard (and drinking lots of mojitos!) Joined by her handsome (hot) warder David (when will you LOOK at him Jane!) and her overtly gay familiar Neko (we all could use a Neko in our lives) Jane fumbles her way through love and lust (also known as a favorite delicacay at the bake More...