50 Ways to Hex Your Lover (Jazz Tremaine #1)
by
Linda Wisdom (Goodreads Author)
Jazz can't decide whether to scorch him with a fireball or jump into bed with him.
Jasmine Tremaine, a witch who can't stay out of trouble.
Nikolai Gregorivich, a drop-dead gorgeous vampire cop on the trail of a serial killer.
The sizzling love affair between Jazz and Nick has been off-again, on-again-for about 300 years. Mostly off, lately. But now Nick needs Jazz's help, a
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Published
March 1st 2008
by Sourcebooks Casablanca
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I liked "50 Ways to Hex Your Lover". The heroine, Jasmine, was someone I would love to go partying with, and the hero, Nikolai, was one hot vamp.
Jazz and Nik have a long history, 300 years or so worth. The problem is he keeps having her arrested, and then says he's only doing it to keep her safe! Jazz decided 30 years ago...No more Nik. So what the heck is her doing here now, and why is he asking for her help? Turns out an evil they thought they had eradicated in 1932 managed to get away, and it...more
Jazz and Nik have a long history, 300 years or so worth. The problem is he keeps having her arrested, and then says he's only doing it to keep her safe! Jazz decided 30 years ago...No more Nik. So what the heck is her doing here now, and why is he asking for her help? Turns out an evil they thought they had eradicated in 1932 managed to get away, and it...more
Why do I do this to myself? I hated the only other Linda Wisdom book I've read for the same reason I already hate this one: the main character is a spoiled, petulant, childish bitch. We get a vague prologue in which we are vaguely informed bitchy witch "Jazz" was kicked out of Hogwarts 700 years ago, and then vague references throughout the book to Jazz and ex-lover Nick's vaguely checkered past. But Wisdom never bothers to fill in the blanks, other than to make sure we know in excruciating deta...more
I have never found a funny paranormal romance series that I like. "Funny" in PNR apparently means stupid, eye-rolling humor that I imagine very few people actually find amusing. Why do I keep picking them up, you ask? Because the covers are so frickin' cute! I'm a sucker for good cover art, always believing that the books will be just as enticing as those adorable covers. (I mean c'mon, look at the cover on this one! Spunky witch driving a convertible with her black fanged cat? I'll take two, pl...more
If you're into Witches, Vampires && other spooks you may just like this book! It's about a witch who runs into her on again, off again for the past 300 years vampire lover looking for her help with a vampire serial murder case. She has a really witty && sarcastic sense of humor. It can be quiet funny. haha My favorite characters in the books were her bunny slippers Fluff n Puff. For a pair of slippers they get into a lot of trouble && have major anger management issues. l...more
Apr 07, 2011
Lyndsey
marked it as to-read
This book is currently FREE on Kindle. I haven't read it yet but a review will be posted once I get to it. But it may not still be free by then...
This may not last long. Get it HERE
This may not last long. Get it HERE
Mar 13, 2008
Tammy Thompson
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Buffy fans, Paranormal mystery or romance fans
Shelves:
paranormal_mystery
More of a paranormal romantic suspense book rather than parnormal romance. Jaz is a witch, Nick a vampire who've been on again off again team up to find out why vampires are disappearing. A big bad worthy of Buffy, unfortunately the author doesn't expand the character as well as she could have through out the book, however does a nice job of making him truly loathsome when he finally does enter the picture at the end of the book.
Good characters, my favorites were the carnivorous bunny slippers f...more
Good characters, my favorites were the carnivorous bunny slippers f...more
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The one thing I hate about the freebie books on Amazon is that they are always the first in a series so if you liked it, you have to buy the rest of the series!
In "50 Ways to Hex Your Lover", we meet Jazz, a 700-yr-old witch who was kicked out of the witch's school when she was younger, her vampire on-again, off-again lover, Nick, and the ghost that lives in her car, Irma. Nick has asked Jazz to help him track down a person who has been killing vampires, a man Jazz thought she had killed in the...more
In "50 Ways to Hex Your Lover", we meet Jazz, a 700-yr-old witch who was kicked out of the witch's school when she was younger, her vampire on-again, off-again lover, Nick, and the ghost that lives in her car, Irma. Nick has asked Jazz to help him track down a person who has been killing vampires, a man Jazz thought she had killed in the...more
Jazz is a centuries old witch and Nick is her on again, off again vampire boyfriend. After decades apart, they come together when vampires start disappearing. Naturally sparks start flying...
The book was recommended to me by several, and definitely seemed up my alley. Quip ready heroine, handsome vampire, humorous writing, count me in! I had really high expectations for this book, and feel a little disappointed because I was so excited. It was definitely a funny supernatural romance with a cast...more
The book was recommended to me by several, and definitely seemed up my alley. Quip ready heroine, handsome vampire, humorous writing, count me in! I had really high expectations for this book, and feel a little disappointed because I was so excited. It was definitely a funny supernatural romance with a cast...more
This book was fun to read and quite light hearted. From the blurb I was expecting an action packed story but felt it was a bit slow at the beginning. When things did start to progress it was intriguing and had me wanting to find out what was going to happen next.
Jazz is a feisty witch with strong opinions and a lot of sarcasm and I grew to like her character. I think Nick came across as quite weak willed and I wasn’t that taken with his character to start with as I normally prefer the Alpha mal...more
Jazz is a feisty witch with strong opinions and a lot of sarcasm and I grew to like her character. I think Nick came across as quite weak willed and I wasn’t that taken with his character to start with as I normally prefer the Alpha mal...more
Can't believe am about to start another review with a cover rant, but yeah, this one does not do this book justice either! Nor does the title actually, but luckily, 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover by Linda Wisdom was a Kindle Freebie (oh-so-smart-move Publisher Person because now I'm hooked and I will buy the rest of the series), so it was easy to press the 'Buy' button.
This book is black, funny, wry, and felt as 'real' as a supernatural tale can feel in terms of relationships and dialogue. I liked th...more
This book is black, funny, wry, and felt as 'real' as a supernatural tale can feel in terms of relationships and dialogue. I liked th...more
Jazz is a witch, trying to make her way in the world after being banished several centuries ago. Nick is a vampire, and recently left his job with the vampire ruling body to become an independent investigator. Although witches and vampires tend to avoid each other, Jazz and Nick have a volatile past, where their love is intertwined with fearsome arguments. When their past comes back in the form of Clive Reeves, Jazz and Nick are reunited once again. They must survive each other, and Clive, to sa...more
It took too long to get going. There was no interesting romantic relationship development. Some side characters were good.
STORY BRIEF:
Witches, vampires, werewolves, trolls, and other creatures live among humans. Jazz is a witch. She makes a living removing curses and driving a limo. Nick is a vampire who works as a private investigator. Nick and Jazz have had a lustful on and off relationship for about 300 years – mostly off. She frequently gets mad at him. Someone is killing vampires, and Nick...more
STORY BRIEF:
Witches, vampires, werewolves, trolls, and other creatures live among humans. Jazz is a witch. She makes a living removing curses and driving a limo. Nick is a vampire who works as a private investigator. Nick and Jazz have had a lustful on and off relationship for about 300 years – mostly off. She frequently gets mad at him. Someone is killing vampires, and Nick...more
A good funny start to the series.
Meet Jazz Tremaine, an exhiled witch with a knack for getting rid of curses, and a limo driver for all creatures of the night. Along with her long-time enemy/lover/vampire, Nick Gregory, they team up to find out who is killing off vampires in their city.
I liked this book and the extra characters, (Irma: a ghost bound to her car, and Fluff & Puff, her rabbid flesh hungry bunny slipers) Even though this book was a bit long--about 100 pages too long, it was sti...more
Meet Jazz Tremaine, an exhiled witch with a knack for getting rid of curses, and a limo driver for all creatures of the night. Along with her long-time enemy/lover/vampire, Nick Gregory, they team up to find out who is killing off vampires in their city.
I liked this book and the extra characters, (Irma: a ghost bound to her car, and Fluff & Puff, her rabbid flesh hungry bunny slipers) Even though this book was a bit long--about 100 pages too long, it was sti...more
or maybe 2.5 stars, but the GR description of "it was ok" is about right.
"jazz" is a witch (of the 'bewitched' wiggle-your-nose-and-poof sort, no complicated spell-craft here) with a job as a chauffeur for supernatural types and a side business in removing curses. her on-again-off-again vampire lover shows up in town to ask for her help in finding out why so many vampires are going missing lately.
you know this is a romance novel because of the cute cartoon cover, so it's no surprise when the pa...more
"jazz" is a witch (of the 'bewitched' wiggle-your-nose-and-poof sort, no complicated spell-craft here) with a job as a chauffeur for supernatural types and a side business in removing curses. her on-again-off-again vampire lover shows up in town to ask for her help in finding out why so many vampires are going missing lately.
you know this is a romance novel because of the cute cartoon cover, so it's no surprise when the pa...more
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This was a new series to me. I've heard it's a great series and this was a free selection on my kindle, so I thought I'd give it a try. So glad I did!! I really like Jazz. She's a kick ass chick with a wicked, sarcastic sense of humor, something I love! Jazz is confused about her relationship (or lack thereof) with Nick, and wishes he would just stay out of her life for good. But she is single minded when it comes to her work and the new threat in her life......all while trying, and failing, to...more
First of all, this is a really misleading title. She does not hex her lover, and she doesn't hex in general. In fact, she removes curses for a living (besides chauffeuring).
Second, I felt this book took much too long to make any progression in the story line. I like detail as much as the next reader, I actually probably like it more than your average reader, but even after reading all those pages I didn't feel as though I hadn't learned anything about the world the story is set in or the charact...more
Second, I felt this book took much too long to make any progression in the story line. I like detail as much as the next reader, I actually probably like it more than your average reader, but even after reading all those pages I didn't feel as though I hadn't learned anything about the world the story is set in or the charact...more
50 ways to Hex Your Lover is a hilarious first novel in the Jazz Tremaine series by Linda Wisdom.
The past few weeks, I was into Paranormal Romance & Paranormal Chick-lit. I came across this book after reading Would-Be Witch (A Southern Witch Novel, #1) by Kimberly Frost(which I loved!) After loving that book, I was afraid I would be disappointed with whatever I read next in that genre, but I was surprised. I really enjoyed it. And if your thinking, well if I enjoyed it so much, why did you...more
The past few weeks, I was into Paranormal Romance & Paranormal Chick-lit. I came across this book after reading Would-Be Witch (A Southern Witch Novel, #1) by Kimberly Frost(which I loved!) After loving that book, I was afraid I would be disappointed with whatever I read next in that genre, but I was surprised. I really enjoyed it. And if your thinking, well if I enjoyed it so much, why did you...more
I started out believing I was not going to be impressed by Jazz the main character, however, it wasn't long into the book before I realized I was wrong. She is one tough hot chick who can do some magick. I also went into this book thinking I was going to fall absolutely head over heels for Nick. That however, did not happen. I found him very whiney and indecisive at least until the very end. A few times I wanted to scream at Jazz along with her girl friends, that Nick was not her match. I can't...more
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I didn't like Jazz. She was nasty to Nick, her on-again, off-again lover of the last 300 years; nasty to Irma, the ghost tied to Jazz's car; even nasty to the bat who is her escort to the correct room to do her research in the library. She doesn't do her share of the grocery shopping, but eats everything her roommate buys. She even whines when her roomie asks her to pick up a computer part for him.
My second problem was that there wasn't an explanatio of the mythos of this book in prose, or conv...more
My second problem was that there wasn't an explanatio of the mythos of this book in prose, or conv...more
Fue muy lenta la historia y se detenia a dar detalles sobre cosas que no tenian la mas minima importancia. Eran completamente aburridos y me encontre muy seguido pensando en otras cosas mientras lei, sobre todo en la primera mitad. La otra mitad me gusto bastante, al fin se empieza a ver un poco de accion, que los personajes se mueven, se buscan y realmente se desarrolla el 'nudo'
Pero para eso tuve que pasar por una gran parte que no valia la pena.
La trama promete mucho, y lo segui leyendo por...more
Pero para eso tuve que pasar por una gran parte que no valia la pena.
La trama promete mucho, y lo segui leyendo por...more
Linda Wisdom wrote an absolutely delightful tale with witches and ghosts and vampires, oh my!
Jazz, a 700-year-young witch, works as a curse eliminator. As a young witch, she, along with 12 of her witch friends were banished 100 years from the witch academy--and 700 years later, they haven't earned their way back!
When ex-flame Nick tells her he needs her help to find out what is happening to vampires, she is loathe to have anything to do with him. He broke her heart in the past, and she's not abo...more
Jazz, a 700-year-young witch, works as a curse eliminator. As a young witch, she, along with 12 of her witch friends were banished 100 years from the witch academy--and 700 years later, they haven't earned their way back!
When ex-flame Nick tells her he needs her help to find out what is happening to vampires, she is loathe to have anything to do with him. He broke her heart in the past, and she's not abo...more
Apr 24, 2011
Alfred
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Fans of Jasper Fforde
If you've read and liked Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series you're going to enjoy Jazz, the very modern 700-year-old witch lead in Linda Wisdom's 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover. I like these comedic, offbeat, reality-with-a-SERIOUS-twist mysteries. Like Fforde, Wisdon managed to entertain me with her original and creative style. For me 50 Ways... was a Kindle freebie but I'm already hooked and will read at least the next in the Hex series, Hex Appeal.
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would - it's a silly, fun, fast-paced ride with a feisty witch and her gumshoe vampire boyfriend (and it knows it, which is important - it's not trying to be deeply serious or more than it is - there's a wry sense of the ridiculous without it getting daft). What more do you want? The romance isn't ladeled on, it's a natural part of the story. The sex is ok; not particularly cringeworthy (and that's a big compliment from me), but most importantly the unive...more
Feb 20, 2012
Mareena
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone who likes paranormal romance
Recommended to Mareena by:
Library Book Sale
For my #15 challenge ('W' Word For Winter), I read 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover by Linda Wisdom. Jasmine Tremaine is a thoroughly modern 700-year-old witch who can't seem to shake Nick Gregory, her vampire ex-lover from 30 years ago. Nick is a darkly handsome cop who can push all Jazz's buttons.
Even with all their history together, Jazz and Nick can't forget the passion they have together and are ultimately drawn together again as a malevolent wizard-turned serial killer targets vampires and especi...more
Even with all their history together, Jazz and Nick can't forget the passion they have together and are ultimately drawn together again as a malevolent wizard-turned serial killer targets vampires and especi...more
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Nov 22, 2008
Christina
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Vampire Fanatics
Recommended to Christina by:
Christina
Shelves:
2008-reads
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I really enjoyed this. Jazz was a believable heroine in a world in which magic and the paranormal is not only present but in the open. Her bete noire is the vampire Nikolai Gregorivich, gorgeous and irresistible to Jazz, which frustrates her and had ended up with her being locked up repeatedly over the years.
This opening book sets up the background world for Jazz and Nick to operate in and has some really interesting ideas which are well fleshed out. Jazz is a witch, being punished along with he...more
This opening book sets up the background world for Jazz and Nick to operate in and has some really interesting ideas which are well fleshed out. Jazz is a witch, being punished along with he...more
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I'm a multi-published author since 1979 and now writing paranormal romance or what I like to call witch lit. 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover came out this past March and Hex Appeal comes out in November with Halloween promotion and will also be carried in Target.
My witch series has also been optioned to be shopped around as a TV series or movie. So here's hoping!
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My witch series has also been optioned to be shopped around as a TV series or movie. So here's hoping!
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