Barely Bewitched (Southern Witch, #2) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

May 05, 2010 Steph rated it really liked it

Shelves: series-ongoing, author-웃, year-read-2010

Barely Bewitched was a fun, magical mess. Tammy Jo, the southern witch with powers that don't seem to work properly, has been found guilty for her illegal use of magic she and Bryn performed when they rid the town of the werewolves last week. The World Association of Magic (WAM) Conclave sends Jordan Perth, a wizard sent to assist her in training for her Initial Challenge. If she "should fail to comply with the completion of the Initial Challenge ... {she} will be subject to incarceration or Barely Bewitched was a fun, magical mess. Tammy Jo, the southern witch with powers that don't seem to work properly, has been found guilty for her illegal use of magic she and Bryn performed when they rid the town of the werewolves last week. The World Association of Magic (WAM) Conclave sends Jordan Perth, a wizard sent to assist her in training for her Initial Challenge. If she "should fail to comply with the completion of the Initial Challenge ... {she} will be subject to incarceration or extermination." In addition to Mr. Perth, Incendio, a fire starter who has a history with the women of Tammy Jo's family, is sent to help. Incendio has a wild temper and believes he's above the law, human and witch.

She continues to fight with Jenna Reitgarten, the obnoxious girl who stole her family's jewelry. Jenna is determined to get Tammy Jo to leave the town. Tammy Jo cursed Jenna with the hiccups, which she's still suffering from after one week. TJ's determined to get her jewelry back and decides she has to take matters into her own hands.

She's still in an on-again off-again relationship with her ex-husband, sheriff, Zach. Neither one of them can let go even knowing how badly things were when they were married. Tammy's growing and changing in ways that Zach has a hard time understanding. But, he's always around trying to keep her safe. TJ can't get over her physical attraction to him. Edie, her ghostly aunt and Mercutio, her cat, are there to help her as she gets herself into and out of trouble throughout the story. Her relationship with Bryn grows more complicated as they work together to try to find a way out of trouble with WAM. He brings out the magic in her and she helps him do things no one else can.

I enjoyed Barely Bewitched a lot more than Would-Be Witch due to the increased interaction between TJ and Bryn and the discovery of some interesting realizations about TJ's history/family.

I look forward to reading book 3, Halfway Hexed, next year.

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Mar 29, 2010 FlibBityFLooB rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2010, urban-fantasy-or-paranormal, love-triangle, shifters, magic, ghosts

4.5/5 stars. Liked the sequel even more than the first one. Look forward to reading the third book when it's published. I always appreciate a good love triangle ;) ...more

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Nov 21, 2010 Brandi ;) rated it really liked it

Shelves: fairies-witches-vampires-and-were, paranormal-romance, 2011

I loved this book. It sucked me in from the beginning and I had to fight myself to do my housework and oh, take care of my kids instead of reading. I gave up sleep so I could finish it since I couldn't give up the others.
Tammy Jo makes me laugh. I have this image in my head of this petite little red head that is a true firecracker. She loves her little town of Duval and she fiercely protects it and it's people. Big huge man that could squash her or light her on fire with a thought, is she scare ...more

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