Book: Hotel Hex

Linda Wisdom
Witchy
Joyride Books / 2012
Kindle
Series Jazz Tremaine #5

One Hex of a Weekend

Clue Meets Bewitched and Nancy Drew With a Touch of Hex!

It was all planned. A weekend away at an exclusive hotel in the Hollywood Hills where vampire PI Nick planned to have some alone time with his hexy honey, Jazz.

Except Stonegate Manor isn’t what it appears to be.

Jazz isn’t impressed. The hotel doesn’t boast spa facilities and that seriously upset magick bunny slippers Fluff and Puff. A celebutante psychic is seriously ticking her off. And what’s going on with the rooms? Not to mention the old-fashioned bellhop is a zombie.

Where’s the romance with a kitchen that doubles as a slaughterhouse, guests turning into dry husks, and rooms that change in the wink of an eye. And what exactly is going on with the hotel manager?

There’s no relaxation this hellish weekend for Jazz and Nick as they search for clues on what’s going on at Stonegate Manor. And Jazz goes up against an ancient evil that just might be more than this hexy witch can handle.

I picked this book up because Series Baby, it's serial.

What I liked the Most? Jazz's attitude

What I liked the Least? OMG - for some reason the background was just annoying with this book

Review: I'm not sure if I liked this or not. LOL. It was one of those I read it & I laughed a lot, but when it was done, I was like WTF did I just read. It was really quick.

Recommended to: Fans of the series

Hex Appeal

Linda Wisdom
Paranormal Romance
Sourcebooks / 2008
Mass Market / 354 Pages
Series Jazz Tremaine #2

The second book in the Hex series features feisty witch Jazz and her drop-dead gorgeous vampire cop boyfriend in a new installment. On again, off again for over 300 years, Jazz and Nick are finally back together, but then Jazz thinks Nick has bitten her. Separated again, upset and angry, the two of them start having violent, recurring dreams in which each one figures in disturbing and menacing ways. They can't sleep, they can't eat, and they finally figure out they'd better get together and discover who's poisoning their dreams-and their relationship.

Full of the fantastic secondary characters that Linda Wisdom's fans know and love, including Jazz's sister witches and a cast of delectable supernatural male characters, Hex Appeal is fun and funny paranormal romance at its best.

I picked this book up because Series

What I liked the Most? Fluff & Puff of course – I really love those snarky bunny slippers

What I liked the Least? It wasn’t as fun to read as the first

Review: Second book into the series & I am hooked (even if this one felt a little flat after the first one). So Jazz wakes up from a highly erotic dream believing that her on again off again (currently on) vampire boyfriend has bitten her. So she starts in on Nick, then stomps away, only to be accosted on the boardwalk by a nasty were with a temp about her bunny slippers eating a were weasel. So into the cage they go, until Jazz can clear their “good” name. Zany adventure ensues with nightmares and magic and magic lost.

With all this being said – if this had been my first trip into the series, I don’t think I would have continued to read it.

Recommended to: Fans of snarky paranormal romance mystery action (be aware that the sex scenes can be a bit graphic)

Best Quote: "because I say so, damn it!"

Book: 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover

Linda Wisdom
Paranormal
Sourcebooks Casablanca / 2008
Mass Market / 364 Pages
Series Jazz #1

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, and while Jazz and Nick try to figure out their own hearts and resist their ever-increasing attraction, they must steer clear of a maniacal killer with super-supernatural powers. They are surrounded by a hilarious cast of oddball paranormal characters, including Irma, the chain-smoking ghost who haunts Jazz's sports car, Dweezil, her ghoul of a boss, and Fluff and Puff, a pair of bunny slippers with sharp teeth and short tempers (watch your ankles)!

I picked this book up because
What I liked the Most? Fluff and Puff – gotta love a pair of destructive bunny slippers

What I liked the Least? The unanswered questions – they just kept building up

Review: This was one of those “I happened to see it” lucky finds. I laughed my way through this book and believe me that is sometimes exactly what the doctor ordered. I enjoyed the fact while there is romance mixed into this book it seemed more focused (other than a scene or two) on a true suspense & the humor of the situations.

I enjoy a book that takes me through a realm of emotions and this book nailed it. Fair warning – it is on the lighter side of the spectrum, so don’t expect all darkness and gloom – hell a pair of snarky acrophobic bunny slippers are featured through out. It’s not Buffy or Anita Blake, and that is exactly what I was looking for when I found this book. I can’t wait to try the next out.

Recommended to: Fans of paranormal chick lit

Best Quote: “But I don’t wanna go to the grocery store! It’s a mean nasty place with soccer moms blocking the aisles as they talk to their friends or on their cell phones, kids running and screaming all over the place. And Fred, the produce guy, fondles his melons. And I’m not allowed to zap any of them! It’s so not fair!”