A Spell in the Country

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A Spell in the Country

February 27, 2018 by JBronder

A Spell in the Country by Heide Goody & Iain Grant

“Dee is a Good Witch but she wonders if she could be a better witch.

She wonders if there’s more to life than Disney movie marathons, eating a whole box of chocolates for dinner and brewing up potions in her bathtub. So when she’s offered a chance to go on a personal development course in the English countryside, she packs her bags, says goodbye to the Shelter for Unloved Animals charity shop and sets a course for self-improvement.

Caroline isn’t just a Good Witch, she’s a fricking awesome witch.

She likes to find the easy path through life: what her good looks can’t get for her, a few magic charms can. But she’s bored of being a waitress and needs something different in her life. So when a one night stand offers her a place on an all-expenses-paid residential course in a big old country house, she figures she’s got nothing to lose.

Jenny is a Wicked Witch. She just wishes she wasn’t.

On her fifteenth birthday, she got her first wart, her own imp and a Celine Dion CD. She still has the imp. She also has a barely controllable urge to eat human children which is socially awkward to say the least and not made any easier when a teenager on the run turns to her for help. With gangsters and bent cops on their trail, Jenny needs to find a place outside the city where they can lay low for a while.

For very different reasons, three very different witches end up on the same training course and land in a whole lot of trouble when they discover that there’s a reason why their free country break sounds too good to be true. Foul-mouthed imps, wererats, naked gardeners, tree monsters, ghosts and stampeding donkeys abound in a tale about discovering your inner witch.”

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Author Bio

Heide Goody is the stupid one in the writing partnership and Iain Grant is the sensible one. Together, they are the authors of seven novels, two short story collections and a novella.

The ‘Clovenhoof’ series (in which Satan loses his job and has to move to Birmingham) has recently been optioned by a Hollywood production company. Their latest novel, Oddjobs 2: this time it’s personnel, was published in August 2017.

Heide and Iain are both married, but not to each other.

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My Review

5 stars

Dee is a good witch that wants to do more. Caroline is an awesome witch that likes to find the easy way to do everything. And then there is Jenny, unfortunately she is a wicked witch with a hilarious imp and a teenager on the run. All three women are approached by a strange man that asks them a survey and given them a three week retreat in the country.

A group of women arrive in the country to attend a three week training course. But they don’t realize in the beginning is they are all witches and this is supposed to help them modernize their witch craft. But there is no such thing as a free meal or stay in the country. Sinister things are about to happen and it will be up to the witches to stop them.

I loved this story. It is a wonderful story filled with snark, humor, and a great mystery. Each of the women are great characters but I have to say that I fell in love with Jenny and her imp Jizzmus. He is such a minion of evil that causes so much trouble and is so inappropriate that you can’t help but want him in your life.

I really enjoyed this story and recommend it to those that like paranormal cozy mysteries. I can’t wait to read more from Heide Goody and Iain Grant.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. I voluntarily chose to read and post an honest review.

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