Bewitched by Darynda Jones [Review]

Bewitched (Betwixt & Between #2) by Darynda Jones
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: October 7, 2020

Betwixt & Between
1. Betwixt
2. Bewitched - Paperback | Kindle
3. Beguiled
4. Moonlight and Magic

Darynda Jones
| Website | Amazon |

Synopsis (Goodreads):

Forty-something Defiance Dayne only recently discovered she comes from a long line of powerful witches. Added to that was the teensy, infinitesimal fact that she is what’s called a charmling. One of three on the entire planet. And there are other witches who will stop at nothing to steal her immense power, which would basically involve her unfortunate and untimely death.

No one told her life after forty would mean having to learn new lifeskills—such as how to dodge supernatural assassins while casting from a moving vehicle—or that the sexiest man alive would be living in her basement.

Whoever said life begins at forty was clearly a master of the underappreciated and oft maligned understatement.

Thoughts on Bewitched: Having a truckload of previously unknown power suddenly on her shoulders is NOT doing Defiance any favors. Well, wait. That's not exactly right. Her power can do a lot of good for a lot of different people and it is, literally, part of her genetic inheritance. BUT...she's having an awfully hard time coming to terms with it after a little Sleeping Beauty nap and finding out some of what drove her grandmother to send her away (for her protection!) as a child.

On the plus side, her family and friends have rallied around her. Her BFF has some big plans for a business, her dads are settling in, and the kilted hunk of burning love giving her smoldering looks is...uhh, well, perfection. Roane is perfection and Defiance can't keep her eyes off him.

A whole lot of secrets, forging connections and uncorking surprises, and some sexy smoldering in the kitchen. YES PLEASE. On the downside, Defiance's power does draw some not-so-great people to her. Not-so-great people who want to take shortcuts by any means necessary. No worries, though! Defiance has a solid crew and some great instincts not to mention a genetic wellspring of knowledge to draw from. She might not always know how she does what she does, but she definitely gets things done. *thumbs up*