Violet Spark by Elsa Jade and Erin Kellison [Review]

Violet Spark (Butterfly Witch #1) by Elsa Jade and Erin Kellison
Format: ebook
Source: provided for review
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Date read: January 11, 2022

Butterfly Witch
1. Violet Spark - Kindle
2. Amethyst Flame
3. Indigo Storm

Elsa Jade
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Erin Kellison
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Imogen Taylor: Artist. College dropout. Gamer. Screwup.

I had big plans for art school in California, but when the best mom in the world—mine—needed help, I came home to Arbolito, Arizona instead. I even got my old high school job back, making smoothies at the Desert Freeze…in winter.

So, yeah, by day, my life is a cold, tropical-hued hell. But at night, I escape reality by plugging into my favorite video game, Legendelirium, to become a powerful, sexy witch, going on epic quests while vanquishing baddies.

Until a cute guy from my gaming world shows up at work, gives me the worst kiss ever, and my reality and fantasy lives get blended by purple goo laced with lethal, nanorobotic technology.

Now, I’ve got powers—strange, witchy ones. Scary people are after me, and I don’t know who to trust. And, get this. Somehow, it's up to me to defeat them, or it's game over.

Thoughts on Violet Spark: Imogen's kind of a mess when we first meet her. She's given up on her own dreams to help her mom (something she doesn't regret because she loves her mom, but she's having a tough time wrapping her head around all the same) and she deals by immersing herself in her favorite video game night after night. Which causes a bit of friction between her and her mom, come to think of it, because her mom might not know exactly what's going on, but she knows Imogen's struggling.

Then Imogen meets one of her online friends in real life and things get weird. Like, vomiting purple goop weird. Like, electrical surges when she gets upset weird. You know, that sort of weird.

Suddenly she's stuck in the middle of something she doesn't quite understand and she's not sure who to trust. She's developing abilities she's not sure she can control and her family and friends might be in danger. Nobody seems to be giving her straight answers and she has a lot to learn in a short amount of time.

Fortunately, her hardcore gaming gives her the ability to think outside the box. So even when things look grim, she's not as bad off as she might think.

Imogen might have been a mess when we first meet her, but she finds her feet. Eventually. The lady makes a few mistakes and she doesn't always trust the right people, but she knows what a quest is and she's willing to dive in with both feet once she gets an inkling as to what's going on. Am I excited to see where this goes next? YOU BET!