I really wanted to like this book because I like the author’s other work, and the cover of this book is so adorable. I’m a hippy, big glasses wearing redhead too, so what could go wrong?

Everything. I think starting nearly every paragraph with “‘is it MY fault I’m not a great witch?’ nay no not negatory!” format is… questionable at best, chaotic at worst, and I could get past Tilda’s “voice” as a first person narrator.

Then I skipped ahead to read the epilogue to see if it’s at least a cute little picture, and she births triplets so, unfortunately no, I can’t. I won’t.

📒 This romcom novel follows the nemesis Gil and Tilda, the latter growing up being an outcast because of her lack of magical abilities despite being part of the powerful Sherwood witch clan.

📒 I appreciate the world building! The author was able to paint me a clear picture of the world and the magical creatures in it. Although I can see why the writing is one of the major concerns most people point out. The novel is written in dual POV and from time to time, they break the fourth wall by talking directly to the readers. This would be fine— if not for how seldom this happened, that I find it off when they do it. It appears out of nowhere, which I do not prefer.

📒 I wish the romance was given more room to develop, but I do love the banters! The sexual/romantic tension was executed well, and I like the characters individually.

verdict: great pick me up if you want romance with a bit of spice, and with a dash of magic. #roviereviews

I have to be honest, not my favorite. but i think its one of those "it's not you, it's me" situations.

i love a good witchy romcom so i was beyond excited to read this one but sadly it fell flat. there's not some BIG reason why i didn't love this book, i just didn't find myself really caring if these two people got together or not. which is pretty bad sing when youre reading a ROMANCE novel. but again, i think it was just a "ME" thing.

its certainly not the worst book i've ever read but its not the best either.

Ninety-seven percent of all witchery work happens in the kitchen, as it is the best place to feed the stomach, feed the heart, and feed the soul, all of which are need for magic to take place.
Witcha Gonna Do? by Avery Flynn is a paranormal romantic comedy featuring Tilda, a witch who is the only person in her family to not have magic, and Gus, the man who works for the Council to investigate Tilda and her family in the hopes of besmirching one of the oldest families in Witchingdom.

Have you seen this cover? Chances are if you have laid eyes on this gorgeous work by Leni Kauffman, then Witcha Gonna Do? is on your TBR as well. Between the colors, the witchy academia vibes, and seeing the portrayal of Tilda being our plus-size queen made me feel all the hype before diving into this new release from Avery Flynn!

It isn’t fair. Assholes should have asshole looks, not give off vibes that are a mix between the hot hero from The Mummy and Indiana Jones in all of his whip-wielding glory.
Tilda and Gus are immediately introduced to readers as being at odds with each other. Gus is undercover for both the Council and a faction of witches who are doing everything in their power to deconstruct the Council’s power called the Resistance. Even though Tilda is under the impression she holds no magic, Gus suspects something entirely different: That Tilda is a powerful witch that enhances the magic of the witches around her. Due to the nature of her magic, Gus is afraid that his very potent and powerful attraction to her, and likewise Tilda’s ravenous attraction to him, isn’t a true attraction and in fact would result in a disastrous relationship.

Once we got around to the heart of the plot, I found it entertaining, but I think the world building got out of hand in this one as I was pulled out one too many times to fully appreciate the complexities. I did find myself questioning why Tilda was sounding so immature, and in contrast: Gil came off as entirely too broody. This is not to say that another reader wouldn’t be instantly charmed by these big personalities. Witcha Gonna Do? had a lot going on with an enemies to lovers romance, a mystery and heist plot, a spy plot, and then introducing all the teasers for the next book in addition to everything that was listed.

I’m not a great man, really, I’m not even a good one with all the lies I’m juggling, but for a second it feels like I could be—and there is nothing more dangerous in the world than that.
Aside from a short story in a romance anthology, Witcha Gonna Do? is my first book by Avery Flynn. I went in with just the blurb to guide my expectations. What I was met with was a unique magic system, loads of witchy hijinks, and to my confusion, characters that broke the fourth wall repeatedly. I’m familiar with a present tense storytelling style, but having the characters address the readers as if they are in a voice-over show? That threw me off my game. Repeatedly.

Overall, Witcha Gonna Do? lives up to its romantic comedy promise, and if you’re in the mood for something unique, and a whole new magical world, then be sure to have Avery Flynn’s latest release on your TBR as it releases on December 6th!

I really enjoyed reading this novel and found the story very funny and had many people of diverse backgrounds. I like the magic/witch aspect of the story but it was hard to keep the lines straight at certain points. I enjoyed the crazy family and the whole enemy to love interest plot. I would recommend it. I appreciate getting to read the ARC for my honest review.

This one was a DNF for me. I tried to get in to the storyline but I could not. I will update my review and rating if I give this another shot.

A neat weaving together of real world and witchy fantasy world. Good for those adults who are now disenchanted with a certain wizard school world and are looking for a sweet romance that includes challenging some fantasy-world status quo.

“The Alchemist's Bookshop and Tea Emporium like every good bookstore that has ever existed, is home to the book nerds, the weirdos, the mistrustful, the lost souls, the misunderstood, the curious, and the introverts looking for a quiet place to people for a very limited time.” Oh how I yearn for this place to be real.

As for the book itself, I found myself a little overwhelmed by the information dumping. I think that everything in theory was really clever, but as a whole it became a little hard and overall confusing to try and keep up as a reader. I do however think the elements were interesting, and I would like to read this genre again by Avery Flynn in hopes that I connect more with the story and the characters. With this being said, I still think it was a fun read so while it wasnt my favorite I still found myself entertained.

So much fun! Nothing like a curvy, bespectacled heroine to shake things up. Magic, mayhem and sexy time gets me every time. The world building in this story is great and the characters are very lovable. Would be great to see more stories take place in this world!

This is a Witch Romance, and this is the first book in the Witchington series. I found this book to be a fun book to read, and I really loved the characters in it. There were a lot of cute and funny parts in this book.

*Thank you to Netgalley, the author, and the publisher for the ebook to review*

Here I am, once again, disliking a book a lot of people like. But I do not like it. I think it fails on nearly every level to do what it wants to do. The romance was insanely rushed - I am told Tilda and Gil are nemeses, but all of that happens off screen. I wish I’d gotten to see that.

My first instinct was that the book was too short and she needed more space to develop the characters and the relationship. But the book is 333 pages. She just wasted that time giving the reader quippy asides.

Which brings me to the POVs - firstly, I don’t hate all fourth wall breaks. I really don’t. But it is absolutely wild to have two POVs - one which knows it is telling the story and the other one which does not? What is that?

Finally, the world building was sloppy. The book is set in the modern day but with magic. There are no other changes, but the existence of magic would change things! And the witch stuff isnt explained. Why are the Council bad? What does the rebellion want? What is the rule of law like? Why is dual magic bad?

I loved this book. The superficial level of the dramatics & political intrigue definitely felt like the hallmark version of Game of Thrones, but I had such a good time reading it and look forward to the next.

I wish there had been more world building. The world felt really underdeveloped and kind of flat. I couldn't figure out if it was like the current world just with magic or what, and it sort of bothered me. I think it would have benefitted from a single POV because it seemed like all of the "secrets" weren't really a secret because we got Gil's POV. I couldn't keep the committee and council and resistance and all of the ruling groups straight. I also didn't like the vague but spoilery epilogue. Overall I think it was trying to hard to be everything and that just didn't work.

The very first page:
Hi *waves*.
I immediately closed this book and felt the need to take a deep breath before reopening it.

I felt so mean deciding to give this a 2 star, but let’s be honest: I could've given it 1 star and my conscience would've been clear.

The thing with this book is that at not point was it pretending to be something it is not, yet the thing it was… yikes.

Not a problematic ‘’yikes’’, but a cringe worthy ‘’yikes’’. Think of the most annoying millennial you know and now imagine them in 2x speed. Enid from the new Wednesday show said ‘’I write in my voice!’’ and this is that millennial’s voice on crack at 2am on a Tuesday. The author does not lack language comprehension; she simply decided to use the worst writing style in the world: Write it Like a Diary and Add Shit You Would Only Send in a Text.

The sheer amount of ‘’ugh’’s and ‘’Fuck. My. Life’’s I had to sit through.

A fun crazy witchy romcom read..quirky nerdy witch and her nemesis keep getting set up on blind dates…add crazy rooster familiar, unicorn shifters and a cast of crazy characters, spells gone wrong equals one crazy, quirky, funny read

3.5 Stars

The title is cute and how can you not love this cover? It’s absolutely gorgeous!

This is my first read from Avery Flynn and I have some mixed feelings about it. I love the synopsis of the book and I love the enemies-to-lovers theme between Tilda and Gil. I love Tilda’s character. She’s funny, charismatic and an absolute joy to read about. But she struggles being seen and being important in a family of magical overachievers. Tilda is trying to find her place in this world, but is always getting into some kind of embarrassing kerfuffle in front of an audience who is live streaming her mishaps online for the world to see. Tilda is a beautiful character, easily relatable and I just wanted to hug her.

The characters are what won the book for me. They are many with uniquely diverse backgrounds and vital to the book. I absolutely loved them and all their whimsical idiosyncrasies!

The chemistry between Tilda and Gil was potent. I felt they gelled well together, but the balance between them seemed off somehow. I think that has to do with the storyline.

What bugged me about the book was the world building. It felt incomplete to me. This is the first book in a new series but I felt lost some of the time while reading and I wished there was more background on this world and the characters and how this book world operates.

I mean, I could get the gist of what was happening but throughout the book, I felt like there should have been more explanations about the magic and the witches part of the storyline. This felt like it was the second book in the series where the majority of the descriptive information about the witch hierarchy, how the magic works and character development were explained previously. I kept feeling like things were missing, like I wasn’t “in the know.”

Don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy the book, the characters and dialogue were fun, funny and kept me engaged in the story, but all the holes in the storyline and plot kept me from being invested in the characters and this world. There is so much wonderful material here and this series shows a lot of promise. I am not sure if I’ll check out the next book, but I would definitely read this author again.

Yeah, the second chapter is from the male love interests POV and I didn't make it all the way through his chapter.

I'm not saying this book doesn't get better because I obviously don't know, but hearing why he was there, what he was doing, and who he was doing it for? No. In no world do I want to read that as a romance. I'll be pissed at him the entire time and it'll be all I can think about. No thank you.

I didn't finish. The writing took be out of the story every single time. It feels like the author is texting a friend instead of building a story.

Tilda is a magic-less witch - until she manages to freeze her family. Enter Gil - her wizard nemesis - to help save the day.

This was a solid three star book for me. I really liked the other Avery Flynn books I’ve read, and this was just wasn’t as good. I’m really picky about the “witchy-ness” of paranormal books, so maybe that was it?

This silly story was exactly what I was in the mood for. It didn’t take itself too seriously and certainly won’t be winning any awards - but who cares? I sure don’t. Recommend for a silly-goofy time.