Review: Wizards vs. Witches
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2014
What a frustrating read! It started out really good. It began with years ago with young wizard Jaxon being admonished for trying to take control with his magic and he is taken under the wings of the wizard leader, Falcon. Then in the present day, apparently Jaxon has integrated into the human world under the guise of a building contractor. Rich girl Tess accompanies her BFF Belinda to an auction...but unbeknownst to Tess, the auction is for men or rather a date with them. Belinda already has bought a date for Tess which happens to be Jaxon. When the two meet, sparks fly and there is instant attraction! Tess fights her attraction to Jaxon and she senses that he's different from the usual men she meets. Lo and behold, magical Jaxon uses his charm and the two of them fall fast into bed. Well....there interaction is sizzling...Tess is swept off her feet and is sucked into the world of magic with Jaxon. Jaxon is called back home because there is a threat happening with their dreaded enemy, the coven of witches who want to rid their world of the wizards because they are holding the witches back from ruling the world.Ok...Tess reluctantly begins her adventure in the wizard world because she loves Jaxon and wants to be with him but she comes to find that Jaxon, although a super lover, is also very controlling and chauvinistic. He does things for the safety of Tess without consulting her and this really upsets her. Anyway, while they battle over his controlling ways, he is also up to his neck in the oncoming witches' threat with the leader being Athena. Along the way, he is also informed by the lead wizard, Falcon, that the leadership of the assembly of wizards will be passed on to Jaxon....which means more responsibility.My main problem is that there are too many rules and procedures in the world of wizardry. If the wizards are so powerful, why can't they stop the threat coming from the witches? Why, when they had several times to kill Athena, they didn't? That would have ended the threat right there and then! As for Athena, I know she is in the 3rd book of this series but seriously, I could find no redeeming qualities in her to warrant a story for her own. I don't know why Jaxon's brother is in love with her because all she comes across is a selfish, power-hungry witch...and I mean a witch literally! I did NOT like her at all in the story. And Braeden comes across as an idiot for loving her. I hope they explain why she is the way she is and seriously redeem her evilness in the 3rd installment. If they had killed Athena I would have given this book 5 stars. Let's see how her story plays out. Oh yeah...lots and lots of sex between Jaxon and Tess in this book...and I mean LOTS!