Review: Please can we see these people again?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2013
I just blasted through two "nibbles" and it just cements how much I love Geary. So far I've read twelve books and four novellas. There's another Witch Central book coming out as a Christmas present to all of us. She writes about people you can believe in, trust, care about and ultimately want to know better. This book isn't in any way related to her witchy universe so I should have been bored by it. It doesn't have a whole lot of plot, no real tension beyond the totally realistic view of creative people vs. HR & Marketing. It's just a look at Mick and three friends. Derrick and Miri are her coworkers. Together they handle the clients who aren't successfully matched by the computer. Mick and Miri are the ones who look outside the box when looking for matches. Derrick is the computer nerd who watches what they do and tries to tweek the algorithms to make the computer better at matches. Miri mostly relies on astrology. Mick uses her PhD thesis on the mating habits of guppies... Then there's Jazie, Mick's best friend since forever, a local midwife and in a long term relationship.With only 70 virtual pages there isn't really time to set up a lot of tension but there's plenty of time to build in humor. Mick going on her first date with a match the computer picked out is priceless. The book's over way too soon. I'd love to see some books that cover what comes next with each of these characters, even though I hate to suggest that Geary could take time off from writing about witches. Maybe she could just clone herself and chain one clone to a computer? Or maybe the clone should take over family and fun and we'll just chain Geary to the PC ( or Mac, what do I know?)It's $.99 for a couple of hours of reading pleasure that you'll be able to go back to when your spirits need a lift. Compare that to the cost of going to a movie or out to dinner and this is a real entertainment bargain.