Ann Macela

This is yet another shit show of the book. I suppose the chances are all that good of a high review when I know the book is going to be horrible before I even start it. But, this book has been sitting in my to-read pile for a while now and for some reason I spent money on it so I figured I'd better get it over with. Not a good start when I begin the book with that attitude but it was how I felt. And, behold...I was right. A practicing witch who's powers are only applicable to herself is told by her Mother that when she finds her soulmate, her powers will increase and she'll know a love beyond any comprehension. At first the heroine laughs it off, not willing to surrender the control needed to give that much power to a man-any man. As virgin, she doesn't have much experiences with men. Than she meets the hero. A CEO flown down from Chicago to investigate corruption in a branch of his company, he hears about the heroine through his coworker and offers her a job. Of course the fact that she's just so damn pretty is a plus but she is also rumored to be a wizard when it comes to what she does. But she's skittish and brushes off his advances at first. But the hero is nothing if not persist and eventually he charms his way into dinner. The heroine is stunned by the knowledge that not only is the whole soulmate deal real, but it would seem her soulmate is a non practicer meaning he doesn't have any magic. And to top it all off, her association with him and his company has caused her to receive threats. So that was basically it. Yeah, real nail biter. There's some conflict with the heroine first having to explain to her boyfriend that she's a witch. And later that they are soulmates. But neither were a problem when the hero found out. He took it in stride and with a boring anticlimactic manner that was the backbone of this dull and lifeless book. Everything about it irked me. The contemporary setting where nothing ever happened but dinner and movies. The fact that the heroine called her parents Mother and Daddy. Or the fact that the paranormal aspect of the book has little to no actual impact on the storyline. Safe to say I will not be reading any further books by this author. It's bad enough that I now have 2 of these stinkers in my library.… (altro)

The hero and the heroine are both professors but each stand of opposite sides of the great debate as whether magical ability is scientific or something mystical coming from the earth. Together, at the urges of their publicists, they go on tour doing lectures and holding live debates. The heroine is very hippy, the hero very by the book logical but both had the personalities of flypaper. Sooooo boring. Yes, each were passionate about their opinion and eager to challenge the other in hopes of proving them to be wrong but it had no spark. The plot was so basic and without any character evolution or development. This novel could literally be 100 pages and even then be stretching my attention span.… (altro)

Marcus Forscher is a mathematician and a practicing warlock. He is convinced that if he could provide a modern, scientific, objective base for magic, it would revolutionize magical education while improving efficiency and increasing effectiveness. Botany professor Gloriana Morgan is also a practicing witch believes Forscher is robbing magic of its heart, soul, and traditions. When the two are booked by The Witches and Warlocks Journal for a series of debates on the nature of magic, the sparks start flying -- in multiple ways. His is the language of equations. Hers is the language of nature. Although neither particularly likes the other, let alone understands the other, both begin feeling the compulsion of the ancient "soulmate imperative" drawing them to be a mated couple. When followers of each camp start resorting to violence to prove their supremacy, the two University of Texas professors will have to refocus the energies on compromise and understanding in order to restore harmony. Local author Ann Macela further builds her reality, that is not too far removed from ours, in the third book in her magic series.… (altro)