Enchanted to Meet You

 

Enchanted to Meet You / Meg Cabot
NY: Avon, c2023
350 p.

If you're familiar with Meg Cabot's writing, I'm sure you'll be able to get a good feel for this one just by looking at the cover. 

We have a young, curvy witch who happens to own a clothing boutique, who is approached by a handsome stranger on a motorbike and told that they need to work together to save her town from total destruction. As you do. 

The witch is Jessica Gold; she's not a witch with a pedigree, she's just someone who took up witchcraft as a teenager and found she had a knack for it. This puts her at odds with the World Council of Witches, an association who believes that only those descended from witches can be witches. And of course her mean girl nemesis from high school, who still lives in town as well, is one of the WCW members. 

But then Derrick Winters (also WCW) shows up, tracking down Jessica so that she can help him find and recruit the other element to their defense plan. Who turns out to be a local teenage girl who only Jessica can approach. 

It's complicated, and yet it's not. This is the first book in a new series so I'm sure we are going to find out more about the workings of the WCW and its many proponents and opponents. As well as Derrick's very large roster of step-siblings...long story. 

This story has snappy dialogue, body positivity, LGBTQ content, humour, sexy scenes and a look at the workings of small town society. It's a witchy rom com with lots going for it, and will please Meg Cabot fans looking for a new cast of characters to follow. If you want funny, sexy, snarky witches, this is the one!