Witch Perfect (Witchless in Seattle, #11)

by Dakota Cassidy

[EBookObsessed]

Who said life would be easy once your boyfriend raises from the dead?

Stevie is feeling a bit jealous in this latest story. Win and Arkady were always the voices in her head helping her solve murders. Their experiences as spies has been invaluable in keeping Stevie alive when those various murderers have tried to kill her.

But when one of her friends has been found murdered and his husband is begging for Stevie's help in finding the killer, she is reluctant to help. She isn't certain she knows what is holding her back but Win gets her to agree to investigate.   Problem is her beloved Spy guy is no longer just the voice of experience whispering in her ear.   He is standing beside her, and he is taking over and she can't complete with his years of spy training.  The thrill of the chase used to make Stevie so excited, but that thrill isn't as much fun, if you are simply lagging behind someone else's chase.

But how do you tell the love of your life that while it is a dream come true to have them in your life,  their sudden existence doesn't always make you happy?

I was torn between feeling bad for Stevie or annoyed at her attitude.  Everyone called her on her jealousy so they knew what her problem was but she had a hard time dropping the funk over Win taking over her investigations.  Actually, now that I think more on it, Stevie's attitude since Win has been embodied has been pretty poor.   In Book 9, Stevie disappears after going on a shopping trip which she takes because she was annoyed by demanding Win was being.  She wanted him on the earthly plain but found living with him was a lot harder than she expected.

Win and Stevie also took a chance to told their whole story to Stevie's friend Detective Dana, who then passed out and pretended he never heard anything and avoided Stevie for most of the story, but he went for a beer with Win.  This only added to Stevie annoyance at her fake James Bond.  He took her investigation.  He took her friend.

Even though we had another near death experience for Stevie, we still aren't going anywhere on the romance front and Win has been embodied for about six months now and still living in the guest house he had built on the property.  I  have decided  that maybe Win's brother, whose body he took over, was gay which is why Win suddenly has no sexual interest in the love of his life, or maybe they both realize that their impossible romance was more interesting than actually spending physical time with each other.

I still love this silly little series and want more.  I had originally noticed that Amazon had this listed as book 11 of 11 but the series is not over.  We might have gotten to the bottom of Win's death but we still have the issue of Stevie's magic and the Warlock who stole her power and wants her dead.  And I think we might someday get Arkady onto this plain as well, except that would leave no one on the other side to help Stevie survive her many harrowing experiences with the living.