A Review of Wicked by Any Other Name

Four Fangs for Wicked by Any Other Name

The third book in Linda Wisdom's Hex Series, Wicked By Any Other Name, totally rocks. I love that good witch Stasi breaks out of her neat little nice shell and learns to fight for what she believes in and stand up for herself.

In Wicked by Any Other Name, there is something going on in Stasi's beloved town. Everyone there knows she and her best friend, Blair, are witches but now they are treating them like they are evil. It all started when one of Stasi's regular human customers accused Stasi of using bad magick to make her husband leave her. The human Carrie was so mad she went to a Wizard lawyer, Trevor Barnes. Now she's causing major trouble for Stasi, suing to have her powers stripped from her.

When Trevor shows up in town, Stasi can't believe the cruel joke fate and that pesky Cupid have dealt her. Trevor has dancing hearts over his head, meaning he is her true love though they are sworn enemies-on the wrong side of the courtroom not to mention the fact that wizards and witches just don't mix.

No matter what Stasi does things just keep getting worse, the whole town seems to be against her, people that used to be her friends are now treating her like she's the devil-sweet Stasi, the good witch, the devil?

Jazz and Nick show up to help with Irma, Fluff and Puff, and even Krebs and his new vampire girlfriend Leticia in tow. They arrive just in time to be bombarded with a complete magickal mess. The whole town is under a spell along with the lake, but it's magick none of them can penetrate or even figure out what it is. There is definitely more going on than just Mercury in retrograde and an upcoming lunar eclipse. Samhain just isn;t going to be the same this year.

Can they stop the evil that's spreading before it is too late and the whole town is consumed by hate and rage? If they don't figure out what is going on the 21st century may end up looking a lot like the 17th century when it was common to burn witches at the stake.

Wisdom's third book in the series explores more characters, more character relationships with each other and gives a much more complex look into their world than the previous two books. As wildly entertaining as the first two with more plot and story line, it's great. A magickal romp you'll love.

Horace the gargoyle is a total scene stealer and what's up with the border collie? You'll love it once you figure it out. I just wonder why the witches didn't figure it out when all the guys knew what was up.

You'll love how Fluff and Puff get even with Cupid at the end of the book, too. It's wonderful. I love those scary, crazy bunny slippers.

I really love how Wisdom brings all these crazy characters to life, like Fluff and Puff and Horace. They are something totally different and unexpected. I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series featuring Blair and I am guessing, Jake. Hmm...we'll see how that goes.