Vanished

So, I finally got around to reading the latest Billings book released here. God it's gone downhill.

I mean, compared to the fact the lead character was always being manipulated or blackmailed or just put in mortal danger. I liked that aspect of the books, it was unintentionally funny.

But this book ... it felt like Kate Brian had disassociated with Reed a little. The panic was written, but I didn't feel it. The paranoia and blaming her friends for sabotage didn't feel as convincing.

But fine, I could take that Noelle was kidnapped. I could take that it turns out Noelle and Reed were in fact half sisters. I could take all that, but the little twist at the end is the thing that's pissed me off.

Reed and Noelle found a spellbook. The original Billings girls were witches.

WTF? Sorry, I read these books because they weren't witch-type books (actually, I read because the blurb on private sounds a little like the concept I'm working on, so it was technically market research) and now, after like, thirteen books, they're about witches?

I'll still read the 14th book, the Billings book of Spells. Since I want the whole story. But I won't enjoy the witchcraft aspect easily. If I wanted The Worst Witch that's what I'll read.