A Different Witch by Deborah Geary   

Kindle only.

Published (first published December 20th 2012)

ASIN B00AR6ZB60

Genre: PNR
New or Re-read: New
Series? Book 5
Where I heard about it:Friend on NBC recommended this series
Why I read it: Once I started the series, I just couldn't stop
Setting/Time Frame: Current. Berkley California and Chicago, Illinois
*****************Spoilers: yes*********

3.5 Stars

A Different Witch is the fifth book in the Witch Central series. We originally met the “new” witch, Beth, in book one, when Lauren and Jamie drop in to her coven meeting and Jamie rocks their world with his super witchness and then outs most of her coven as not being witches, or not the witches they thought they were and promptly leaves. This left a devastating effect on the Chicago coven that Lauren and Jamie never think about. Until Beth is accidentally ported into witch central in the realm. What they didn’t realise is that Beth has Asperbergers, a high functioning form of Autism.  This accident not only hurts Beth mentally, but forces her hand into seeking training from the witches of Witch Central.

Beth isn’t like anyone that the team have ever had to deal with before. She knows she’s a witch, but she doesn’t learn and function the way they are used to. So not only is Beth finding herself out of her comfort zone, but so is everyone else in W.C. Of course the children of W.C. play a huge role in this story. It is them who teach everyone how to deal with Beth and their own, not deficiencies, but to see the world as others might and learn from it.  They also help Beth learn what she needs to learn to progress as a witch.

This book really focused on Beth and her struggles. However it also showed Lauren struggling a little with her new role as a trainer.  It also shows Nell struggling with her role as the leader of the pack. She is so used to being able to fix things, and people liking her. That to have to change the way she does everything is very hard on her.  These books always deal with some kind of drama or emergency in W.C. So for this one to deal more with personal struggles was actually a nice change that I didn’t expect to need.  Not that the other books don’t deal with the personal struggles the characters deal with in learning they are witches, or finding home, or finding themselves. But this one was different, maybe because they aren’t dealing with just how they see themselves, but how others perceive them as well.

I also love having more and more Daniel in the series. J