Once Upon Stilettos - Shanna Swendson

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Title: Once Upon Stilettos (Enchanted, Inc. #2)
Author: Shanna Swendson
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 3/5
# pages: 320
Date read: November, 2015

Katie Chandler's life is pure magic - literally. As an executive assistant at Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc., she's seen more than her share of fantastical occurrences. A mere Manhattan mortal, Katie is no wizard, but she's a wiz at exposing "hokum" pocus, cloaked lies, and deceptive enchantments. And she's fallen under the all-too-human spell of attraction to Owen, a hunky wizard and coworker. Owen, however, is preoccupied. Someone has broken into his office and disrupted top-secret files, and it reeks of an inside job. CEO Merlin (yes, the Merlin) and taps Katie and her special ability to uncover the magical mole.

Keeping her feelings in check while sleuthing alongside Owen, Katie is shocked to discover that her immunity to magic is waning, putting her in grave danger. Soon she's surrendering to the charms and enchantments of everyone and everything around her, including a killer pair of red stilettos. Katie must now conjure up her natural instincts to get to the bottom of the break-in, regain her power, and win the wizard of her dreams.


Unfortunately not nearly as good as the first book in the series, and parts of it really annoyed me. It really bugs me when a main character - especially in a first person narrative - insists on making poor decisions and keeping things secret when they could so obviously spare themselves a load of problems by just talking about it!

It was still charming enough to make me keep going though, and fortunately the ending was satisfying enough that I could mostly forgive it for making me read through such stupidity. I do hope Katie will be wiser in the next book though.