Keeper by Kim Chance

🌟🌟🌗 out of 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Synopsis:
When a 200-year-old witch attacks her, sixteen-year-old bookworm Lainey Styles is determined to find a logical explanation. Even with the impossible staring her in the face, Lainey refuses to believe it—until she finds a photograph linking the witch to her dead mother.

After consulting a psychic, Lainey discovers that she, like her mother, is a Keeper: a witch with the exclusive ability to unlock and wield the Grimoire, a dangerous but powerful spell book. But there’s a problem. The Grimoire has been stolen by a malevolent warlock who is desperate for a spell locked inside it—a spell that would allow him to siphon away the world’s magic.

With the help of her comic-book-loving best friend and an enigmatic but admittedly handsome street fighter, Lainey must leave her life of college prep and studying behind to prepare for the biggest test of all: stealing back the book.

^{I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review}

I found this book enjoyable although it was easy for me to put down and walk away from. I thought that the author set up the world really well. Kim Chance was able to use the classic main character doesn't know anything so we as readers get to learn along side of her when things are explained to her. I appreciated that the author also lets the reader learn about Keepers/witches through other means as well. I can't say how she does this because I don't want to reveal anything but it was my favorite aspect of the story. 
I felt like all of my questions were answered over the course of the book except for maybe one but I can guess what the answer is to that one. I loved the run-ins with the "200-year-old witch" that Lainey has. They were both informative and interesting. I feel like they kept the story moving along
The whole reason I struggled with whether to rate this book a 2.5 or 3 was due to the characters and their development. I began the book liking Lainey and her Uncle but that changed as the book progressed. Lainey seemed to have a good head on her shoulders but only believed in things that she could see scientific proof of in the world. I do find myself pulled more into books wherein the characters are not easily swayed into believing supernatural elements too easily. I got annoyed with how she seemed to have no regard for her safety and being more concerned about boys than bigger issues at hand. Her uncle was the only character that I loved the entire time even though he is not a main character. Initially, I liked Lainey's best friend but after a little while it felt as if the author was shoving it in my face how much she liked comics. I felt like every sentence out of her mouth was a comic reference. 
I think that I would like to read the next book in the series because it seems as if Lainey has a change of heart at the end. I'm hoping that she is more bad@$$ in the sequel and with the events that took place towards the end of the book it seems as if the next one will be even more action packed than this one.