Books like Witch Season: Summer & Fall

I feel responsible to let it be known that I read books for characters. Mariotte's novel is charming in a Young Adult Fantasy sort of way, making it an easy read. On the flip side, the characters are also relatively flat. Still, being the optimist I am, I found three characters to cling to. They are the characters of Daniel Blessing, Rebecca, and Josh.Note: none of these are the main character. Not abnormal for me. I tend to loathe main characters, for some indescribable reason. The main character is a girl named Kerry Profitt. Strong-willed and stubborn, she is known by her summer friends as "Bulldog". Kerry's character has one of the traits that drives me batty in fantasy: blind trust. Despite this, we delve in with our heads held high!Kerry's summer has been turned upside down. When she literally stumbles over Daniel Blessing on her doorstep, suddenly Kerry's normal life and peaceful summer job blossoms into six scared teenagers caught in the crossfire of a magical battle. Involvement with Daniel causes the six to be in danger, and when one of them is killed by the villain, Season Howe, the others reluctantly agree to join Kerry and Daniel in a hunt for Season Howe. But just when they have her at their advantage, Season kills Daniel Blessing. End Book One.Begin Book Two. Kerry drops out of college and decides she is going to learn magic from Daniel's mother, Mother Blessing. This storyline encompasses the entire book. There are scattered random scenes with other characters to ensure they are not forgotten. At one point, Season resurfaces in Las Vegas where Josh is killed not by Season, but by agents of Mother Blessing. The others arrive there too late to do anything. At the end of Book Two, there is a brief battle between Mother Blessing and Season Howe where Kerry discovers that Season is Mother Blessing's own mother. Kerry decides to flee. End Book Two.Overall analysis? Grim. The writing is simplistic, the characters remain fairly flat and unbelievable, and the twists are far too predictable. Plus, minus points for knocking off two out of three of my favourite characters.Will I pick up Winter and Spring? Probably. Why? I like to know the ending of things.