I don't have that Kate West book, but I have looked through it and it looks good to me. I have her "Real Witches' Year". Scott Cunningham's two beginner Wicca books "Wicca: A Guide..." and "Living Wicca" are great eclectic beginner books. "A Witch's Bible" by the Farrars is a good insight into what's published on older forms of Wicca.
I also like Starhawk's "Spiral Dance" as a beginner book. I don't see any of our other regular experienced Wiccans in this thread yet, but there are several of us around who have been Wiccan of some flavor for at least a decade.
Karen