Book 25, 2016
Apr. 12th, 2016 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeI finished reading A Witch in Time, by Madelyn Alt, last night. It's part of her "Bewitching mysteries" series, featuring Maggie O'Neill.
Just when Maggie and her hot new boyfriend Marcus are about to take it to the next level, Maggie's meddling mother calls in a panic. It seems Maggie's sister Mel has gone into labor early, and the entire family is at the hospital.
Marcus is a good sport about postponing things, and he even agrees to accompany Maggie to the hospital. While there, Maggie gets stuck in an elevator, overhears a sketchy conversation, witnesses other odd behavior, and after spending the night with her sister, she manages to break her ankle while trying to leave the hospital the following morning.
When Maggie and Marcus stumble upon a murder, they use their psychic abilities to sift for clues. In the meantime, Mel's husband has gone awol, Maggie's ex-boyfriend Tom is cozying up to his not-so-ex-wife, and Marcus claims that Tom has been sending the local cops by to watch his house. Has all of Stony Mill gone mad?!
:D
Favorite line: I only wished I could eat with that same lackadaisical absence of guilt. Instead, I had to worry about the elastic on my underwear creating unsightly ripples.
Good story, but not quite as engrossing as others in the series. Four of five:
♦♦♦♦
Just when Maggie and her hot new boyfriend Marcus are about to take it to the next level, Maggie's meddling mother calls in a panic. It seems Maggie's sister Mel has gone into labor early, and the entire family is at the hospital.
Marcus is a good sport about postponing things, and he even agrees to accompany Maggie to the hospital. While there, Maggie gets stuck in an elevator, overhears a sketchy conversation, witnesses other odd behavior, and after spending the night with her sister, she manages to break her ankle while trying to leave the hospital the following morning.
When Maggie and Marcus stumble upon a murder, they use their psychic abilities to sift for clues. In the meantime, Mel's husband has gone awol, Maggie's ex-boyfriend Tom is cozying up to his not-so-ex-wife, and Marcus claims that Tom has been sending the local cops by to watch his house. Has all of Stony Mill gone mad?!
:D
Favorite line: I only wished I could eat with that same lackadaisical absence of guilt. Instead, I had to worry about the elastic on my underwear creating unsightly ripples.
Good story, but not quite as engrossing as others in the series. Four of five:
♦♦♦♦
