Book 80, 2016
Oct. 20th, 2016 04:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeI have a couple days off work, which allowed me to finish reading A Witch Before Dying this afternoon. It's the second installment in author Heather Blake's "Wishcraft Mystery" series.
Wishcrafter Darcy is busy helping her aunt Ve get ready for her upcoming wedding. However, an acquaintance begs Darcy to help clean out her mother's house. Seems that Elodie's mother was a hoarder who left town over a year ago, and Elodie has her own upcoming wedding to pay for.
While at Patrice's house, Darcy finds the woman's remains hidden away in the junk. The police aren't ready to rule it a homicide, so Elodie asks Darcy to help solve the mystery surrounding Patrice's death. As a relative newcomer to the Enchanted Village, Darcy's investigation turns up more secrets regarding her neighbors than she ever wanted to know. Along the way, she is also searching for the stolen Anicula, an amulet that can grant unlimited wishes, and that was last known to be in Patrice's possession. To compound things, there's been a series of break-ins in the village, an alleged Peeping Tom in the neighborhood, a rash of food poisonings, and someone seems to be sabotaging Ve's wedding.
Too bad Darcy can't grant her own wishes to figure everything out.
The story was charming and fun and just a little creepy. I am enjoying the characters, including the familiars, and the romance between Darcy and Nick is coming along.
Favorite lines:
♦ Why did I suddenly feel like I was in a bad safe-sex commercial?
♦ "If anyone can pull off a third boob, it's you."
Solid four stars:
****
Wishcrafter Darcy is busy helping her aunt Ve get ready for her upcoming wedding. However, an acquaintance begs Darcy to help clean out her mother's house. Seems that Elodie's mother was a hoarder who left town over a year ago, and Elodie has her own upcoming wedding to pay for.
While at Patrice's house, Darcy finds the woman's remains hidden away in the junk. The police aren't ready to rule it a homicide, so Elodie asks Darcy to help solve the mystery surrounding Patrice's death. As a relative newcomer to the Enchanted Village, Darcy's investigation turns up more secrets regarding her neighbors than she ever wanted to know. Along the way, she is also searching for the stolen Anicula, an amulet that can grant unlimited wishes, and that was last known to be in Patrice's possession. To compound things, there's been a series of break-ins in the village, an alleged Peeping Tom in the neighborhood, a rash of food poisonings, and someone seems to be sabotaging Ve's wedding.
Too bad Darcy can't grant her own wishes to figure everything out.
The story was charming and fun and just a little creepy. I am enjoying the characters, including the familiars, and the romance between Darcy and Nick is coming along.
Favorite lines:
♦ Why did I suddenly feel like I was in a bad safe-sex commercial?
♦ "If anyone can pull off a third boob, it's you."
Solid four stars:
****
