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Book 73, 2015
Dec. 11th, 2015 05:05 pmLast night, I completed Where There's a Witch by Madelyn Alt. It's part of her "Bewitching Mystery" series.
At a fund-raising carnival for a local church, Maggie witnesses an intense argument between a young couple. When the woman's body is found at the site the following day, Maggie does her civic duty and recounts the incident to the police. However, she can't help but feel that the man who was arguing with the victim is innocent of the murder.
During a ground-breaking ceremony at the church, workers accidentally uncover a sealed cellar. Maggie and some of the others with empathic abilities feel as though something was released. Afterwards, two of the teen girls that work at Enchantments with Maggie convince her to try communicating with the spirit via a Ouija board. The spirit begins communicating with Maggie, giving her vague warnings, such as "be careful", "sister" and "you'll see".
Meanwhile, Maggie is even more conflicted with her love-life. Her supposed beau, police officer Tom, wants her to distance herself from the "witchy" element at Enchantments, while Marcus is part of said element. Maggie is finding it more difficult to fight her attraction to Marcus, especially when she and Tom so seldom see one another.
Hm. I truly enjoy this series, but I think this was my least favorite so far. For one thing, the story focused more on Maggie's love-life than on the mystery. There was no digging around for clues from Maggie at all, unless you count trying to get answers from the spirit. Plus, Maggie's interfering mother made me want to smack her, and Maggie's gossip-mongering sister needed an even bigger smack. It was her loose lips that led to several townspeople shunning Maggie's boss, Felicity, and her shop, Enchantments. On top of all that, the murderer was almost too ridiculously easy to guess. Nevertheless, I will continue reading books in this series.
Giving this one a four out of five:
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At a fund-raising carnival for a local church, Maggie witnesses an intense argument between a young couple. When the woman's body is found at the site the following day, Maggie does her civic duty and recounts the incident to the police. However, she can't help but feel that the man who was arguing with the victim is innocent of the murder.
During a ground-breaking ceremony at the church, workers accidentally uncover a sealed cellar. Maggie and some of the others with empathic abilities feel as though something was released. Afterwards, two of the teen girls that work at Enchantments with Maggie convince her to try communicating with the spirit via a Ouija board. The spirit begins communicating with Maggie, giving her vague warnings, such as "be careful", "sister" and "you'll see".
Meanwhile, Maggie is even more conflicted with her love-life. Her supposed beau, police officer Tom, wants her to distance herself from the "witchy" element at Enchantments, while Marcus is part of said element. Maggie is finding it more difficult to fight her attraction to Marcus, especially when she and Tom so seldom see one another.
Hm. I truly enjoy this series, but I think this was my least favorite so far. For one thing, the story focused more on Maggie's love-life than on the mystery. There was no digging around for clues from Maggie at all, unless you count trying to get answers from the spirit. Plus, Maggie's interfering mother made me want to smack her, and Maggie's gossip-mongering sister needed an even bigger smack. It was her loose lips that led to several townspeople shunning Maggie's boss, Felicity, and her shop, Enchantments. On top of all that, the murderer was almost too ridiculously easy to guess. Nevertheless, I will continue reading books in this series.
Giving this one a four out of five:
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