Book 34, 2018

A Magical Match by Juliet Blackwell

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Guh, took me forever, but I finished reading A Magical Match this evening. I blame vacation and the mad scramble ahead of vacation to get ready for it. The book is part of Juliet Blackwell's "Witchcraft Mystery" series, featuring witch and vintage clothing shop owner, Lily Ivory.

Lily is busy planning for her upcoming handfasting ceremony with Sailor, and she's also hosting a Magical Match Tea at Aunt Cora's Closet to raise money for a women's shelter. A man from her distant past arrives out of the blue, demanding that Lily return an object he claims she stole from him. Sailor threatens him, and when Tristan Dupree is later murdered by a man matching Sailor's description, Sailor is arrested. Now, Lily has to add solving the murder to her to-do list, because she knows there is no way that Sailor would have killed Tristan in cold blood. Complicating matters, Lily's grandmother and her coven are on their way from Texas to attend the handfasting, powerful witch Aidan Rhodes is trying to convince Lily to throw Sailor over and concentrate on her witchcraft, her magic seems to be off, and there is still the looming threat of Renee, the cupcake lady, to contend with.

All in a day's work for a witch!

Vacation aside, it took me longer to read this book because I just was not getting into it during the first half. Once I got over the hump, so to speak, I embraced it more eagerly. Needless to say, not my favorite in this series. Things were simply too confusing.

Favorite line: As I walked in, the day's tension and worries lifted from my shoulders. I was home.

Hm, going to give this one a three:

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