There’s a lot more to being a witch than just fire…
Every few pages I want to jump into the book and scream to Stormy, Bay, Tillie and all the witches who the three culprits are. Don’t ignore your zings and intuition, Stormy. When something feels weird and you feel its potential magic, then that’s exactly what it is. Argh. It’s so frustrating. It’s the same thing I feel when watching movies.
Beyond that, that’s exactly what makes me continue reading this book with hardly any breaks in between - waiting for Stormy and everyone “good” to figure everything out. I also wonder what the car thieves end game is (I’m currently on page 141, so I’m at the point I don’t know the ending yet).
Lisa, Linc, Dennis, Emily, Debbie, and Carlie as well as a few others are complete and utter tools. I’ll admit Stormy is acting like a tool too. Why is she so upset about Linc cheating? Why is she so upset at Lisa stealing her best friend’s husband? Like, I completely understand how wrong it is what they’re doing and it’d anger me also, but that doesn’t mean I butt into their business and confront them and just hold onto the hate and bitterness.
Stormy had enough problems of her own. Maybe hanging onto other peoples makes her feel normal because the other peoples problems aren’t magical. I dunno.
Oh hey, I think I forgot to mention in my last review for the book prior to this one that the Winchesters’ (Bay, Aunt Tillie, Winnie, etc.) from Hemlock Cove (one town over from Shadow Hills where Stormy lives) were in it. They’re in this book also. They sometimes help Stormy with her magical problems. That Aunt Tillie is a riot and a lot like Stormy’s grandpa - both loud and both prone to exaggeration.
By the way, if you like this series - and I assume you do if you’re already to this book - if you haven’t read the series with Bay and Aunt Tillie, make sure you do. It’s better than this one and that may be because there are way more witches and therefore more magic involved. That series is the Wicked Witches of the Midwest. Read it!
Book 1 of Wicked Witches of the Midwest is “Any Witch Way You Can” and like I said… that series is much better than this one.
That brings me to thinking of another awesome witch series by Amanda M. Lee - the Covenant College Trilogy. That 3-part series with a witch just starting in college, named Zoe (she’s actually not a witch. I won’t give it away what she is.) is even better than the Midwest one. That first book is “Covenant College.” After you’ve read that series, there are three books after the “Covenant College” series that are about Zoe and Aric’s life…together…5 years after she graduates. It’s called “Living Covenant” (The Complete Trilogy). And finally, the third series that includes Zoe is the “Dying Covenant” series which has three books.
I’ve found that all of Amanda M. Lee’s witch series books all inter-lap with one another in some way. In what way? Well, the witches all meet each other in some way or another. I think in this particular series with Stormy, Zoe from the Covenant Trilogy is mentioned. Bay from the Midwest definitely is, as I mentioned above. Maybe when looking up all of these series, just search Amanda M. Lee books in chronological order.
My next book is “Peppermint Bark & Peril” by Cindy Bell.
See you in my next review.
Deuces to your cabooses!
~ themoodyredhead ✨👩🏻🦰✨