Name: The Trouble with Magic
ISBN: 9780425207468

Madelyn Alt

Starting a new job at Enchantments antique shop, Maggie O'Neill is unexpectedly immersed in mystery when her boss, a self-proclaimed witch, is arrested for murdering her estranged sister, a crime in which it is up to Maggie to prove her innocence, with a little help from beyond. Original.

The Trouble with Magic

Rebecca C Wright

Fun mystery series that has a reluctant witch that is a recovering Catholic...just my cup o' tea.
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Southern Today Gone Tomorrow

** spoiler alert **
           Written by Madelyn Alt, this is a cozy mystery I found in my library as I was hunting for a book. And I'd been looking for something light and quick to read. But this wasn't what I wanted.

The mystery in this novel is *okay* at best. Maggie, a girl who happens upon a cute store and lucks into a job offer from the owner Liss, turns out to hear dead people. Sometimes. And, as she was late to work and got fired, takes the job offer to work for Liss, the town witch. The mystery? Who killed Maggie's new boss's sister, because everyone thinks it was Liss.

The biggest problem I had with the novel is how the author treated Tom and Maggie. It just... it was beyond awkward, it was ridiculous. After finishing this novel I went hunting for reviews for future books to see if they got together. Spoiler: they don't.

And that just bothers me SO MUCH. Don't feed me a meet-cute, and then don't deliver!

Honestly, I don't currently recommend this to anyone. The author never finished the series.

Danielle Crain

What an incredibly fun read. This was a very light cozy-mystery - I was able to read it pretty much in one sitting. I found the whodunnit portion of it to be pretty predictable, but really I was reading more for character development and world building. A great start to what looks to be a fun series.

My Ratings:

5*****I loved this book, consider it an all time favorite
4**** Thoroughly enjoyed the book and will recommend it
3*** I liked it well enough,
2** Brain Candy - It was okay. Writing mediocre, will
keep/re-read if part of a series
1* didn't like/possibly not finished. (less)

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