Helpful Score: 6
I am so sad - this was one of my favorite series. This was awful. It didn't even feel like it was written by the same person! Boring, the "mystery" was pointless and easily figured out. Also, the main character seems to have reverted to junior high. Everything is SO this or SO NOT that. And someone please tell the author that putting. a. period. after. each. word. for. emphasis. is. extremely. annoying. The author also seemed to spend the whole book coming up with ridiculous scenarios to avoid a bedroom scene with the hot boyfriend. I won't be buying the next installment in hardcover, that's for sure.
Helpful Score: 5
Found this book nearly pointless and not very mysterious. Am glad I didn't buy it.
Helpful Score: 5
2 words: EPIC FAILURE!
what a HUGE dissapointment this book was! This has been one of my favorite series that Ive followed for the last few years, and for this book it seemed like miss Madelyn Alt wrote the first chapter, and then hired someone else to finish the rest for her. I literally gave up on the 8th chapter, (a little over 100 pages in) And during those 8 chapters, we only get to see Liss (one of the best characters) once in over 100 pages at the very beginning telling Maddy to take the night off. Then after a sizzled out almost sex scene with Marcus, she ends up in the hospital with her sister in labor. I mean seriously, how many pages can you write about waiting for some babies to arrive? I had to question my sanity tonight if this book should even be classified as a cozy mystery. Point being,. after 8 long, drawn out chapters, there was still no murder, and the plot just dragged. I skimmed other parts of the book, and they still always seemed to be in the hospital. (no mention of Liss or the N.I.G.H.T's either) At that point, I closed the book on this one. No need to waste valuable reading time reading about a character's sister having babies and mother being a mean b-witch. Give me some action. Give me a murder... interview suspects, just give me SOMETHING! Hopefully Miss Alt will redeem herself on the next book. I gave this book a 1/2 star, but if were up to me, Id give it a zero star.
what a HUGE dissapointment this book was! This has been one of my favorite series that Ive followed for the last few years, and for this book it seemed like miss Madelyn Alt wrote the first chapter, and then hired someone else to finish the rest for her. I literally gave up on the 8th chapter, (a little over 100 pages in) And during those 8 chapters, we only get to see Liss (one of the best characters) once in over 100 pages at the very beginning telling Maddy to take the night off. Then after a sizzled out almost sex scene with Marcus, she ends up in the hospital with her sister in labor. I mean seriously, how many pages can you write about waiting for some babies to arrive? I had to question my sanity tonight if this book should even be classified as a cozy mystery. Point being,. after 8 long, drawn out chapters, there was still no murder, and the plot just dragged. I skimmed other parts of the book, and they still always seemed to be in the hospital. (no mention of Liss or the N.I.G.H.T's either) At that point, I closed the book on this one. No need to waste valuable reading time reading about a character's sister having babies and mother being a mean b-witch. Give me some action. Give me a murder... interview suspects, just give me SOMETHING! Hopefully Miss Alt will redeem herself on the next book. I gave this book a 1/2 star, but if were up to me, Id give it a zero star.
Helpful Score: 1
I loved Madelyn Alt and her series about Maggie O'Neill, budding psychic and paranormal investigator.
Ms. Alt is a very good writer, for some reason, she has chosen to concentrate on Maggie's personal relationships with her family in this book and leaves the actual magic by the wayside.
The mystery isn't much of a mystery and frankly, I found myself not caring at all about the characters involved.
Ms. Alt is a very good writer and knows how to keep her readers satisfied, but I feel I will not be the only one disappointed with "A Witch in Time."
We are all allowed a few mistakes, I do hope her up coming books will be more like the first books that came out.
Home for a Spell (A Bewitching Mystery #7)
Ms. Alt is a very good writer, for some reason, she has chosen to concentrate on Maggie's personal relationships with her family in this book and leaves the actual magic by the wayside.
The mystery isn't much of a mystery and frankly, I found myself not caring at all about the characters involved.
Ms. Alt is a very good writer and knows how to keep her readers satisfied, but I feel I will not be the only one disappointed with "A Witch in Time."
We are all allowed a few mistakes, I do hope her up coming books will be more like the first books that came out.
Home for a Spell (A Bewitching Mystery #7)
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The only good parts of this book were the escalating relationship between Maggie and Marcus and the Epilogue.
Dissappointed. I love this series but was very dissappointed to say the least with this book. The mystery seemed to happen in a few pages with nothing but baby nonsense in between. Nothing has happened yet with Maggie and Marcus and very little of Liss, my favorite character! So glad I didn't buy this book.
I really enjoyed this installment in Maggie O'Neil's adventures in small town America. This time it's a murder plot involving new acquaintances and babies. Lots of suspects and false trails. I really like a mystery that you cannot figure out too quickly. This one is just perfect. I love that Maggie and Marcus are finally a couple. Can't wait to read their further adventures.
