Casting Spells (Sugar Maple, #1) By Barbara Bretton
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Barbara Bretton is the USA Today bestselling award winning author of than 40 books She currently has over ten million copies in print around the world Her works have been translated into twelve languages in over twenty countries Barbara has been featured in articles in The New York Times USA Today Wall Street Journal Romantic Times Cleveland Plain Dealer Herald News Home News Somerset Gazetteamong others and has been interviewed by Independent Network News Television appeared on the Susan Stamberg Show on NPR and been featured in an interview with Charles Osgood of WCBS among others Her awards include both Reviewers Choice and Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Gold and Silver certificates from Affaire de Barbara Bretton is the USA Today bestselling award winning author of than 40 books She currently has over ten million copies in print around the world Her works have been translated into twelve languages in over twenty countries Barbara has been featured in articles in The New York Times USA Today Wall Street Journal Romantic Times Cleveland Plain Dealer Herald News Home News Somerset Gazetteamong others and has been interviewed by Independent Network News Television appeared on the Susan Stamberg Show on NPR and been featured in an interview with Charles Osgood of WCBS among others Her awards include both Reviewer s Choice and Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Gold and Silver certificates from Affaire de Coeur the RWA Region 1 Golden Leaf and several sales awards from Bookrak Ms Bretton was included in a recent edition of Contemporary Authors Barbara loves to spend as much time as possible in Maine with her husband walking the rocky beaches and dreaming up plots for upcoming books site_link Magic Knitting Love A new series and a delightful departure by the USA Today bestselling author of Just Desserts Sugar Maple looks like any Vermont town but it s inhabited with warlocks sprites vampires witches and an ancient secret And Chloe Hobbs owner of Sticks String a popular knitting shop has a big secret too She s a sorcerer s daughter in search of Mr Right and she s found him in Luke MacKenzie a cop investigating Sugar Maple s very first murder Bad news is he s 100% human which could spell disaster for a normal future with a paranormal woman like her Casting Spells Sugar Maple 1 I passed over this book twice in the library taking note but not making the commitment It caught my eye when I pulled it from the new collection first and then again when I was shifting the fiction section. Casting spells is blocked bg3 When I finally went back and checked it out I had high hopes Romance can work and magic is almost always fun right And hey knitting This book isn t even powerful enough to make it a wall banger I still couldn t finish but out of exasperation than any passionate hatred But it was bad enough that even though the whole experience was than a couple months ago at this point I simply can t let it go without at least talking it out. The casting of spells book Casting Spells is a book about blonde don t forget Chloe Hobbs and her magical knitting shop in her magical town with her magical friends where nothing bad especially crime ever happens But when a voluptuous remember voluptuousness wantonness blonde is murdered handsome cop remember good looking and crime fighter Luke MacKenzie must come to town and mediate on how odd everyone isyou might they re magical but of course they re totally not because I know better And then together they will fall in love and solve the mystery Or is it the other way around I didn t quite get that far Well first I have to introduce the main character s knitting shop with a quote from the book Blog posts about the magical store in northern Vermont where your yarn never tangles your sleeves always come out the same length and you always always get gauge were popping up on a daily basis raising both my profile and my bottom line. Casting spells while concentrating What a way to make me resent your character Knitting is perfectly easy if you have magic I don t have magic thank you very much and dangnabbit that s just not fair So why am I supposed to think that she actually works at this that she ever actually had to learn knitting I m not sure I am And this supposedly has a side of murder mystery to its romance so of course the male lead is an out of town cop who also has to comment on the heroine s shop Her shop was a top link on websites and blogs from neighboring New Hampshire to Malaysia with all stops in between Okay so maybe it was like reading Sanskrit apparently knitters had their own language but I was able to translate enough to know Chloe s shop was something specialAccording to the posts I read online Chloe was Elvis and Sticks Strings was Graceland which I would probably chalk up to being a suburban legend if it weren t for the fact that the noise level at the front of the store could cause hearing loss. Casting spells while concentrating Which quite fortuitously leads me to point number two especially since well seriously hearing loss Yes the story is told in alternating first person I ve found I m a little iffy on first person in the best of times positive example Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison but alternating first person should be forbidden on pain of death Okay so I think many things should be forbidden on pain of death but fortunately I m not in charge of these things nor will I ever be Anywayalternating first person bad Yes Because when it s used especially in romance you get gems like these They were all vying for the attention of a tall skinny blonde one of the disheveled types who always seemed on the verge of a meltdown That s how Luke first observes Chloe by they way she s actually mayor which is why he has to opportunity to give this description as he thinks that s totally not my type Totally Like never would I be attracted to a lady like that in a million zillion years Never Sure I believe him Seriously Ms Bretton talk to your publishers This is marketed as a romance so as soon as we get Luke s point of view we know that he s going to fall in love with her If she s observing that he doesn t act attracted to her on a physical level that s fine But when he does it It s justjustugh And not even fifteen pages later he finds Chloe asleep and snoring and doesn t even try to wake her as we learned in Twilight that s not creepy at all remember and tells himself this little gem Cops notice things It s an occupational hazard Noticing details about a woman s appearance was part of a detective s job description It didn t mean anything Not even if the cop in question found himself standing there with a stupid grin on his face. Casting Spells kindle cloud These two characters switch viewpoints several times a chapter but only after the first fifty pages or something so it s only a matter of hours from totally not my type to omg hawtness Actually if the alternating first person were between Chloe and her best friend whatshisname call him Elf because he is naturally it might have worked Because Chloe s been stringing him along since forever as all male non gay best friends must be in love with the main character and I would like to have seen him get with some nice girl of his own in a real relationship based on something than lust Maybe that happened later in the book But not from his point of view No we get Luke s so we can see everything twice Wait I haven t gotten to the squicky yet. Book Casting spells 5e That poor Chloe from a long line of witches has no magic herself but was raised by the village Sweet right Chloe thinks so Except her family line at least the womenWOMAN POWAH are in charge of this ancient spell that protects the town from exposure to the pedestrians And she has to give birth to a girl by thirty five or something to keep the spell going Or get magic herself idk But the locals totally raised her out of the goodness of their hearts and just love her so much At that point I really did feel badly for Chloe In that whole setup she s definitely the victim and her so called saviors are only exploiting her But was this explored Well not in the part I read She never questioned anything they d done. Casting Spells paranormal lockdown But she does tell Luke about her parent s death and of course this changes him See he s a cop in case you forgot didn t I tell you that it was important and often hears sad stories but her s touches his heard And so does she She told her parents story without embellishment or self pity. Books on casting spells I d rather hope so She was what a few years old at most Firstly she shouldn t know any embellishments and at this point in her live self pity would be rather pathetic now if she ever seemed like a rounded character or even thought about her parents We ve had her first person We know that she doesn t have any reason for self pity. Casting Spells kindle direct Another old review Paperback I m not into knitting vampires or werewolves I love the paranormal but most is marketed to young adults which is dissatisfying for adults Another percentage is watered down by authors being too quirky or tempering down mystical phenomenon until it has no oomph The dynamics Barbara Bretton accomplishes in Casting Spells are perfect Men read on The knitting angle deters some browsers but let me tell you this is no a knitting story than Lord Of The Rings is a chick flick That is merely the heroine s career. Casting spells in melee 5e Chloe s village was built by survivors of the 17th century slayings in Salem USA Their Vermont town is peaceful for entities that humans misunderstood It is visited by regular people and to facilitate hiding its oddities the witch founder placed a protective spell upon it It is effective as long as female descendents exist At 30 Chloe has neither sired nor fallen in love When an unprecedented crime occurs a detective sparks her interest The townspeople reject human candidates because Chloe half mortal from her Father has not developed magick abilities In their safe harbour from humans human propagation doesn t make sense. Casting spells with wands If this sounds sweet and fuzzy let s flip that image Half the story is told by the detective I would be first in line for a motion picture because the whole thread is carried by intelligent wit At the same time humour detracts absolutely nothing from the mystical vibes enmeshed in the book Nothing is pushed too far over the top This is a non magical pair readers can connect with All of the elements work and your interest is grabbed on every page I swear that this leans a lot towards fantasy There are life and death battles and decent moments of lovemaking that definitely distinguish these works as grownup material Paperback Casting Spells is book one in the Sugar Maple series by Barbara Bretton. Casting spells for thunderstorms I went into this one think it was a cozy mystery but it focused on the romance then the mystery and so this is a paranormal cozy mystery romance It had a verity of paranormal elements with a dash of mystery and spark of magic. Kindle Casting spells I liked the portal the author did on the picture perfect town It s a sleepy New England town but everyone who lives in it is magical supernatural It s a haven for supernaturals A place for them to live protected from the outside world Chloe is the last of her line Her family cast a spell to protect the village a long time ago and as long as their is a female descendant inhabiting the village the town is protected I enjoyed the story I liked Chloe s backstory and her knitting shop but I was surprised with the towns people They where all against her blame her for something she has no control over at least at this point in her life but what really got to me was her friends They kept telling her that the man she has sparks with isn t the one for her even though she clearly has magical sparks with him It was sad to see her friends not support her and it was upsetting to see the town not have faith in her The side mystery on who killed one of the visitors to the town and who is out to get Chloe was ok I I had a feeling on who the evil villain would be As for reading on in the series I m not sure I will I read the blurb for Book 2 Laced with Magic and I am not a fan of ex s returning whether their ex wife or ex girlfriend That trope is a turn off for me and irks me. Casting Spells paranormal tales Rated 3 Stars Paperback ARGH I wanted to like this book so much Knitting Magic what could be fun Turns out almost anything The magic felt exactly like watching a Disney movie in the clean up scene I would not have been surprised if someone had said Bippity Boppity Boo the plot was force fed onto us without scenes to give adequate explanations as to why this is happening and there were tons of simple childish writing ploys such as in the climax scene our heroine landed on her hip at least three times Really Her hip Maybe she could have just fallen one of those times Not only did it take me over a month to sit down and read the last three chapters I finally decided to get it over with so I could move on in the end I was left wondering who the hell had edited this I am now off to find out if the knitting tips at the back make it worth the time I spent reading the novel Paperback Two and a half stars First off this book was recommended to me by some list somewhere because I like knitting and I like modern fantasies Well that s all true but it really is a romance I have never liked romances because I need of a plot than just whether they ll get together since they always do anyway Despite that I actually enjoyed this one The plot isn t particularly complex but it kept me going The writing style is easy and fluid and the book is a quick read despite being over 300 pages I read it in one sitting not even any breaks It s predictable but the conversational tone of the protagonists and the silliness of the situation made it pleasurable enough to stick with My main complaint is the jumping back and forth between the two lovebirds I would have preferred the book stick with one or the other If you like romances as well as knitting and urban fantasy you ll probably enjoy this If you want something that will stick to your ribs look elsewhere Paperback
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Great startWell who would have thought that a nice postcard looking town would have all kinds of different people aka shifters witches games and of course the part human or shall I say human Chloe has been in Sugar Maple all her life but there are things that she didn t see coming and that also includes Luke Luke came to the small town to investigate the death of a childhood friend Everyone in the town are trying their best to speed his exit from the town before their secrets come out So much goes on in this first book that I can t wait to get to the next one and see what s going to happen next and who Paperback This was a really fun book Sugar Maple VT is a tiny town that is picture perfect imagine a sleepy little New England town but basically everyone is magical fairies vampires etc the main character is half human but hasn t discovered her magical powers she has a knitting store and there are a ton of knitting references for me it was like reading a foreign language but for a knitter they would probably love the tips and references magic adventure and love make this a light fun read I hope the author turns this into a series Paperback I absolutely loved this book The writing was great I enjoyed the story and I enjoyed the characters I can t wait to read the rest of the series Absolutely recommend this series Paperback New England LYS owner discovers her legacy of magick saves her little town from evil and gets it on with a hot cop This is why I learned to knit Paperback Around the Year in 52 Books 2018 Reading Challenge An author who has the same 1st and last initial. Casting Spells paranormal lockdown Sugar Maple Vermont looks like any other small town in New England until one looks closer It seems to be a replica of Salem Massachusetts WHY would the founders have copied that infamous village Sugar Maple was established as a haven for vampires trolls fairies werewolves sorcerers witches and Ages ago a powerful sorceress cast a spell of protection over the village that would last as long as any of her female descendants inhabited the village Chloe Hobbs is the last female in the line and the spell seems to be failing Chloe who is half mortal doesn t seem to have inherited her mother s powers Friends keep insisting that her mother also didn t have powers until she fell in love and they keep trying to fix her up with trolls selkies fae any possibility One night a visitor to town dies and now the state has questions Why is there no police force in Sugar Maple Where are the records of births marriages and deaths What happened to the young lady who died They assign a detective from Boston to go to Sugar Maple temporarily to investigate the death and remain for a few months until the citizens of Sugar Maple can elect a sheriff And that is when the sparks start quite literally to fly Interesting beginning to this series Lots of potential Paperback.: Casting spells outside of combat 5e But this is Twu Wuv My hand touched his and we both jumped back as silver white sparks crackled through the space between us