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Something Wiccan This Way Comes
by Michalea Moore
Series: Wheel of the Year Mysteries #1
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Published by Eloquent Peasant Books on April 17, 2023
Genres: Paranormal Romantic Mystery
Pages: 377
Format: ebook, Kindle, Paperback
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The Tarot has spoken: Love and murder are in the cards.
Can a Tarot-reading witch and a high-tech billionaire combine their talents to solve crimes, clear their names, and find true love? Something Wiccan This Way Comes combines romance and magick with a witchy flavor and a hint of Tarot wrapped in a mystery.
In the near future in a world riddled by pandemics, Maren Lilienthal, a rebellious heiress and witch, is cheated out of her fortune and forced to return to her wealthy family and hometown. A town where old secrets, ghosts, lovers, and enemies never die. Maren believes the safest place for her might be the broom closet. Cyrus Harper, a sexy billionaire who made his fortune with virus-scanning technology, charms her into coming out. Not everyone falls under the spell of the town’s newest couple or wishes them well. When Cyrus and Maren are framed for a ritual murder on Imbolc, the Wheel of Fortune Tarot reading holds the answer to what happened. Will white magick, Tarot, and technology save them or make things worse? Something Wiccan is definitely not your grandmother’s cauldron.
Something Wiccan This Way Comes by Michalea Moore is set in a dystopian time where we are riddled with pandemics, and only the rich can access a device to help be alerted to anyone with a virus.
Will Maren get the real killer?
Maren Lilienthal and Cyrus Harper
Maren Lilienthal is a young lady who has money and believes she is a witch. Maybe being an actual witch, it was very confusing to tell. She loses her entire inheritance by an investor bleeding her dry, and I guess running away with not only Maren’s money but others as well. Maren comes home to be with her family, who gives her a job within one of the family’s companies in her hometown, and she’s fine again. I have to say that I had a hard time feeling sorry for Maren about everything that’s happening to her throughout the book.
Cyrus Harper, unlike Maren, earned his money through his company, which happens to be doing great with its human virus scanning technology. I had a hard time liking this character as well. He bugged me whenever he ends a sentence with “yeah,” which is often unless he isn’t feeling happy. I also disliked how Maren says he is a fae prince because of his looks before getting to know him.
The Mystery
Maren and Cyrus end up having conversations with the victim that ended badly for them both. This means that Riverton is a small town; the police already knew, and that was brought to their attention. I had a hard time concentrating on the mystery as the victim didn’t die until after the book was halfway. To me, the victim, Maren, Cyrus, and the killer all could be taken down a peg or two. The mystery also wasn’t that well plotted. Also, it was easy to figure out who was going to die and whodunit. I understand it’s the first in a series, but the world wasn’t clear to me, and the character’s issues seemed like champagne problems.
Three Stars
I am giving three stars to Something Wiccan This Way Comes by Michalea Moore.
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About Michalea Moore
I’ve always been a reader and a writer. There’s a well-concealed photo of me on the potty chair “reading” a picture book. I taped stories written in crayon to the bricks of my grandmother’s front porch. In 3rd grade, I published my first novel using an old typewriter. Back in the days when carbon paper was the only way to make copies, I produced three copies of a story about my grandfather teaching my cat, duck, and chicken to eat together. I received 25 cents from my grandmother, mother, and a neighbor. Magic, right?
As a child, I was the Queen of our Public Library, which looked like a castle; the children’s reading room was a tower. My favorite books were The Girls’ Book of Famous Queens and Cleopatra of Egypt. I checked out those books so often the librarian said I was depriving the other children and limited my check-out privileges.
You don’t get interested in Egypt without stumbling into its magical system. Egyptian magic led me to the world’s first and arguably greatest witch/magician, the goddess Isis. Once you find Isis, you’re on the doorstep of a great love story. Isis is the protagonist in my first Egyptian novel, Queen of Heka.
I was hooked on powerful, magical women who love powerfully. . . when they find a worthy man. I wanted to write about them. Magic is the icing on the cake.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2023 Beachcombers Mystery RC
- 2023 Cloak and Dagger
- 2023 Goodreads RC
- 2023 Medical Examiner RC
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