The Witch and the Dead
by Heather Blake
Series: Wishcraft Mystery #7
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Published by Berkley on October 4, 2016
Genres: Cozy Paranormal Mystery
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: It Takes a Witch, A Witch Before Dying, The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy, The Goodbye Witch, Some Like It Witchy, Gone With the Witch, To Catch a Witch, A Witch to Remember
The national bestselling author of Gone with the Witch returns as wish-granting witch Darcy Merriweather uncovers dangerous skeletons in the closet—and the garage....
When Darcy moved to Salem, Massachusetts, she never expected her life to change as drastically as it did. But within a short time, the Enchanted Village has become her home, its mystical residents have become her family, and As You Wish, the personal concierge business formerly run by her Aunt Ve, has become her calling. Still, the time has come for change—and for Darcy to move out of Aunt Ve’s house. Darcy’s belongings are stashed in Aunt Ve’s garage, alongside a mess of memories, forgotten possessions, and, to both Ve and Darcy’s horror, a pile of old bones. It turns out they belong to Ve’s long missing second husband. Now Darcy must unpack old secrets to solve a cold case—and make sure her aunt isn’t looking at a spell behind bars.
Moving to a new home for Darcy Merriweather isn’t as simple as she thought it should be.
The Witch and the Dead by Heather Blake is another excellent book by this fantastic author. I am delighted to have read it now. However, the book is in fall time and Darcy had me wanting to drink hot chocolate, which isn’t great in the 100+ degree summertime heat.
What I liked about this book:
- Darcy and her friends are back in this book 7 of A Wishcraft Mystery series, and it’s fantastic just like the first six books. As with the rest of the books in the series, this is also in the first-person point of view, and that is of Darcy’s.
- I love how Mrs. Blake makes us feel in each book like we are with the characters learning about these murders and trying to solve the mystery with them. It doesn’t matter whatever season we are in it with them. It’s a great thing when it’s scorching to feel the coolness of the fall season even if you aren’t in the fall season.
- Another thing that I loved about The Witch and the Dead by Heather Blake is that it was terrific to catch up with Darcy and her friend and refresh my memory before reading To Catch a Witch this winter (on my schedule for November or December). I am very excited to get back into this world.
- Another thing that I love is the dynamics that each story has especially for the people that have loved ones that are being a bit difficult to handle.
- I also love the little tidbit about the acorns.
What I disliked about this book:
It’s also a bit hard to do this part in any book review. I didn’t like that everyone was so judgmental about Ve’s involvement in the murder of her missing second husband. I also didn’t like the fact that Dorothy is still so mean to Darcy even more so in this book than those before. The other things I dislike happen to be spoilers and I try my hardest not to spoil anything for anyone.
What I am curious about for the next book:
I am curious about a lot of things for the next book, especially how everyone will like it how Darcy is running “As You Wish” and about some other stuff. Spoilers and all, so I am keeping that to myself.
Five Stars
Like always The Witch and the Dead by Heather Blake is another five-star worthy book to me. It kept me guessing, and I didn’t know who did it until the end. It was so good, like the others books in the series. I am glad to have read this novel. I will so totally recommend this book to anyone that loves a cozy witch mystery books.
If you haven’t had a chance check out the A Wishcraft Mystery Series, they are fabulously witchy.
Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of The Witch and the Dead by Heather Blake. I updated this review on February 19, 2020.
Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
About Heather Blake
Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber) is the author of more than twenty novels and has been twice nominated for an Agatha Award. She’s a total homebody who loves to be close to her family, read, watch reality TV (especially cooking competition shows), drink too much coffee, crochet, bake (mostly cookies), and occasionally leave the house to travel to the beautiful mountains in the northeast. Heather grew up in a suburb of Boston, but currently she lives in the Cincinnati area with her family and is hard at work on her next book.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2018 Goodreads Reading Challenge
- 2018 Kitty Lit Reading Challenge
- 2018 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge
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