Witch Way to Murder (Ophelia & Abby Mysteries, No. 1) by Shirley Damsgaard Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Witch Way to Murder (Ophelia & Abby Mysteries, No. 1)
Book Review: A fun read that doesn't take itself too seriously!
Summary: 4 Stars
Not going to give a synopsis of the book - already been done plenty. Add me to the people who really enjoyed this unusual mystery in a small town in Iowa. Large doses of white witchcraft give the story a unique twist. Novel doesn't take itself too seriously - just a fun read. I'll be reading more in the series! Book Review: light and endearing.....
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was a good read for me. Not too involved that I had to turn back to remember people but a good story- a touch of the craft and a touch of romance and a lot of mystery.....my kind of book in a crazy world, ya just need a little escape time, right?Book Review: protagonist is a pill, so everything else is hard to swallow
Summary: 3 Stars
I'd heard a lot of good things about the Abby and Ophelia mystery series, so I was really prepared to like WITCH WAY TO MURDER. Unfortunately, it didn't happen.
The mystery is put together well enough - there's evidence that someone's operating a meth lab nearby, a brutally murdered John Doe turns up in a local park, and handsome stranger Rick Davis is passing through town, asking a few too many questions. The clues aren't too obvious, although the villains aren't too hard to spot, either.
What turned me off to this book was the protagonist, Ophelia Jensen. Her best friend was murdered four years before the start of this book, and she thinks that's a good excuse to be hostile, antisocial and snappish. An experience like won't make your outlook on life any sunnier, that's for sure, and will probably change you forever - but Ophelia's reaction is extreme, and she's hard to like.
She goes through the novel assuming her coworker Darci is a bimbo because she's got a great body, alternately telling her grandmother Abby that magic doesn't exist or insulting her for using it, badmouthing mysterious, handsome Rick (who kind of deserves it, I have to admit), and sniffing at the rest of the townspeople like day-old bread. I just wasn't rooting for her. At all.
WITCH WAY TO MURDER also lost major points from me because of the ending, which I thought was pretty badly botched.
Book Review: Wonderful Preview of whats to come!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I really liked the book. Made me laugh out loud at times. Love the Characters.... Ophelia is funny and vunerable. Abby is the Gramma I wished I had. Full of page turning fun and Mystery!!Book Review: Witch way to boredom...
Summary: 3 Stars
The first book to the Ophelia and Abby series was a let down for me. I found myself struggling to finish reading the book. It didn't actually start getting good till the last few chapters. Once it did get good though i found myself relieved. This book is okay if you like cozy reads, but if you want more excitement i suggest something else.