A Review of Laced with Magic by Barbara Bretton

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Four Point Five Fangs for Laced with Magic


Barbara Bretton take us back to Sugar Maple, Vermont in Laced with Magic the follow up to Casting Spells.

Luke and Chloe are doing good, so good he's even moved in with her and seems to be dealing well with the magical mishaps and townspeople, too bad some of them aren't too thrilled with him.

Then things go downhill quickly when Chloe announces Luke is going to be the permanent chief of police at a town meeting, before discussing it with him. Then his ex-wife shows up and drops a bombshell - she's been seeing and talking to their dead daughter Steffie-a daughter Chloe knew nothing about.

To really make things bad- Steffie's spirit is being held hostage by Isadora, the crazy Fae leader that Chloe banished to another realm. Isadora's hell bent on taking Sugar Maple to the other side and away from all humanity, but that will put many of the town folk in jeopardy but there are some who agree with her and are making Chloe and Luke's life miserable.

Bretton has woven (or should I say knitted) another engaging tale of magic versus humanity in an intriguing story I couldn't put down.

I hope Chloe and Luke can work things out and that Sugar Maple will be safe from Isadora but the book ends with a real cliffhanger that leaves you wondering "What now?"

It was strange to read the story from three different points of view. I am used to just one or two but to be inside the head of Chloe, Luke and Luke's ex Karen left me a little confused sometimes but it was nice being able to get the story from all angles.

It's interesting to see how preconceived notions based on appearances can really effect our judgement of people. Just because someone is beautiful doesn't mean life is easy. Chloe and Karen are complete opposites but both think the other is prettier, more womanly, etc yet in the end they are quite similar and see that no one has a charmed life-even if they have magic. I love how Bretton worked that into the story- that we shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, or a person by how they look.

I also love her knitting references though I had to look some things up because I know NOTHING about knitting it makes the story new and fun learning about knitting terms and how into it some people are.

Laced with Magic will pull you right back into Sugar Maple and leave you rooting for Chloe and Luke.

All I want to know is: when's the next book going to be out?