Review of The Seventh Witch by Shirley Damsgaard

I love the Ophelia and Abby Mysteries. They have all the elements of the paranormal that I love without the intense violence and sexual drama that I usually read.

When I crave something a little lighter than my normal reads I reach for Shirley Damsgaard or Madelyn Alt, each write great books that I've dubbed witch lit. They are more chick lit than paranormal romance or urban fantasy yet they hold the paranormal elements = witch lit.

I stumbled across this series at the library when it was only 2 books in. I instantly fell in love with them and now have them on my must have list, they always get pre-ordered. I even share them with both my mom and daughter.

In the 7th book of the series titled The Seventh Witch, Ophelia and her grandmother Abby have gone to Abby's old home in the mountains of North Carolina for great aunt Mary's 100 birthday party.

What they encounter is more than they bargained for as old secrets, family feuds, and the long buried past all come to the surface to cause trouble.

A family of rival witches seems to be at the center of it all as Sharon Doran evil bitch witch spews out her hatred making everyone in town fear her and setting her beady little sights on Ophelia. And Ophelia with her knack for finding dead people -stumbles across a dead body once again and is sure that Sharon is behind it. To make things even more complicated Ophelia also stumbles across a familiar face that makes her heart race, too bad he's undercover and tangled up with Sharon too.

Who knew life in the sleepy mountains could be so dangerous? Secrets, lies, drug dealers, witches, fires, murders, sexy undercover agents...

The Seventh Witch is a page turner you won't want to put down until your done.

Witch Lit at it's best.

Two Books Read this Week: 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover and The Witch's Grave

I managed to read two books this week: 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover by Linda Wisdom and The Witch's Grave by Shirley Damsgaard. Two very fabulous books.

I have been waiting for The Witch's Grave for awhile now but while I was waiting I found Linda Wilson's witch series. The first book is 50 Ways.

I love Jazz, a great witch with attitude and spunk who is head over heals in love with a vampire, even if she doesn't want to admit to it. For centuries Jazz and Nick have been on again, off again lovers, though their encounters usually end up with Nick sticking Jazz in jail, for her own good. No one wants to be stuck in a jail cell, especially not a feisty witch, and really not ever by your vampire boyfriend. Well, this time Nick really needs Jazz's help. Can she help him without getting stuck in jail? Can she resist the attraction and desire between them while doing what needs to be done? Or will this mission be the end of them and their lives?

Great book, I am off to read the second one, Hex Appeal very soon.

Now to The Witch's Grave. Ophelia's been having sexy dreams and sudden;y her dream lover is right in front of her but as soon as she meets him he's shot. Did Ophelia lose her soul mate before having the chance to love him in this life or was it just not meant to be?

My full review of The Witch's Grave will soon be on NightOwlRomance.com, I'll post a link when it is up.

Really fabulous book. I love Abby and Ophelia. I hope to see more of them soon.

Didn't Get My Books Yet

Can you believe my local Borders didn't have the books in that I wanted. They were released on December 30 which is the day I was in the store but the store had not received the shipment yet. The salesguy/clerk/whatever, who was very helpful by the way, said he didn't know if it was the holidays or the weather but the books were not at the store.



So I didn't get my copies of At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost (the third book in the Night Huntress series) or The Witch's Grave ( the 6th book in the Abby and Ophelia Mysteries series) by Shirley Damsgaard. I guess I should have ordered them online I would have had them already. Oh well, I ordered then through the store.

Good thing I still have other books to finish reading.



The Bewitching series by Madelyn Alt is turning out to be quite good. I just finished the second book, A Charmed Death, and I am ready to start the third, Hex Marks the Spot. The newest book, the fourth in the series, No Rest for the Wiccan, came out in November. I'll have to find that one. When I checked these three out from the library they didn't have the fourth yet.

I like the Bewitching Series. Very paranormal chick lit mystery style. They are like the Abby and Ophelia Mysteries, which is actually how I found them. They were an Amazon recommendation that popped up when I was searching for the release date of The Witch's Grave months ago.

Anyway the Bewitching series has that irresistible charm of the outcast girl turned woman who lives alone and is not nor has ever been the popular center of attention type of girl. A little awkward and lacking self confidence she's always been different. Finding magick has made her realize she is not as different or alone as she thought. (this could describe the main protagonist in either the Bewitching series or Abby and Ophelia).

There's minimal bad language, no graphic sex (not any sex at all so far, hints and allusions to, but the main character is still untouched numerous books into the series) and just a hint of romance. But there's so much action going on, murders and mysteries to solve- who has time for romance- right?

Make time, I want to see these girls hook up. In the Bewitching series Maggie really needs to hook up with Marcus. Her current love interest, Tom, the cop, is all wrong. He is the guy her mother would choose for her. So far poor Maggs is still stuck in her old belief system and too blind to see the perfect man right in front of her face because she thinks he is taken. All signs I'm reading say he's not and that he's totally into her. Hopefully in the next books Maggie and Marcus will eventually hook up.

I've already shared the Abby and Ophelia series with my mom, I think she would love these books by Madelyn Alt. Most of what I read isn't her style, she can't stand the bad language or gratuitous sex. She's not much for major detailed violence either. But I am sure she would love the Bewitching series.