I have read and reviewed the previous work on the blog: here
This is the second in a series. I read it just to see where the story might go after the chaotic events of the last. This is a cozy mystery with magic as its foundation. This is magic with a big M. A coven of witches is trying to compile all their individual family magic into one place so that they can all learn to grow their own skills. I actually liked the central mystery more than the power dynamics in the background. In the previous book, the lead protagonist had recently discovered something about her family that she knew nothing about. She has been handed the responsibility of seeing her late aunt’s plan to its fruition. This is chaffing on her, especially since her powers seem like an unasked-for burden. Myrtle hits the ground running in this installment since this story starts almost exactly where the other left off. We begin with a suspicious death that draws the police back into the same orbit as the other people we have come to recognize. There is a continuing narrative of the old witch hunters and the magicky people who left, but to know more about that, one will have to read the next. I may not be continuing with the series, but it is one I think the more fantasy-oriented fans of the cozy mystery genre would better appreciate. I received an ARC thanks to NetGalley and the publisher but the review is entirely based on my own reading experience.
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