Review: Warning: *NOT* A STAND-ALONE READ
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2014
CHARMED: A SUGAR MAPLE SHORT STORY by Barbara Bretton is a paranormal (romance?), evidently (from liberal backstory) a continuation of previous book(s).  Having not read the other books in this series, specifically one(s) that preceded it, I was quite lost as to the unique world the author had created wherein this short story takes place.  The back story fills in a lot of holes (but not enough to stand alone), i.e., the point-of-view character, Chloe, is half-sorceress, half-human in a town in Vermont where EVERYONE is magick.  Chloe is married to the "love of her life, Luke," who is 100% human.  They're pregnant, and this is somehow (but I couldn't see how) a HUGE development.  And when this secret is revealed, everything falls apart.  The secret is revealed by a heretofore unknown magick person who was simply in town to attend one of Chloe's knitting conventions.This short story runs 26 pages (minus front- and back-matter).  It was well-written.  Seemed charming and interesting.  I might have to go find the previous books in Bretton's series so I can understand more of the story setting.