Review: Very Entertaining.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2014
Overall, "Witching On A Star" was a delightful read.  One thing that I really like about this series is that each book is giving an actual resolution rather than ending in a cliff hanger.  Thus, one book in the series can be read and enjoyed without reading any others within the series.  Having read all the other books in the series, it was fun to be back among Bay, Landon, Aunt Tillie and the rest of the gang.  I think that the description on the product page discloses enough specifics re the story's content so I won't go there. Besides in my reviews I generally try to avoid spoilers as much as possible.  I will say that the plot is really good, there are a couple of interesting sub-plots but they are not distracting, there's PG-13 romance, no real profanity, humor, mystery, a bit of suspense, ghosts, of course, a bit of magic,and the character development is expandeding and gets better with each subsequent book. I found the primary plot of particular interest and though the subject matter is heart wrenching and the villains who facilitate such an atrocious crime are despicable [and should spend eternity in Dante's 9 circles of hell] I liked the way the author handled the subject and how she resolved the storyline. This book is a definite recommend especially to those looking for a mostly lite paranormal cozy mystery.Cons: That being said, there are 2 things about this series that I find neither entertaining nor humorous. (1)I find it irritating beyond measure that the 3 mothers refuse to recognize their daughters rights to personal space and think that it is acceptable to bust into their home and bedrooms even when their daughters are entertaining male guest.  Owning the guest house in which their daughters live is simply no excuse for such disrespectful behavior.  Come on, we are talking about daughters who are 26, 27 and 28 year old women here.  It just irritates me!  (2) I've noticed in all 4 books that the author is overly found of using adjectives at the end of a characters statements, e.g. "...Bay said blithely."  "Blithely" is apparently a favorite of the author's because it is used ad nauseam in all of the books and was used 13 times in this book alone. I don't claim to be an expert in grammar and forgive me if I'm nitpicking, but I find the practice mentally "jarring" and rather disruptive to the flow of the dialogue, as well as, to my literary experience.  There was also: "dismissively" used 4 times, "snidely" uses 4 times, "sagely" used 10 times, "blandly" used 9 times, and "snottily" used 4 times but for me "blithely" was the worse.  I literally mentally froze every time the word was used besides doesn't this word have any synonyms.NEVERTHELESS, will I continue to read the series? Yes, because I like more about the series than what I find irritating about it.