Review: Rock Music Magic
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2013
No, not THAT kind of "rock" music!  Cassidy Farrell is a world renowned Celtic fiddler.  She is also a very special earth witch -- she communes with the ancient stones of the Irish and Nova Scotia coastlines.  When the stones guide her to Fishers Cove in the off season, she is welcomed with open arms by everyone except Marcus Buchanan.  I read this book on my Kindle and it took me all of 5% to figure out where that was going.I'm glad to see Marcus coming out of his grumpy shell. The guy had a traumatic childhood and deserves all the love and happiness Debora can conjure for him.  That said, the romantic development between him and Cass was all too predictable in terms of attraction/resistance drama.  The drama factor seemed more amped up in this book than the romance between Nat and Jamie in Book One, and this story didn't seem to have as much fun in it.  Concern for Mike and Sophie's baby was also an uncomfortable undercurrent.I think Debora is a good writer and I admire her development as a writer as the series has progressed.  She tackles different, and sometimes difficult, themes in each book, such as in A Different Witch. Even though I've enjoyed this series, I think I'm done.  I miss the dizzying, magical romp of the first few Modern Witch series and the Witches on Parole spinoff, bursting with pints of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, cookies, and lots of pink glitter.  Or perhaps I just prefer Witch Central in California, even though I like the way Debora creates a very different feel for Fishers Cove. The Irish overtones in this book were just too much for me this time around.So while I wish Debora, Cass, Marcus, and Morgan all the best, I won't be following their story in Swordfights and Lullabies or the conclusion to the series, Book 7.