Search - Casting Spells (Sugar Maple Chronicles, Bk 1)

I'm reading this now and loving it. Very cute and I can't wait for the next in the series. It doesn't read like a paranormal. Rather more like a romance with paranormal charachters.


Sugar Maple looks like any Vermont town, but itas inhabited with warlocks, sprites, vampires, witchesaand an ancient secret. And Chloe Hobbs, owner of Sticks & String, a popular knitting shop, has a big secret too. Sheas a sorcereras daughter in search of Mr. Rightaand sheas found him in Luke MacKenzie, a cop investigating Sugar Mapleas very first murder. Bad news is heas 100% human, which could spell disaster for a normal future with a paranormal woman like her.

Not a bad read.

And not at all what I was expecting Like the previous reviewer said, it isn't like a regular paranormal. It's pretty much a clean romance, so if you're looking for heat (i.e sex), this one doesn't really have any. But it was cute. And it's first person, but you get both the Heroine and the Hero's Point of view, so that's an added bonus. I didn't really like any of the the secondary characters, in particular the heroine's friends (I can't help but think she could find better)



So overall... I'll say it's worth reading, but not really a keeper.

One of the most unusual books I've recently read. Would not pursue reading the rest of the series.

For me this was ok but only because it wasn't my thing.

Not a lot was happening, but the book was full of fantasy paranormal activity, friends shape shifting, along with other unusual happenings..but as a reader I was not drawn into the world enough in the beginning for any of these things to be of interest.

One can't help but be thoroughly enchanted by the delightful ambiance of the story as Ms. Bretton sets a smooth pace for the story, gradually building up to the grand finale. CASTING SPELLS alternates perspectives as the story is told from both Luke and Chloe's points of views. The side story of Gunnar is a poignant one and only adds to the overall mystique as we see it unfold from the perspectives of Luke and Chloe.

I will read the next book to see how it fares.

This is such a fun book - stretches the imagination and is hard to put down. In fact, I started it one evening and didn't put it down until I finished it ( about 2 AM!!).