Halfway Dead (Halfway Witchy Series #1)
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Published: June 30th, 2015
Paperback, 264 pages
MY GOODREADS RATING 5/5 STARS
(Thanks to Terry Maggert, himself, I received a copy of this book to review)
GOODREADS SYNOPSIS:
Come for the waffles. Stay for the magic.
Carlie McEwan loves many things.
She loves being a witch. She loves her town of Halfway, NY—a tourist destination nestled on the shores of an Adirondack lake. Carlie loves her enormous familiar, Gus, who is twenty-five pounds of judgmental Maine Coon cat, and she positively worships her Grandmother, a witch of incredible power and wisdom. Carlie spends her days cooking at the finest—and only—real diner in town, and her life is a balance between magic and the mundane, just as she likes it.
When a blonde stranger sits at the diner counter and calls her by name, that balance is gone. Major Pickford asks Carlie to lead him into the deepest shadows of the forest to find a mythical circle of chestnut trees, thought lost to forever to mankind. There are ghosts in the forest, and one of them cries out to Carlie across the years--Come find me.
Like the forest shadows, danger can run deep. The threat is real, but Carlie’s magic is born of a pure spirit. With the help of Gus, and Gran, and a rugged cop who really does want to save the world, she’ll fight to bring a ghost home, and deliver justice to a murderer who hides in the cool, mysterious green of a forest gone mad with magic
Come for the waffles. Stay for the magic.
Carlie McEwan loves many things.
She loves being a witch. She loves her town of Halfway, NY—a tourist destination nestled on the shores of an Adirondack lake. Carlie loves her enormous familiar, Gus, who is twenty-five pounds of judgmental Maine Coon cat, and she positively worships her Grandmother, a witch of incredible power and wisdom. Carlie spends her days cooking at the finest—and only—real diner in town, and her life is a balance between magic and the mundane, just as she likes it.
When a blonde stranger sits at the diner counter and calls her by name, that balance is gone. Major Pickford asks Carlie to lead him into the deepest shadows of the forest to find a mythical circle of chestnut trees, thought lost to forever to mankind. There are ghosts in the forest, and one of them cries out to Carlie across the years--Come find me.
Like the forest shadows, danger can run deep. The threat is real, but Carlie’s magic is born of a pure spirit. With the help of Gus, and Gran, and a rugged cop who really does want to save the world, she’ll fight to bring a ghost home, and deliver justice to a murderer who hides in the cool, mysterious green of a forest gone mad with magic
MY THOUGHTS:
I really loved this book, which came as no surprise considering I love books based on magic and fantasy elements. Honestly the title really stood out to me, I feel it was well thought out and suited the book perfectly.
I loved the attention to detail throughout the story. The descriptions gave me a wonderful picture, without going overboard. I find in most fantasy novels I get bored pretty easily when everything is overly detailed. The details I most enjoyed were the uniqueness of the creatures names, especially the Wendigo.
The main character was perfection. Her sense of humor was excellent and most of her one liners actually had me laughing out loud.
I kept comparing the writing style to Rick Riordan and/or Charlaine Harris, both of whom I love, which made me so excited to keep reading. Not many authors are talented enough to creep you out and give you a good laugh in the same sentence.
This story was so intriguing I can't wait to get to the next book in the series! I have a hard time following through with finishing series, but I can already tell this series will not be a problem!
I loved the attention to detail throughout the story. The descriptions gave me a wonderful picture, without going overboard. I find in most fantasy novels I get bored pretty easily when everything is overly detailed. The details I most enjoyed were the uniqueness of the creatures names, especially the Wendigo.
The main character was perfection. Her sense of humor was excellent and most of her one liners actually had me laughing out loud.
I kept comparing the writing style to Rick Riordan and/or Charlaine Harris, both of whom I love, which made me so excited to keep reading. Not many authors are talented enough to creep you out and give you a good laugh in the same sentence.
This story was so intriguing I can't wait to get to the next book in the series! I have a hard time following through with finishing series, but I can already tell this series will not be a problem!
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