It Takes a Witch (A Wishcraft Mystery #1)

It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 Stars. This is the first book in a hopefully long series.

Darcy Merriweather and her sister Harper didn't know they were wish crafter's until after their father died and their Aunt V showed up and told them about their heritage, and encouraged them to move to the little town of Enchantment. Darcy was ready for a change, she was newly divorced from her ex-husband, who said Darcy had become boring, dull, and he didn't want to have any children. Darcy was more hurt from her ex had already moved in with his girlfriend who was also pregnant. So Darcy was more than ready to move on. Little did she know her life was going to change.

Darcy is a wish crafter, she's only allowed to grant wishes someone makes and they must be pure of heart when they make the wish. She's not allowed to grant her own wishes nor is she to encourage the person to make the wish, and if she breaks the rules she's called before the elder and the elder dishes out the punishment, in which they can lose their powers for a period of time, or permanently, in which Darcy finds out rather quickly and is also warned to learn to get a grip on her new found craft.

At a town meeting, Amanda Shipley is found dead, with Aunt V's beau hovering over the body and the prime suspect. Darcy wants to help with the investigation for Aunt V's sake, but since she's not a cop, she starts her own investigation and with some help with the few town's folk spilling the gossips she has more information to go on, but there's one problem, Nick, a former sheriff from Boston who moves to the village with his daughter Mimi after his ex-wife dies, and makes Darcy's heart skip a beat, or two. Can Darcy find the murderer, can she keep her powers in check, and can she allow Nick into her heart and take a chance on love again?

I bounced back and forth on who the killer was and in the end I was wrong! The cast of characters are easy to keep straight and for the most part either you like them or you don't. The pace of the book is about a medium pace, but you can follow along nicely. I will be reading the next one in the series because I did enjoy the book.







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