| Title | : | Witching on a Star (Wicked Witches of the Midwest, #4) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 391 |
| Publication | : | First published March 17, 2014 |
For the Winchester witches, though, being wicked is only half the fun.
After a long winter, spring has finally hit Hemlock Cove and Bay Winchester thinks things are finally settling down in the town – and with her family. Unfortunately, just the opposite is true.
As a way to distract Aunt Tillie, the Winchester family has decided to give her a new project: Her own greenhouse. As construction starts, though, Bay is approached by a young girl – one she quickly realizes is no longer among the living – and given a task. The litter girl wants her mother – and she wants Bay to find her.
If that wasn't bad enough, Bay's boss has brought in a consultant who wants to up The Monitor's production to three times a week, Bay's father and uncles are in the midst of opening their own rival inn – which has the middle generation of Winchester witches in a tizzy (and Aunt Tillie on the warpath) – and FBI agent Landon Michaels is finally embracing the truth about witchcraft.
In short order, Bay finds out that there may be more than one ghost in need of help, Landon is still suspicious when it comes to the Winchesters and Aunt Tillie finds she has an unlikely suitor in pursuit of her curmudgeonly affections, which doesn't stop her from cursing the youngest witches in the family when the mood hits.
It's just a normal week in Hemlock Cove – that is until the truth about two small ghosts blows sky high and brings a world of trouble to the Winchester witches' doorstep.
Witching on a Star (Wicked Witches of the Midwest, #4) Reviews
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Cute, as usual. The family, their love, their squabbles, and their loyalty is fun to read. The mystery was interesting enough - and not quite as predictable as I thought. I messed up and skipped book #3, which is where Landon and Bay actually start a relationship. Oh well. I loved Aunt Tilly the most, naturally.
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I am done with this series. I said that 2 books ago, but I mean it this time. :D I listen to the audiobooks and you would think that SOMEONE would tell the narrator that she is misprouncing 'vehemently' after 4 books. I just can't take it anymore.
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I love the quick pace, the snarky humor, the funny characters. Amanda does a fantastic job of making you laugh and keeping you interested. Great job.
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Bay and Landon are enjoying their time together, and Bay is dealing with some stuff at her work. But when a little girl ghost gets into contact with her things get a little crazy. Now, they are looking for a boat filled with children to save, and they better get it together quickly before time runs out.
This book was really good. I enjoyed the drama, and the intense story line to this one as well. The mystery was really crazy and filled with lots of emotional aspects as well. I was really glad with the way this turned out, and I look forward to more in the next book. -
Excellent read, the fun these witches have and the poor confusion with their guys makes it a fun read. Love these books, funny, romantic, mystery and don't forget aunt tilly
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Of all the books so far read this one is the saddest because of the children. Witching you were here was sad because of the content of what that woman went through but this one was sad because of what those children were facing and going through.
Once again we have some brevity due to Aunt Tillie and how she is herself and that woman is a hoot. Landon is as sweet, patient and supportive as ever. Now that Bay has begun to trust him, their relationship can blossom. The dad’s are there but in the background in this book really. This book focuses on Bay and her cousins but mainly Bay and how she figures out what is going on with the children. While this is going on she is dealing with Aunt Tillie and her new project to help distract her, the fathers and how they are upsetting her mom and aunts and her boss thinking of bringing the paper to three publications a week. All the while trying to be open and honest with Landon as he has asked. This is hard only because of what she is doing and the ghosts she is seeing.
the cousins are bickering just as much in this one but you do feel for one of them because of how lonely she seems. We see more wtichcraft get used in this book but to me it still wasn’t enough due to how that has been something the book series is focused on and talked about.
the book is fun and sweet and a quick read. We have a few twists and turns that keep you on your toes but overall it is entertaining and good. Aunt Tillie will keep you in stitches. -
This was such an entertaining read from start to finish... These quirky characters and their witty humor had me laughing out loud, yet the story becomes balanced with moments of genuine emotion and familial loyalty... I really enjoy the connection amongst these characters especially the growing intensity between Bay and Landon; building their trust and interdependence with one another... The paranormal mystery aspect of this read was quite thrilling and held some important social themes that made it even more poignant... I look forward to continuing with this series and seeing how these characters and their stories continue to evolve... 4 Stars:)
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Another fun read
Amanda M. Lee does it again! Her sense of humor blends perfectly with her unique and entertaining cast of characters.
In this episode, Bay and her cousins face their fears, their fathers and some bad guys, but save the day (and some kids) in the end. Bay's relationship with Landon grows and we learn a little more about him too!
I can't wait to buy the next volume. I always laugh out loud as I tear through the pages. -
I am really starting to really like these books. It took a little while to get use to the constant bickering between the characters but this book finally showed a softer side of the characters. I like the little mysteries and it is set in Michigan too! Very weird to read the characters talking about Grand Rapids, Traverse City etc. Kind of cool.
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Another fun installment.
Once again Amanda M Lee delivers a great Winchester Witches tale. Full of the snappy dialogue, and compelling storytelling that fills this series. Highly recommended. -
Another hit
5 Star Kindle Unlimited Read
Author Amanda M. Lee did it again with another laugh out loud murder mystery! I just can't get enough of this series!! -
Trigger warning of child abduction. The ghosts in this one are children. One from the past and one from today. I'm glad they stopped the bad guys in this one and saved the girls. I hate how the foster system always seems to fail people. I think I need to find a book where it actually works out for someone for once. I can't get a read on Sam and I don't know if his a good guy or not.
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Witching on a Star This is the 4th book in the Wicked Witches of the Midwest series, and overall the best book in the series, but still not without a few things that detracted from the story.
The plot in this one was riveting; Bay sees the ghost of a little girl who wants to find her mother. The last thing the little girl ghost can remember is being on a boat with other kids, and then going to sleep.While investigating, Bay learns of a terrifying new crime and races to solve it before there are more deaths. Meanwhile, she has her hands full while overseeing the building of a new greenhouse for Aunt Tillie, dodging the consultant hired to expand The Whistler, and learning how to trust her relationship with hunky FBI agent Landon.
Aunt Tillie had a lot of endearing moments, it was nice to see the relationship growing between her and Bay into one a bit more supportive. although still testy. The romance was a nice touch, too. That'll be cute if it goes forward.
A great read, and hard to put down. But still, getting tired of the inane childish behavior, especially Thistle, who needs a boot up her ass. Nice that they're starting to be called out on it, though. Maybe this means they'll grow up a bit? Here's hoping.
Also, not sure what the point of Edith's rant was. It didn't add to the story and it really annoyed me. A little too heavy handed, as was all the talk about sex. I'm sure there's a better way of writing than to have one character exclaim about all the orgasms that Landon gives Bay. Really? Goes back to the childish, inane behavior I pointed out earlier. If it's supposed to be funny, it went over my head.
So, overall, 3.5 stars but would've easily been 5 stars if not for the childish BS.
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Major plot hole: The little girl ghost tells Bay (and Landon, by extension) that she's been aboard the new boat and heard that it's leaving in 2 days. They don't bother to ask her where the new boat is, because why wrap the whole mystery up only halfway through the book?
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Witching On A Star: Wicked Witches Of The Midwest Book 4.
I am so tempted to give this four stars. Let it be 3.98 stars.
There is no need to read the series in order, but for this book, it would add to the pleasure. AKA, If I read them to get to this gem, shouldn't you?
Bay Winchester is a journalist in a small town. She is also a witch, with the unique ability to see ghosts. Bay shares this gift with her Great Aunt Tillie. The Winchester women are all witches living together in the Town of Hemlock Cove: where they are neither welcomed or shunned.
Plot: The ghost of a girl child, Erika, long dead, is surprised she and Bay can communicate. Erika is sad and lonely because she is looking for her mum. Erika is also sad because there are children trapped on a boat with 'bad people'. She confides in Bay that it will sail in two days. Bay has to work out if Erika has presented a new problem or an old one. And I am not telling you. There are interesting subplots with a ghost, Sam and Aunt Tillie.
Witching On A Star has a strong opening, and the story continues in that vein. It is the most solid book in the series and honestly, it should have been book one. In this narrative, we get the backstory for the family. It helps to put the characters in perspective and the cousin’s adolescent behaviour. That does not mean I find all the bickering and fighting acceptable. I was also impressed with the novel because it dealt with multiculturalism. Wow!
I am still struggling with the constant bickering between the girls, but I have to read book five. You have to read book four to understand the need! So get reading, because this one is highly recommended and is off my guilty secrets list.
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Book Rating
Sexual Content: U
Language: U
Violent: U
Would I read the next oneor reread?: Yes
My rating system (* = star)
0* Could not finish this book (waste of time)
1* Finished the book but didn't like it.
2* Finished the book it was okay.
3* A good read worth your time.
4* An excellent read often with a novel concept or unusual plot.
5* A magnificent read. A prominent example of the genre. -
Adorable. Heather recommended this series to me and I finally got around to reading it. It was fantastic. Its like a cross between Charmed and the witty dialogue of Gilmore Girls. Love it. What a fun series. The cherry on top is that there is no cheesy sex...despite it hedging slightly towards paranormal romance.
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Frustrating
I find it very demeaning for Bay that Landon needs to know Every thing she does says who she talks to an why! He is a real jerk! It is frustrating to read every time Bay an her cousins do something he calls her a lyre and wants to know what their up to! Than he acts like he is aunt Tillies guardian you need to tone him down!!! -
It was my reread and no wonder this series has become my comfort read. No matter how bad a day you're having, you cannot help but laugh at Aunt Tillie's shenanigans or the bickering between Bay, Clove and Thistle.
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When a child's ghost appears..
When Erika, a young black girl, starts appearing Bay can't help but worry that something is deeply wrong.. not only are there no families she can belong to locally but she seems to be out of her era.. dressed in a simple homemade dress, Erika can't read or count and is finding it difficult to explain her life and death to Bay.. a frustrated Bay only knows that a ship is involved and that it's possible that when Erika slips between past and present tense it's because she's been waiting for so long to be found..
Meanwhile her douche boss Brian, still living at the Overlook, has now decided to bring in a business expert, Sam Cornell, to prove to Bay that The Whistler should expand to a thrice weekly publication. Bay's getting nowhere close to making Brian understand that news in Hemlock Cove cannot sustain more than a single weekly edition. She's wary of Sam whom she's sure knows it too but seems to be determined to push Brian on.. he's also rather too interested in her family and the paranormal.. he does little to calm her suspicions when he appears to be following her around and questioning a smitten and garalous Clove who's not prepared to listen to her cousins warnings.
Clove's on edge anyway having discovered that her father is now engaged to the interior designer "the dad's" have employed at the Dragonfly.. Karen is friendly enough but seems to be just a bit too squeaky clean and know far too many of the new faces in town for Bay and Thistle's liking.. how come Karen's spotted having deep discussions with Sam and Dean, another newbie, who wants to make the Dandridge lighthouse into a haunted attraction.. is she trying to scam Clove's father somehow? With Winnie, Marnie and Twila managing to steal the builders away to build Aunt Tillie a new glasshouse and wine store it doesn't look like they're going to be opening on time and Tillie's definitely keeping the builders busy planning turrets and Goddess knows what else!!
When Erika finds another much more recent ghost and brings her to Bay thing's that didn't add up until suddenly do and they realise there are lives at risk.. lots of very young ones.. but with only ghostly evidence Chief Terry and Landon have limited powers.. can the Winchesters find them in time?? -
Sometime in the mid-19th Century, a group of young black children, including a girl named Erika and her brother, were collected onto a boat and sent North to protect them from slavers. Unfortunately, somewhere in Lake Michigan, Erika became ill and died.
Some 160 years later, Bay Winchester, editor of Hemlock Cove's weekly newspaper, The Whistler, and a witch who can see and speak with the dead, encounters Erika's ghost and decides to help her move on. Meanwhile, Bay's dad and the dads of her two cousins are moving forward with their plans to refurbish the ruined Dragonfly Inn (in competition with their ex-wives), and Brian, the owner of The Whistler, wants to make it a thrice-weekly publication. And while all this is going on, Aunt Tillie finds a new suitor.
All just part of the dull, peaceful life that is Hemlock Cove! -
The slave trade brings out the worst in people
Awesome if slightly disturbing. A young girl's ghost has her trying to sort out what is happening now and what has happened in the past. (I really don't like books where children have died but it was treated with sympathy and feeling) Can she clear this up? Especially as her new boss is on a tear to make the newspaper's distribution rise by bring in a consultant who is hiding secrets, the absentee father's have shocked the girl's by the engagement of one of them and Aunt Tillie is on a roll. Wonderfully written with great banter and humour. Great romantic treatment that doesn't force the issue. Okay the culprits where easy to spot but this in no way detracted from a great read. A really great series. -
Bay is back along with her cousins Thistle and Clove with a new mystery. This mystery in this book revolves around a little ghost girl named Erika who doesn't know why she is dead, she just wants to find her mother. At the same time, Bay is dealing with the fact that her boss has brought in a consultant, Sam, in an effort to expand their weekly newspaper into something more. But there is something more to learn about Sam, Bay suspects that he is not what he seems. Which is interesting, because he is not the only one close to the cousins who is hiding secrets and those secrets might help to lead Erika into finding her way to the Other Side.
This was an okay story. Lee has an interesting way of layering stories into each other far before they pay off. The mystery in this book actually started in the third book of the series. -
And entertaining snarky supernatural mystery. I loved it
A snarky supernatural entertaining mystery thriller. I love the series it is a family of earth and kitchen which is they live in a small little niche town focused on the paranormal and every book we have a mystery to be solved. You have great aunt Tillie the matriarch of the family three sisters .
. . Their daughters three cousins and they are all witches and they tend to get in trouble as they solve the mystery. It is snarky sarcastic and very entertaining.
This series is definitely well worth the read don’t miss out check them out. -
The cousins meet a very young ghost who is black. They discover her parents sent her north to avoid her being kidnapped and sold into slavery about 180 years ago. But she has a friend, also a ghost who is white, 7yo and dressed in modern clothes. She came here on a boat. Whilst investigating who she is and where she cam from they stumble upon a human trafficking ring. As usual Aunt Tilly saves the day. Looking forward to the rest of the series, these characters are humorous, occasionally snarky and always intertwining.
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I enjoyed another series by the same author, and her books are free on Kindle Unlimited, so I gave this series a chance, reading all the books back to back, so they all run into each other in my head. It was fun. If you like cozies (light mysteries without much suspense - think "Murder She Wrote") and you like paranormal novels, this series is perfect for you. The characters are loveable and a lot of fun. The mysteries are not that hard to solve, but enjoyable all the same. Aunt Tillie is a really funny character.
