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At forty-eight, Jacqueline Finch has a nice, easy life with few responsibilities: she's been a librarian in Chicago for twenty-five years and she's just coasting along. That is, until the Universe (helped by three old crones) has other ideas. All at once, Jacqueline's staid (and boring) life is upended, and the next thing she knows, she's heading off to Button Cove to start a new life as the owner of Three Tomes Bookshop. The bookstore is a darling place, and Jacqueline is almost ready to be excited about this new opportunity . . . until Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Danvers show up. Things start to get even more strange after that: Jacqueline is befriended by three old women who bear a startling resemblance to the Witches Three from Macbeth, an actual witch shows up at her bookshop and accuses Jacqueline of killing her brother, and the two women who own businesses across the street seem determined to befriend Jacqueline. And then there's the police detective with the very definite hot-Viking vibe who shows up to investigate the dead body . . . The next thing Jacqueline knows, her staid and simple life is no longer quiet and unassuming, and she's got crones, curses, and crocodiles to deal with. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Thoughts: Eh, this was okay. I really liked some of the ideas in here but never really liked the characters or the plot that much. The idea of a magic bookshop, snarky cats, and copious amounts of tea sounds like something I would love. However, the whole thing felt a bit flat to me.
The writing style and plot were simplistic and I just never loved any of the characters here. This is the type of story that should be very character driven and it wasn't. Even the romantic interest for your main protagonist was just so-so (there was a lot of obsessing over his hands, but to each their own).
There are some funny parts and the book is very light-hearted. I thought the friendship that Jacqueline developed with the other shop-owners was cute but felt a bit insta-friendship. These characters didn't really have anything that bound them together and the friendship felt forced and fake to me...it was a bit too good to be true.
My Summary (3/5): Overall this was a pretty quick read but also a book I will forget about as soon as I write this review. It's not awful but also not memorable. If you want some good paranormal women's fiction I recommend the Glimmer Lake/Moonstone Cove series by Elizabeth Hunter or The Forty Proof series by Shannon Mayer. Those series are much more well done than this one. I think I am done with Gleason for a bit, she’s pretty hit or miss for me and over the last few years it’s been a lot more misses than hits. ( )