All and all a thoroughly enjoyable book with a solid mystery. Luckily Blackwell knows books better than I and keeps those descriptions, however wonderful, to a minimum. I could read the descriptions of her different outfits all day long. Each of them had their own personality and I'm looking forward to seeing them again in the other books in this series.Īnd, last but not at all least, I love Lily's vintage clothing store. The secondary characters in this book were more than just cardboard cutouts, and I also appreciate that from an author. She also very well wove the thread of family through this book, tying it to La Llorona, the sad old woman, the missing child, and Lily's own family issues. It's such a sad myth and Blackwell respected by sadness while not shying away from the harm that was done to innocent bystanders. I'm always intrigued by a plot having to do with La Llorona/A Woman in White. That being said, I really like what Blackwell did in this book, how she made her main character, witch Lily Ivory, into a fictional witch with magical powers but also honored the tradition of Wicca without stereotyping Wiccans as either fluffy bunnies or evil wannabes. As a Wiccan I'm always both tempted by and leery of books about witches.
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