Welcome to Charm Cove, Maine – where the Good are Wicked, and the Wicked are Good… or maybe not.Nothing is ever as it seems, at least not in Charm Cove, Maine. Moira Wicked—yes, that’s actually her name—moves away in the hopes she can escape her fate, or destiny, or something along those lines. She yearns to lead a normal life. A few years away teaches her one glaring lesson. It’s incredibly … It’s incredibly difficult to be normal when your first name means destiny, your last name is Wicked, and you actually do come from a family legendary for its witchy ways.
Trying to keep her powers under wraps in the real world is a tad tricky. A love spell gone sideways sets in motion her return to Charm Cove for a spell. As bad luck would have it, or fate if you’d rather, she’s home for one single day when a body turns up floating in the town fountain. The oh-so-charming Charm Cove is turned upside down. Meanwhile, tourists are crowding its picturesque streets, and magic is being bottled up and sold as health remedies.
Moira finds herself in the thick of the murder investigation, all the while trying to hold her nosy family and destiny at bay. Destiny comes in the form of Liam Good. A Wicked is fated to fall in love with a Good once every century. No pressure or anything.
Take a visit to Charm Cove, where Wicked meets Good and where you just might find there’s almost always more than meets the eye.
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Destiny’s A Witch – I like this book better than Witch You Wouldn’t Believe and Witch is When it Gets Crazy. The witches and warlocks are likable and their dialog realistic. I’m happy to see a male is called a warlock instead of witch (PC is so stupid with the sexes). Well written, clean but with sexual attraction makes this story entertaining.
Add mischievous teenage witches, nosy friends and family on top of family pressure to do the Destiny thing, while determining if a death was an accident or a murder, leaves the main characters in all types of states. Never mind if there’s a second chance for them or it is Destiny, there’s a lot of happenings. Pretty good story without the usual stupid drama found in a lot of this genre. 4*
Needed a longer plot. Writing was primitive. Interesting characters. Had the potential to be a fun read but let down.
Too much description…on everything… Gets boring. So I skip over and read rest…which made it a 4 star.
this is the type of reading that you need to just forget your real world and escape into a different happy, maybe, after.
Well the story was like a chic lit for teens. It was cute. A mystery with a death. What spoiled it was when it was discovered what happened at the end the perpetrators of of the incident were not punished properly for the deed and the story just went on to its cute end. The author should have found a different mystery. Spoiled the read.
Sweet characters, easy to read…story needs a little more meat. Still an enjoyable read.
It was a bit boring
I enjoyed reading this book and have read 4 more in the series.
Maine and witches!!! Can’t go wrong with that combination. I liked learning the history of the Wicked and Good families. The author didn’t bore with with a ton of backstory, but just enough to make you want more. I was shocked by the ending and can’t wait to continue this series.
Moira Wicked is a witch from a town in Maine. She works in NYC and after a slight issue from a spell her aunt cast she’s in town visiting her family. Right from the git go, her family is expecting her to come home and take up with her ex Liam. The day she;s visiting there is a death just down the road from her aunt;s shop. It;s a man who rezoned the town and had everyone up in arms. After she returns to her job, she decides to go back home. Her family coerce her into investigating. Along with the investigating poor Moira is besieged by family members trying to get her and Liam back together. Magic is flying all over and some of it is dangerous. Then in the middle of this her aunt tells her family some very disturbing news.
This is a cute story of a well meaning family who try to make fate work in the right way. You;ll feel for Moira.
Fantastic story and read!!
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A pleasant witch cozy
In Charm Cove, the Wickeds and the Goods have been feuding for centuries. But every generation there is one Wicked-Good couple destined to fall in love. Would that be Moira Wicked and Liam Good?
Moira’s a witch. The name Moira means destiny; what will fate have in store for her? She is thinking about moving back to Charm Cove, but there’s a lot of pressure on her.
It was a light-hearted story. Pleasant, entertaining, enjoyable, interesting, nice, cozy. But I like puzzling along whodunit and I couldn’t do that in this case; the information to figure it out just wasn’t there. But I really liked it. It was fun!
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Destiny’s A Witch is a cute, fun read about Moira Wicked who wants to escape her destiny and live a normal life. Moira finds out it’s not as easy as she thought and her life takes a drastic turn. The characters are great and I loved the play on their names. This is my first book by Lucy May and I loved it! I will definitely be looking for more of her books to read.
Welcome back to Charm Cove Moira! Oh, and watch out for that dead body!
Moira Wicked, part of the Wicked family of witches (they’re not really bad) is contemplating coming back home to Charm Cove, Maine. She’s unhappy at her job, but thanks to a little familial interference…her boss is now mooning over her. To make matters worse? He’s engaged! Oops! Before Moira can truly take that step to quit her job and move back home for at least a break, a dead body pops up in the middle of town. Yikes! Poor guy seems to have drowned. But Alvin drowning in a horse trough/fountain that he could have easily gotten out of? Something isn’t right in this picture. So! Let the investigating begin! Sometimes being freshly back to town has its perks…gossip!
Destiny’s a Witch by Lucy May is a fun, entertaining, and riveting cozy mystery novel. Moira has been fighting destiny ever since a slight case of jealousy caused her to have a bit of a nasty incident in college. Every generation in Charm Cove someone in the Good family line and someone in the Wicked family line is destined to get married. Moira and Liam (her ex-boyfriend) seem like the destined pair. They both try to balk destiny, but destiny seems determined to bring them back together. I love how the author works this entire storyline. Liam and Moira work together and even come together in some sticky situations. I love the level of mystery that the author gives the reader in this book. You work along with the characters to try and figure out who in this town of witches and warlocks committed this crime and others that follow.
I feel that the author does a fantastic job filling in gaps and answering questions as the story goes along. This is the first book in this series and the author does a fantastic job with it. We get a story within a story. We get information about the past at appropriate moments and everything is brought to light as it should and when it should be. I love it!
There is honestly nothing that I don’t like about this book. Everything is so well thought out and put together beautifully.
If you are a fan of paranormal cozy mystery novels with some humor, romance and magic then this book is a perfect fit for you. I am rating this book 5 out of 5 stars. I cannot wait for the next book in this series!
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This is a feel-good book that had me smiling at some of the things in the book. The first book in the Wicked Good Mystery Series, I am looking forward to reading the next book. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is the first book I have read from this author but it won’t be the last. Everything about this one was charming and kept me entertained from beginning to end.
Moira Wicked entered Persnickety Potions & Gifts to talk to her Aunt Lea. She had sold Brian Spencer, her boss, a love potion, and now he wouldn’t leave Moira alone! Aunt Lea was a very powerful witch and could reverse the spell without even having to leave her shop. But she bargained with Moira to come back home to Charm Cove, which she had left two years ago when she simply needed a break. Since then, the family continued to pressure her to return. They had also believed she was fated to be with Liam. In every generation, a member of the Wicked and the Good families, the original town founders long ago, ended up falling in love and getting married. Because they dated through high school and college, they were the most likely couple, at least until he married someone else – part of the reason she chose to move out of town.
As Moira left the shop, she heard Liam Good call her name. Not wanting to see him, she disappeared in a puff of smoke – and ended up in Persnickety Potions’ bathroom! Exiting the store again, hoping he took the hint and left, she saw him leaning against a pole right where her car was parked. There was a scream, and both of them raced to the fountain in the center of town and spotted the dead body floating in the water. The police chief, Daniel, questioned several people. Then he asked if Moira knew Liam was divorced now! Why does everyone keep bringing up that “fate” story?
Moira gave up trying to be “normal” and decided to move back home. Moira loved her carriage house near her parents’ property. Her grandmother had willed it to her. Her mom told her she was happy to have her home, and that she had told Liam Moira needed help moving in! And Moira is drawn to the accident/murder investigation that she feels she needs to follow. Will her feelings for Liam grow stronger now? Will they join together to solve the murder? What fate does the future hold for them?
This was a well written story that I thoroughly enjoyed. Cozy mysteries, when done well, can draw in the reader and keep the action flowing. Add a little romance, and you have the perfect book! This one has some fun and mystery, so don’t miss out!
Love it! Love it! Love it! Worth way more than 5 stars!!!!!
First in a new series by this author and is now one of my favorites to keep reading.
Who really wants to know that your love has been destined and not know if for yourself. I know that I do not and feel for the Lucy and Liam. Really just to keep things steady a spell so a Good marries a Wicked. Read the story to understand that statement, lol
Really great character development in this book. Feel like I know them and love them already.
Cannot wait for the next one. i may even like this series better than her other one. but I like paranormal mysteries.
This is my honest and freely given review for an ARC.
Moira Wicked moved away from Charm Cove trying to lead a normal life away from her destiny, fate, and witchy ways. She somehow finds herself back home and in the thick of a murder investigation. If that wasn’t bad enough her nosy family can’t seem to stay out of her life and keep pushing her towards Liam Good, the man she is fated to fall in love with and complete her destiny.
This is a cozy mystery with a hint of paranormal and a hint of romance. The main character is a young witch that is trying to navigate through life and make her own choices even though fate would have it a different way. She is surrounded by a loving and quirky family that seems to want her to embrace her destiny. All she wants to do is try and solve a mystery that keeps pointing to the Wicked and Good families as the main suspects.
As the fictional town points out, this is a charming and delightful read. The mystery keeps you busy trying to figure out the culprit, the characters are a mixed bag of crazy, funny, and quirky, and the main character is one you can’t help but root for.
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Destiny’s a Witch is a cute, cozy, kitschy mystery involving a town full of witches, warlocks, and humans. Throw in a bit of romance and you have this adorable story. This is what a cute, cozy mystery should be.
I chose to read this book based on two things – the cute cover and the title. I figured the book would be cute and I wasn’t disappointed in the least. For someone who normally reads books that are either sexually charged, horror, fantasy, or YA, this was a refreshing change from the normal. Lucy May did an excellent job of spinning a tale of murder, romance, and fun without all the cursing and dark themes that normally pervade the books I read.
Moira is a sweet, lovable woman who might have made a magical mistake in the past – one that it seems she can’t let go of as she mentions is multiple times in the book. Liam is the dashing ex-flame who might be an ex but is still a flame and frankly, I agree with the idea that they’re fated to be together, but I’m just the reader, so what do I know? You’ll get a big kick out of the antics of the twins and all the meddling and gossiping about Moira and Liam.
I loved that the background of the town itself was given as opposed to just making the town the place they live and nothing more. It gave the story, and I’ll dare say the series, more depth to have the town itself have a background besides just giving the characters a background. I love the little town and I can’t wait to read more about it.
I did find that there were a few places in this book where the spelling or grammar was off – sometimes words were misspelled, sometimes words were missing, and sometimes the wrong words were in place. If this is something that bothers you a lot, you’ll want to keep this in mind. However, as I did have an uncorrected ARC of the book, it is possible that these issues may be fixed by the time this is properly published.
I gave this book 5 stars for the absolute joy it was to read and how utterly cute this book was. I can’t wait to read the second book which is due out in October 2018.
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