Would you choose to live forever, if you could? Penny Banks, PI and amateur witch, is feeling a bit overwhelmed. She’s studying magic along with her knitting circle, and the Water Spell proves difficult to master. The spell directions don’t make sense, she’s not sure where to get a chalice, and her cauldron is filled with moldy bananas. On top of that, things with her boyfriend, vampire Max … boyfriend, vampire Max Shire, are not going great. He wants her to become a vampire, but is she ready for that? Living forever seems like a lot of work…
It’s a good thing she has a case to distract her from her personal troubles! A teen in town has gone missing, and his mother is sure he was kidnapped. Penny’s happy to take the case…. Can she solve it?
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“Deep down, I know that I have work to do before I can really harness the power of my emotions. …This Water Spell is too much. I can’t wait ‘til it’s done with, and I can stop confronting all of this baggage that I took on before I was six.”
In this book, the eighth in the series, Penny is forced to confront her past and let go of things that might provoke her abilities as a witch. All the while this is going on, she takes on an overprotective client that is worried about her child being abducted. When the Hillcrest police don’t give her the answer she want,Lauren comes to Penny to try to find the answers… can Penny find the REAL truth?
The Terra Coven takes on the preparation for the Water Spell, which seems to have some of them worried. A spell that’s tied to emotional cloudiness,if resolved,could change their lives even more than they know. The question is, do they want to let go of their singular and joint excuses and celebrate the present and the future? Are they ready?
Amorette Anderson’s books in this series are a roller coaster of laughs, tears and “what’s next” as Penny, Marley, Annie and Cora truly begin to trust the idea of family in its many forms. Highly Recommended 5/5
[disclaimer: I received this book from the author and voluntarily reviewed it]