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A review by turrean
When the Crow's Away by Auralee Wallace
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Sweet as sugar. I enjoyed catching up with the town’s cast of characters.
World-building is fun, but inconsistent. The Warrens don’t mention other witches in town, but there are enough for three warlocks from three different families to come to brunch. Ghosts remember their lives clearly, can understand all languages after death, but conveniently don’t remember the last day before their deaths. A witch casts a spell to make a man forget his bride-to-be, but no mention is made of how incredibly huge an undertaking that had to be. He was from another state, so didn’t the spell need to cover the man’s family and friends who all came to the wedding? The credit card bill for the plane tickets? Izzy was supposedly hiding the fact that her fiancé didn’t know about her powers…but somehow her family never gave away anything in front of him. How does this work?!?
The plot wanders a bit, with clues laid for a denouement clearly intended for a third book. Some threads are left hanging (why do people invent outrageous explanations for the death of a local man’s spouse? What’s interfering with Brynn’s magic? What’s up with the neighbor? Can you really protect baby robins by putting pillows out on the ground, but not near their tree?)
There are some grammatical errors in the Kindle edition that should have been caught by an editor.
World-building is fun, but inconsistent. The Warrens don’t mention other witches in town, but there are enough for three warlocks from three different families to come to brunch. Ghosts remember their lives clearly, can understand all languages after death, but conveniently don’t remember the last day before their deaths. A witch casts a spell to make a man forget
The plot wanders a bit, with clues laid for a denouement clearly intended for a third book. Some threads are left hanging (why do people invent outrageous explanations for the death of a local man’s spouse? What’s interfering with Brynn’s magic? What’s up with the neighbor? Can you really protect baby robins by putting pillows out on the ground, but not near their tree?)
There are some grammatical errors in the Kindle edition that should have been caught by an editor.