The Witching Moon Manor by Stacy Sivinski
The Spellbound Sisters #1
Rating: 3/5
Spice: 0/5
Plot: 4/5
Primary Genre: Cozy Fantasy
Blurb:
The magical Quigley sisters return to bargain with fate once more in this follow-up to the “charming, uplifting, and utterly enchanting” (Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author) national bestseller The Crescent Moon Tearoom.
The Crescent Moon is thriving after a much-needed expansion, with the ladies who step through its doors continuing to seek comfort in the glimpses of their futures found in the swirls at the bottom of their teacups. Anne is leading the city’s witches as Chicago’s Diviner, Beatrix is swept away on a book tour across the country, and Violet has found her place with her feet swinging through the air above the circus crowds. That is, until the Quigley sisters find themselves stumbling on their chosen paths, and they are drawn back home in search of refuge in each other’s company.
As Anne struggles to balance her growing responsibilities, Beatrix fears she has lost her gift for storytelling, and Violet is shaken after an accident at the circus, the future the sisters had drawn for themselves feels murkier than ever. And, when the threads of fate begin to unravel, Anne must lean on her sisters and team up with a mysterious—and oddly infuriating—necromancer to save the city from an uncertain destiny and help old friends find a happy end.
With all three Quigleys back in the warm comfort of the Crescent Moon, they set out to bargain with Fate once more. But will the sisters find the courage to embrace who they have become while returning to what they left behind, or will the future unfold in a way that even a Quigley couldn’t have predicted?
My Thoughts:
🎃This book was a lot harder for me to get into than the first one. I was probably almost half way into the book before I was truly invested and I am a lover of low stakes cozy fantasy. It does delve deeper into Beatrix’s life and personality more so than the first book, which I did enjoy because she’s the literary one. There’s also more romance in this book than the first one, the first one really had almost none other than the smidgeon in Violet’s storyline. That being said, I think that the pacing just left something to be desired for me. The storyline itself is great, I liked the new characters, especially May. I just needed interesting things happening more consistently. The last quarter of the book is absolutely wonderful and I loved it. It brings all of the threads together into a lovely bow of a story that any cozy fantasy lover will appreciate.🎃
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