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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2204 KP) rated Death of A Bad Apple (A Food Festival Mystery #3) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Death of A Bad Apple (A Food Festival Mystery #3)
Penny Pike | 2016
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Darcy, Aunt Abby, and the rest of the crew head up to Apple Valley for the annual apple festival. However, when they arrive, they find themselves in a not so festive atmosphere when a fire breaks out down the road from the B&B where they are staying and a fellow guest is murdered. What have they gotten themselves into?

Despite the change of location from San Francisco (the setting for the first two books in this series), all the regular characters are still present, which is a great thing since I love them all so much. Nothing about that has changed here, and I enjoyed watching their relationships continue to grow. The plot is great and kept me guessing until the end when everything came together for a logical climax.

NOTE: I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2016/01/book-review-death-of-bad-apple-by-penny.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Vine Witch in Books

Mar 6, 2023  
The Vine Witch
The Vine Witch
Luanne G.Smith | 2019 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
7.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
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The Vine Witch ( book 1)
By Luanne G.Smith
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A young witch emerges from a curse to find her world upended in this gripping fantasy set in turn-of-the-century France.

For centuries, the vineyards at Château Renard have depended on the talent of their vine witches, whose spells help create the world-renowned wine of the Chanceaux Valley. Then the skill of divining harvests fell into ruin when sorcière Elena Boureanu was blindsided by a curse. Now, after breaking the spell that confined her to the shallows of a marshland and weakened her magic, Elena is struggling to return to her former life. And the vineyard she was destined to inherit is now in the possession of a handsome stranger.

Vigneron Jean-Paul Martel naively favors science over superstition, and he certainly doesn’t endorse the locals’ belief in witches. But Elena knows a hex when she sees one, and the vineyard is covered in them. To stay on and help the vines recover, she’ll have to hide her true identity, along with her plans for revenge against whoever stole seven winters of her life. And she won’t rest until she can defy the evil powers that are still a threat to herself, Jean-Paul, and the ancient vine-witch legacy in the rolling hills of the Chanceaux Valley.

I really liked it! The style was a little different compared to what I normally read and I love that she starts off as a frog. It moved quickly and was a really good story.
The characters were fun to get to know and it had a lovely romance blooming.