Marie M. (avemarie) - , reviewed on 6/16/2009 + 6 more book reviews

Alt manages to create a lead character that is gifted, but not cliche or perfect. Maggie comes across and believably bland and normal - so much so that she seems under developed when compared to those around her. I think part of this might come from the fact that the story is told from the first person point of view and the author has not had much practice developing a character from their own perspective.

The story itself is clever and entertaining, though the almost cliche way that Catholicism and small town spirituality is portrayed gets to be a little annoying and insulting at times. Which is interesting when you consider that Maggie is often stressing tolerance of witchcraft.

The story is very character driven with fun, interesting, and likable people. By the end of the story you find yourself rooting for some of them and actually wanting to smack some others (I don't want to give away too much) just as if they were your friends who had made a stupid mistake.

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