Lisa Bouchard

Review of eBook

Isabella and her cousins, Delia and Thea, all fourteen years old, are preparing for their second investiture, one of the most important ceremonies for a young witch. And, for the first time, Grandma had invited some neighbors, the Packards and the Brownes to the ceremony; generally, witches keep their secrets within the family, but Grandma thought it was time to trust other families.

The next morning, when Isabella finds Aunt Jemima dead in her bed, the police come to show more investigate. They believe Aunt Jem’s death was from natural causes, but after they’ve gone, Isabella’s mother tells everyone that Jem was murdered. And the family’s book of spells, the grimora, is missing.

Can Isabella identify the murderer before someone else dies?

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This short story, a prequel to the author’s Isabella Proctor Mystery series, introduces the characters for the series. Here readers meet the three teens who are moving on to the next phase of their magic training. They learn that Isabella has a talent for potions, but the three girls have agreed that they will work together to learn more.

Readers may be a bit disappointed that the various magical talents aren’t described a bit more, but the story is interesting enough to consider reading the next book in the series.

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This was an interesting read. The premise with the telepaths actually is quite a good twist and a pre-quel of the circumstances of the proliferation of telepaths and the "normals' reaction would be a great.
The mystery is kinda straight forward, and the detectives solve the case with a lot of hard work and following leads - which was refreshing from a lot of mysteries that make the leads superheroes or something. They are flawed human beings. A good start for the series.

The Shattered Door was a great read. Olivia and Darcy are telepathic twins working as PI's and hiding their telepathic abilities in a world where many humans don't even consider telepaths to be human. Olivia's boyfriend is a total jerk and my only complaint is that it took Olivia so long to wise up and dump him!
The twins must solve a murder and find a mob boss's lost dog while being targeted themselves. And they manage both tasks well.
I look forward to more Morrison Investigation adventures.