A review by wordinessa
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I went into this one fairly blind, aside from blurbs that this was a combination of Practical Magic and Golden Girls. I was so delightfully surprised at how much I enjoyed this and the diverse cast of characters. Each one of the six sisters is well-defined and lovable, and the mysteries of their past and the manor are unravelled slowly over the course of the book. Penelope, the mayor's daughter who makes it her mission to help the sisters, could've been a very annoying precocious tween, but instead, she's funny, quirky, and her intentions are genuine. The reason the manor is being destroyed is fairly over the top
(the local men want to bulldoze it to build a "Man's World" theme park)
, but that fades to the background in the face of all the women need to do to save it and, in the progress, forgive one another for a major event in the past. A lighthearted and emotional tale of sisterhood, love, magic, and the ties that bond. 
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