A review by impybelle
Wicked Witch Murder by Leslie Meier
2.0
Normally I'm pretty fond of the Lucy Stone mysteries. They might not be my absolute favorites, but they're fun reads that are usually holiday centric and that's always a plus.
This one just never felt quite right.
I'll admit it's been awhile since I read up a ton on Wicca but the whole thing just pinged my radar as Off. I suppose one of the great things about Wicca is how many different ways it can be taken but just about everyone presented as Wiccan in this book is offensive.
Diana screams fluffy-newcomer who is still starry eyed by the whole idea of ~magick~ and the less said about Malcolm's ideas of initiation the better.
On the flipside, Ike is your stereotypical religious zealot who believes Diana is cursing the town by merely existing. He doesn't believe in modern medicine (which sucks for his wife cuz there goes her only chance of survival!) and rules his house with an iron fist. I was ready to write him off as a little over the top and then I read some of the comments on GR about this very book and, well... I see that he is most definitely not alone in his fictional values. Fab, guys. Just fab.
So if the Wiccans don't offend you, the exceptionally religious Christian figurehead might? Maybe I'm the only one who felt this way. *shrug*
I did like Rebecca and the less is more approach she took to life and that whole being a witch without being exceptionally fluffy about it.
This one just never felt quite right.
I'll admit it's been awhile since I read up a ton on Wicca but the whole thing just pinged my radar as Off. I suppose one of the great things about Wicca is how many different ways it can be taken but just about everyone presented as Wiccan in this book is offensive.
Diana screams fluffy-newcomer who is still starry eyed by the whole idea of ~magick~ and the less said about Malcolm's ideas of initiation the better.
On the flipside, Ike is your stereotypical religious zealot who believes Diana is cursing the town by merely existing. He doesn't believe in modern medicine (which sucks for his wife cuz there goes her only chance of survival!) and rules his house with an iron fist. I was ready to write him off as a little over the top and then I read some of the comments on GR about this very book and, well... I see that he is most definitely not alone in his fictional values. Fab, guys. Just fab.
So if the Wiccans don't offend you, the exceptionally religious Christian figurehead might? Maybe I'm the only one who felt this way. *shrug*
I did like Rebecca and the less is more approach she took to life and that whole being a witch without being exceptionally fluffy about it.