A review by croscot
Stitches and Witches by Nancy Warren

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

After reading the first book, I expected the sequel to include witchcraft and vampires more, but to be honest it was quite disappointing. It seemed like the characters could've easily been just some insomniac geriatrics from a nursing home who like to knit and gossip, their vampirism came into play exactly 0 times throughout the whole book. Lucy used her spells a bit more often, but then again, the results of her using magic could've easily been written off as simple luck and coincidence. The story itself was alright, and I'd easily give it alone 4 stars, but I thought that the whole point of this series was in vampires and magic, and Stitches and Witches wouldn't lose any crucial parts if we took said vampires and magic out of it completely. Another thing that I noticed here is that all characters sound kind of the same. I mean, there's no diversity in speech, slang, dialects, accents... I listened to the audiobook, but I don't think the narrator is the only one to blame here. None of the characters has a quirk that would make them stand out or point at the environment they grew up in, which, as soon as you notice it, takes you out of the experience.