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Grandma!
Violet Waverly rushes from Chicago to Cascade Springs, New York when she thinks her Grandma daisy is dying. Instead she finds Daisy is the picture of health as she runs Charming Books. Violet moves into full sleuth mode when Daisy's beau, Benedict, is found dead outside of her house with one of her scarves around his neck.
What a delightful start to a series! I want to visit a bookstore where the books pick you. The magical quality of the books along with a tree growing in the middle of t ...more
Violet Waverly rushes from Chicago to Cascade Springs, New York when she thinks her Grandma daisy is dying. Instead she finds Daisy is the picture of health as she runs Charming Books. Violet moves into full sleuth mode when Daisy's beau, Benedict, is found dead outside of her house with one of her scarves around his neck.
What a delightful start to a series! I want to visit a bookstore where the books pick you. The magical quality of the books along with a tree growing in the middle of t ...more

I started to wish that Saide was the killer because she was getting annoying towards the end. She isn't, so that means she'll be in the next book and I will have a chance to get used to her.
I enjoyed the setting and the characters in the book. The book store with a large tree in the middle sounds like a great place to go shopping. There are times where I wish a book would leap out and tell me it is the book to read.
I'm looking forward to the next book and to see which of the two love interest ...more
I enjoyed the setting and the characters in the book. The book store with a large tree in the middle sounds like a great place to go shopping. There are times where I wish a book would leap out and tell me it is the book to read.
I'm looking forward to the next book and to see which of the two love interest ...more

The background about the bookstore was really interesting and I liked the MC, Violet.
What I enjoyed:
* the lore of the bookstore was really interesting although I don't know how much it really helped to solve the mystery
* I liked Violet. She had some really tough breaks and had basically been hiding in her PhD work. It was nice to see her get out some and start making friends again.
* Sadie was super sweet and seems like she'd be an awesome friend (view spoiler) ...more
What I enjoyed:
* the lore of the bookstore was really interesting although I don't know how much it really helped to solve the mystery
* I liked Violet. She had some really tough breaks and had basically been hiding in her PhD work. It was nice to see her get out some and start making friends again.
* Sadie was super sweet and seems like she'd be an awesome friend (view spoiler) ...more

I felt nothing but I didn't hate it? Not sure why we needed the native american magic waters storyline.... but fine.
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Mar 05, 2016
Rachel-RN
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Valorie
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