Sprinkles and Sea Serpents by Danielle Garrett Narrator: Amanda Ronconi
Series: Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries #1
Published by Tantor Media on February 9. 2021
Source: Library
Genres: Cozy Mystery, Paranormal
Length: 6 hrs 56 mins
Pages: 304
Format: Audiobook
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In Winterspell Lake there are things darker than midnight…
They say you can’t go home again … oh, if only that were true.
Thanks to a series of unfortunate events—and one backstabbing frenemy—home is exactly where I’m headed. Back to Winterspell Lake, the small community in Eastern Washington, where magic runs rampant and humans are outlawed.
Faster than you can say hocus pocus I’m unpacking my bags and settling into the guest room of my parents’ house, trying to ignore the creeping sensation that I’ll never break free again.
The one thing Winterspell has going for it is the sweets shop in the center of town, a bakery filled with magical creations designed to enchant the tastebuds and charm even the pickiest of connoisseurs. Luckily for me, I get the friends and family discount since my parents own the famous Sugar Shack. If I want room and board I have to frost cupcakes and sling macaroons with the rest of the fam.
Unfortunately, things in Winterspell aren’t all sugar cookies and rainbows. According to the local news, a dangerous sea serpent has claimed the lives of three missing girls. The journalist in me has to have a look for myself, and what I find is something far more deadly.
Something that makes me wish I’d stayed in the bakery.
Sprinkles and Sea Serpents is a fun book. Ella. our main character, has an interesting power – everyone in Winterspell Lake has some kind of magic, even if others are a bit leery of it. She’s a former journalist, so the mystery of the missing women grabs her attention. I liked Ella for the most part, but she made some not great decisions. The mystery itself was good enough. I wasn’t surprised by who the bad guy was, but there some unanswered questions at the end that will almost definitely come up in the next. I liked romantic interest, too. I thought they worked well together. I’ll probably read #1.5 around Christmas.
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