Puss Reboots: Blog: January 2021: Magic and Macaroons

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Magic and Macaroons: 01/13/21

Magic and Macaroons by Bailey Cates is the fifth of the Magical Bakery mystery series. Katie Lightfoot's spellbook club is interrupted when a stranger comes in, warns about a missing talisman and then passes out. Her appearance is related to the death of the former detective.

Much of this book is taken up with visiting different practitioners of voodoo. Katie has to earn the trust of each one and figure out which ones have actual powers and which ones are trustworthy.

I usually roll my eyes when voodoo is a plot point. It's often overdone. As there were so many different characters, there was enough room to capture some nuance. It was also a rare one where voodoo didn't automatically equal evil magic.

The sixth book is Spells and Scones (2016)

Four stars