Life has not been going well for Liz lately. Her divorce has been finalized and her ex is happily settled into his new life with his new wife. Liz was blindsided by his sudden decision to end their marriage and has been feeling empty and lonely ever since.
Life is about to get more interesting though. Because her grandmother is giving Liz a very special birthday present: magic. According to the grandmother, Liz is descended from a long line of gypsy women with magical powers. Grandmother is in her eighties, so Liz doesn't take her claims about magic too seriously. That is until she accidently casts a spell on to some desserts she has made. And sees the results of those spells on the people who ate the magical desserts. Too bad that the spells were just wishful thinking and not well thought out. Liz's next attempts are more on target, but still with unplanned for side effects that are messing with some of her closest friends' lives in way she never intended. Including the ex-husband who Liz was trying to punish but instead seems to have revived his interest in her, the last thing she wants now that she has a hunky, single policeman living right next door who is as interested in Liz as she is in him.
This was an ok read. Actually found it dull, for the most part. I suppose all Liz's mistakes with her magic are supposed to be funny but I didn't find them to be so. Halfway through, I got pretty bored with it and was ready for it to be done. I kept thinking, given her first failures, that Liz should stop messing with peoples lives with her fumbling spells and just leave magic alone.
Also, the vibe was coming through that it is the first book in a series, which it is, the second book, A Stroke of Magic, is about Liz's sister, Alice, with whom Liz shares her magical abilities.
