On the first morning of her new life, Garland Durrell finds a man and a small boy washed up on the beach and takes on the care of the mysterious pair when it becomes obvious that chief of police is reluctant to help in this bewitching paranormal romance. The story is full of mystery and magic along ...
2 stars. I'm not sure why I picked up Bewitching Season -- I think I wanted some historical fiction in my criteria, and the only one that suited my taste (as far as teenage historical fiction, romance, and plot was concerned) ended up being Bewitching Season.And I didn't much like it.It started out ...
Bewitching Season was really cute in concept but not so much in execution. Cute characters and fun settings don't make up for a middle that sags like an old couch.
Last year, I read Marissa Doyle's Bewitching Season and was a bit dubious. My dubiousness started when I saw the cover, with the badly fitted dress from the wrong period (this is 1837, not 1850!) and the funny curls. In short, the cover summed up my problems with the book: it just didn't convince me...