About the Book
Veronica thinks she’s happy.
But with fight after fight, night after night, she knows that something isn’t
right anymore. Then her husband busts her researching witchcraft—and her
picturesque suburban life is turned upside down. As her marriage falls apart,
she knows that for her own sake and for the sake of her small daughter,
something has to change.
The
Trouble With Becoming A Witch is about what
happens when a woman decides to stop living the life everyone has told her she
is supposed to lead and starts living a life true to her desires. But seizing
your own magic isn’t easy—and as Veronica’s marriage spirals downward, she’s
forced to look deeply into who she wants to be-come. Is risking the security of
life as she knows it worth becoming the witch—and woman—she knows she truly is?
My Review
I had different ideas for what this book was going to be when I first accepted the ARC copy. Between the title and the blurb, I thought maybe some magical realism would be at play, which is favorite genre of mine. That didn’t really come to light in this novel, and we get more of your traditional women’s fiction story of an unhappy female lead who is unsure how to find her true self. While the story was interesting enough to follow along, I kept waiting for something big to happen, and that never really came. It was like we never got that peak of the story, and again referencing the synopsis of learning her marriage has fallen apart, that storyline got strung along from the first to last chapter, and I found myself confused at the pacing. I still read from beginning to end, but it wasn’t a favorite and I think the synopsis could be misleading for readers.
3 stars
