Birth of a Witch

Peterson Estate, Book 1

By: A. R. Grosjean

Narrated by: Marie Townsend

Emily Peterson started out being a normal woman with normal dreams. Now, she has neither. Now, the family secret is out, and she's a big part of it. Witches, they are all witches. They have been protecting the world from what lies within the walls of her home and what lies beneath. Her destiny is to save the world. If she fails, the world will be gone. Emily is thrown into battle, and she's got some training left to do.

©2018 A.R. Grosjean (P)2021 A.R. Grosjean

Bordering on the ridiculous.

Even fantasy needs a certain element of plausibility. Magic has laws and rules, just as science does. In this book and its sequels, there are no rules. Emily learns she is a witch at 28 years old. Within a couple of days, she is teleporting, time traveling and conjuring things as if she had done it all her life. Witches use magic for mundane things like tidying a room, or doing the dishes. They conjure things out of thin air, everything from a pizza to a castle. I simply could not get into this book, because the profligate use of magic, and the complete lack of a plausible framework of magical rules irritated me. I do not recommend this book, or this series.