Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft, Book 1

By: Jody Gehrman

Narrated by: Natalie Duke

From the award-winning author of Babe in Boyland comes a young-adult paranormal romance about witchcraft, black magic, and the pleasures of paranormal chocolate.

Falling in love, baking a magical cake, fighting an evil necromancer: It's all in a day's work for Audrey Oliver, 17-year-old witch in training. When her mother goes missing, and her mysterious "cousin" shows up out of the blue, Audrey knows something's gone horribly, dangerously wrong. Now it's up to her to get her own magical powers up to speed before everyone she loves is destroyed by the sorcerer intricately connected to her mother's secret past.

Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft is more than just a novel; it's a book of spells, a collection of easy recipes, a charming coming-of-age story, an enchanting romance, and an action-packed adventure. As Audrey overcomes her insecurities and learns to protect herself against the wicked black magic of her nemesis, she grows into a heroine we can root for: a witch who knows that true power comes from deep within.

©2012 Jody Gehrman (P)2015 Jody Gehrman

A Wicked Story

A series of events leads Audrey to think her Mother is in mortal danger, her so called cousin comes to be their babysitter. Audrey is skeptical about this coverup. Long story short,she finds out that she has magical powers and uses them to help the world ➕her family.

Excellent

I think this is a well written story. I could not stop listening. Natalie Duke did an excellent job of making the story come to life inside my head. I can't wait for the sequel to come to audio format.

A fun witchy read!

Any additional comments?

Things are changing for Audrey, and not in a good way. She goes to school one day with the nagging feeling that her mother is in danger. When she goes home, she is greeted with her supposed cousin Sadie. She tells Audrey that her mother is gone to deal with a family emergency. Audrey is skeptical though, because she has never met any of her mothers side so can't see how her mother would up and leave without telling them. She has no choice but to accept it till she can talk to her mother and find out whats happening. Add in strange occurrences at school, things happening by themselves, a hot boy and diary entrances and you have a recipe for a winner!!

First things first, I loved the recipe entries!! Be them cooking ones or spell ones, I thought it was a unique and fun way of doing it, plus you may learn a new recipe from it :) .

Character wise, every single one of them was well thought out and developed. Audrey is a smart, no nonsense girl who loves cooking and chemistry. She was witty, brave and strong. Meg is Audreys' sister and I loved their relationship. To Audrey, Meg has everything, she is a musician and gets all the guys but that doesn't stop Audrey from looking out for her and trying to protect her. We have Sadie, who is the "cousin". She was like a cool aunt to the girls, which I loved. She was only a few years older than them so could easily relate to them. Then we have the awesomeness that is Julian. There are sparks between him and Audrey but he affects her in ways she cant explain. He was such a sweetheart too though. So loyal, caring and nice.

The plot moves along nicely and I loved finding out about Audreys' powers alongside her. Audreys' heritage was fascinating and intriguing. The bad guy was well developed as well and at a certain part I thought he was truly evil, but then something developed that made me think that he isn't as he seems.

In all this was a witty, quick and thrilling read. I pretty much loved everything about it and can't wait to read more from this author. It's definitely one that everyone should check out.

Natalie Duke was perfect for this book. She had pep when needed and really brought the sass out in the characters. She brought Audrey to life and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the story.

*I received a copy of this for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*

entertaining and fun

Would you listen to Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft, Book 1 again? Why?

Audrey is a wonderful witch. Adventure is exciting but done with humor.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Audrey. funny and inteligent

What about Natalie Duke’s performance did you like?

very good. all voices are believable

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

learning how to be a witch