A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses

Half-Moon Hollow, Book 7

By: Molly Harper

Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi

Length: 9 hrs

Publisher's summary

Nola Leary would have been content to stay in Kilcairy, Ireland, healing villagers at her family’s clinic with a mix of magic and modern medicine. But a series of ill-timed omens and a deathbed promise to her grandmother have sent her on a quest to Half-Moon Hollow, Kentucky, to secure her family’s magical potency for the next generation. Her supernatural task? To unearth four artifacts hidden by her grandfather before a rival magical family beats her to it.

Complication One: The artifacts are lost somewhere in vampire Jane Jameson’s occult bookshop. Complication Two: Her new neighbor, Jed Trudeau, keeps turning up half-naked at the strangest times, a distraction Nola doesn’t need. And teaming up with a real-life Adonis is as dangerous as it sounds, especially since Jed’s got the face of an angel and the abs of a washboard. Can Nola complete her mission before falling completely under his spell?

©2013 Molly Harper White (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Molly does it again

Where does A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Molly Harper is without a doubt one of my favorite authors. Her characters have personalities that love. A little snarky, funny and bright. The narrator, Amanda Ronconi is PERFECT for her books and this one is no exception. Amanda does a beliveable Irish/Boston accent. I own all of Molly Harper's books and will continue to buy them as fast as she can write them. I love the Half Moon Hollow series.

Ok

So I love love love Molly Harper books. I even like that she updates us on our favorite characters only this one just wasn’t as funny or as interesting as her others. For one she made some of the characters personally change like Dick being all warm and fuzzy? Just fell flat even being a grandpa he was just too far from his original character. Still love her books. Just wasn’t my favorite.

Good story but narration needed improvement

I struggled with the narration a bit because I had a hard time with the switch in accents but really loved the story.

More Half Moon Hollow craziness

It's Molly Harper, so you know it's going to be funny. And quirky. And adult. And fun.

It's Half Moon Hollow so you know the setting will be full of crazy characters in her fictional "post vampire liberation" world of witches and werewolves and vampires trying to make their way in the "human" world.

And it's Amanda Ronconi so you know you are going to be treated to a wonderful performance of Molly Harper's interesting if somewhat unbelievable plot involving a witch hunt of most unusual parameters. If you're a Harper and Half Moon Hollow fan, you'll recognize and welcome back a number of your favorite denizens of this funky Kentucky town.

These are adult "fairy tales" and meant to be read for the sheer fun of it. Let your imagination loose and have fun!

Quick Witted

I love Molly Harper and Amanda Ranconi. An amazing pair! This book is yet another great adventure in the half moon hallow series. Nola our main character who is lil’ bit Irish and a lil’ bit Boston takes us in a hilarious journey. That’s about as far as I can go without spoilers.

Fun Title

I totally enjoyed fhe funny and witty storytelling and action in this title. There are unexpected results and outcomes that make this title one that I would recommend to all friends who enjoy the genre.

Molly Harper has done it again

I have every Molly Harper book and am never disappointed. Another easy listen with just the right amount of humor and romance. One of the few authors that makes me laugh out loud.

I love Amanda Ronconi and the fact that she narrates all of Molly's books.

I"m suprised no one mentioned the awful editing

It was ridiculous how bad the editing was. I almost gave up on listening but I like the Molly Harper Amanda Ronconi team and the story was pretty good so i pushed through and the editing got better.

Molly Harper and half moon hollow!

This book picks up after the Jane stories and after driving mr dead. If you have read those you know what's coming.... Witty banter, smart mouth comments, and quick wit.

I swear MH wrote the leading character just to mess with poor Amanda Ronconi! How does one do a half Boston accent, meaning no R's allowed, and an Irish Brouge? I can't say it was AR's best narration because well...the accent was all over the place....like I said MH was totally messing with her! But the pace was excellent and the inflections were awesome.

This is the story of Nola, a reluctant witch born and mostly raised in Boston and when she was 14 she moved to Ireland. She has only ever wanted to be normal and has actively tried to ignore her magic for years....but fate has intervened and she is the strongest witch in her family and thus the quest to unite the families 4 lost artifacts has fallen to her....they were entrusted to Mr wayneright many years ago...so she must go to the occult bookshop in half moon hollow to find them. The bookshop now owned by Jane, a vampire, who has made it half coffee shop half book store...with almost none of what Me wayneright had in there! If she can't find her families artifacts in time her families magic will disappear!

It was fun, it was typical MH. Nice pallet cleanser from all the death and destruction I typically read. Totally worth the credit.

Ingenious

Any additional comments?

I have read all three books and like them all. All three keep readers engaged and interested. This book centers around shape shifters, witches and a very, very little on vampires so for those vampire lovers only interested in that aspect of the story, this book is not for you. Almost all is about witches but nevertheless the storyline is interesting so if you give it a chance you will not be disappointed.

So what is the plot you ask? It is about Nola coming to the US to search and reclaim the four elements her clan has had under their possession for many years. They were given to her grandfather by her grandmother after a quick affair when he was traveling through Ireland for safekeeping. Of course he did not know he had fathered a child when he leaves but he keeps the secrets to himself even after he returns home. These elements were determined to be four items chosen by the clans and whichever clan out of the two had all four could have all the witch power leaving the other with none. Since Nola’s clan was in favor of healing and not harming all non witch and the other clan felt it necessary to show their dominance by physically hurting and removing limbs from those they considered beneath them (again all non witch) once Nola’s clan had all four elements they rendered the other clan powerless to stop them from hurting people. Every so many years the cycle repeated and the clans had the opportunity to either regain their power or lose it to the other clan. So Nola gets sent to the Half Moon-Hollow, Kentucky to recollect the items from her grandfather. Once there she meets the young, dashing, beautiful and masculine Jed and the story gets even more interesting after that.

Hope you enjoy this as much as I have