I am Wiccan though and I found most of the comments really funny. If I had to quibble then I would say her mocking Wiccans with one broad brush is a bit much. Armstrong masters the teenage angst and doesn't make it laughable at all. I found myself sympathetic to both sides. The relationship between 20-30 something Paige Winterbourne and her 13 going on 40 year old ward is almost too real. I will also order her backlist and am heading to the store today to look for _Industrial Magic_. Well-written in a strong, stand-alone voice, _Dime Store Magic_ will go on my keeper shelf once I buy my own copy. I meant to bring the book in to quote one paragraph that sums her voice up, but left it at home. Kelley Armstrong has a wonderful satiric voice. It's an initiation into adulthood, womanhood, and the brutal side of magic that Paige will have to do everything within her power to make sure they both survive. They are a vicious group who will do anything to woo the young, malleable, and extremely powerful neophyte, including commit murder-and frame Paige for the crime. For this girl is being pursued by a dark faction of the supernatural underworld. But even Paige's wildest antics can't hold a candle to those of her new charge-an orphan who is all too willing to use her budding powers for evil.and evil is all too willing to claim her. Now that she is twenty-three and her mother is dead, the Elders can no longer deny her. Paige Winterbourne was always either too young or too rebellious to succeed her mother as leader of one of the world's most powerful elite organizations-the American Coven of Witches. FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BITTEN -NOW A SYFY SERIES From one of today's most original writers comes the mesmerizing tale of an exceptional young woman caught up in an otherworldly realm where some will stop at nothing to get what they want.

Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong