I'm kind of torn on how to rate this one. I definitely enjoyed it and there are things to commend this above other themed cozy mysteries, but then I don't know that I got exactly 4 stars worth of fun out of this. In the end I've rated this three stars, but it's a very high three stars. 
 First off, I want to state that what makes this book slightly different from other theme books in the cozy mystery genre is that the theme is more of a backdrop than anything else. Crafting (as the magic is called) is very present throughout the book, but our heroine doesn't use it as a tool to solve the murder mystery. If anything it could be seen as "useless" in that she can't control when she uses it, for whom, or in what form. I rather like this, as so often in magical themed mysteries the mystery is solved almost completely through the magic and the mystery isn't actually that much of a mystery. Our whodunit here is a light one and you can pretty much see things coming from a mile away, but Blake does actually take the time to give us a mystery where our heroine doesn't have some magical deux ex machina and I love her for it. 
 As far as the characters go, they aren't bad. They're your typical whimsical cozy characters. This means that while I did find them endearing, readers who are used to the tropes might find themselves wishing for a little something extra here. There's still room to grow, however, and I like that our heroine and her love interest are relatively un-triangled for the time being. The book ends with the potential for that to change somewhat, but the focus of this book isn't really on Darcy's love life. Hopefully future books will keep with this trend and won't fall prey to the "will they, won't they" trope, which I think few people nowadays really enjoy to the extent publishers think we do. 
 If you're looking for something to while away a few hours, this is your book. It's not perfect and it does have that "been there, done that" feeling at times, but Blake tries hard to give us a few new spins here and there. It's something that I'd definitely recommend for those rainy days where you want something nice and fluffy to read.