Beautiful. Barbara Davis' The Last of the Moon Girls is all the things that gives me what I want in a book. And this one is spun from pure magic. If you enjoy works by Sarah Addison Allen and Alice Hoffman, this is a book for you.

Lizzy Moon comes from a long line of magical females living on a farm in a small New England town. She has escaped her heritage and has a promising career in New York City.

Upon her grandmother's death, Lizzy inherits the farm. She returns to Moon Farm with the intention of selling it and returning to New York. However, once Lizzy is on the farm, she resolves to solve a 10 year old murder.

Guided by a book written for her by her grandmother, Lizzy slowly learns about self acceptance and family as she delves into the past.

It is a sweet book about love, family and defining one's own path. Touched by magic, with an entwined romance, it is worth the read

I received an advance copy of this book. I'm leaving my honest opinion.

This was a somewhat coming-of-age book. For nine generations, the Moon girls have run and taken care of their herbal farm. Lizzy left the farm 8 years ago, and wants nothing to do with it. When her grandmother dies, she returns to get the farm ready to sell and clear her grandmother’s name. Her grandmother was found guilty in the court of public opinion for the deaths of two girls. She reads the journal her grandmother’s wrote before her death, and realizes things are not always as they seem. The author does an outstanding job of describing the characters and their thoughts, as well as the farm and the area around it. I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and Montclair Romance Publishing. All opinions expressed are my own.

Lizzy Moon belongs to a family of women, healers, gardeners; all have had a special gift that sets them apart from others. But Lizzy gave up on that life years ago to pursue a career in the city as a perfume maker. When her grandmother, Althea dies, Lizzy decides to return to the family farm one last time, to make it ready to sell. The beautiful old farm and homestead has to many reminders of the two young girls who were found dead in the pond on the property. But Lizzy feels compelled to stay after she finds her grandmother’s journal and becomes determined to prove, once and for all, that her grandmother had nothing to do with the murders. I loved this book, even if Lizzy seemed a little cold at first. The descriptions of her herb farm, the legacy of a family of female healers, or kitchen witches, cast a spell on me