Midlife Magic & Medusa: Paranormal Women's Fiction

Written by Meredith Carlisle

Narrated by Maria McCann

No rest for the weary, right? Alex has barely strapped on her magical training wheels when a gorgon slithers into town! Medusa isn’t just seeking asylum, either. She expects Alex’s help in breaking her own family’s infamous curse. Old hatred runs deep in creatures with such long memories, and keeping the entire town from going after Medusa with their own torches and pitchforks may prove impossible. Thankfully, Alex has a couple of hotter than-sin distractions to help her. Erm, help her learn to control the wilder aspects of her magic, that is. Unfortunately, her ex-husband’s prolonged recovery--under her roof—doesn’t exactly put Alex in the mood for romance, and she can forget fostering calm feelings of control. Handing Mike over to Medusa may be Alex’s biggest temptation yet. And with her barely contained magic on the fritz, Alex may not be the best witch to help remove Medusa’s curse, anyway. Especially since she can’t seem to do anything about her own. But when a high-ranking demon tries to use Alex’s family to force her own curse into action, those magical training wheels have to come off. Time for Alex to pull up her mom-jeans and kick some demon ass.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Graye Castle Press
• Release date: Dec 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781666632422

Meredith Carlisle

Meredith Carlisle spends her days (and most of her nights) engrossed in adventures featuring kick ass female heroines doing battle with all sorts of monstrous creatures and their own self doubt. In real life she lives in a haunted house and doesn't go to the bathroom without turning on a light. Meredith lives with her family in beautiful southeast Tennessee, surrounded by history, mountains, and the awe-inspiring Tennessee River. Her work typically features a strong Southern voice, unique settings, and elements of the paranormal. Whether she's writing her own words or relishing in someone else's, she's most at home between the pages of a good story.​ Her friends call her Mere (pronounced Mare) and you can too.

Reviews for Midlife Magic & Medusa

[Holly · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I like the premise of the storyline, but this one unlike the first one was a hot mess. I feel like the author was told to get it from start to finish including editing in a week. For the biggest part of the book you're getting Alex's POV, then all the sudden it's Nicki's, then Gina's. Then you have the CONSTANT inconsistencies to the point of it being annoying. One second someone is being moved through the house by magic after being harmed and not even a full paragraph later they are still outside, type of inconsistencies. With 2 hours left I had to talk myself out of quitting it.
Like I said the premise is great, and I hope the author will slow down, maybe reread her last couple chapters between writing sessions and have better editing done.