Name: Comet Weather
ISBN: 9781912950461

Liz Williams

A contemporary tale of four fey sisters, united in their desire to find their mother, Alys - a former Vogue cover model who disappeared a year ago without warning or explanation. They have help, of course, from the star spirits and the no-longer-living, but such advice tends to be cryptic and is hardly the most dependable of guides.

Comet Weather

Janice Hopper

I am going to have to start noting where I got the idea to read some of these books. I know I saw this book mentioned in a review somewhere, but I have no idea where now. 

Anyway, if there's such a thing as a cozy supernatural story, this is probably it. And I don't mean that in a BAD way. This is the sort of story that has roots in English folklore tales. There are lych-roads, ley lines, the spirits of stars that appear unexpectedly on the stairwells, and yes, there's a comet coming too!

Four sisters, Bee, Serena, Stella, and Luna, were thrown into dismay when their mother, Alys, disappeared suddenly a year ago. No one knows if Alys is dead or alive, except that the girls think she PROBABLY isn't. But they're not sure how to find her. Until they get a surprising clue. Then Things Start To Happen.

This is a book of strong female characters, all different, but all still believable and generally likeable. There's a little bit of handwaving about WHY some of the things happened as they did, but honestly, it didn't bother me. I enjoyed the plot and the characters and the magic. I even enjoyed the descriptions of the countryside.

Good stuff. +1, would read another by this author.