If they hear someone say 'I wish.,' they are obligated to fulfill that wish provided that the wish-maker is a mortal (not a Crafter) whose motives are pure, and that the wish does no harm. The Merriweather sisters are Wishcrafters. Different children of the same union have different skill strengths.

In a marriage between two Crafters of differing types, their child is born with both abilities, but one is much stronger than the other. 37) Further complicating things, the children of a marriage between a Crafter and a human are full Crafters, with the talents of their Crafter parent. The clueless spouse in that instance did not become a Halfcrafter, and held no knowledge of the Craft at all.' ( A Witch Before Dying, p. In that case, the Crafter forfeited his or her powers.and became a Halfcrafter (.essentially.a mortal).The other option was.to keep the Craft a secret from a spouse, thus leading a difficult life of lies and magical subterfuge, but retaining the ability to perform magic. One was to reveal the Craft to the spouse. If a Crafter marries a mortal, the situation gets complicated: 'He or she had two options. In this world, witchery is hereditary, and each witch family has a particular specialty (e.g., Herbcrafter, Numbercrafter, Curecrafter, Vaporcrafter). The girls' late mother (Ve's sister) was a witch, but the girls were never told of their witchy heritage - until now, that is.

This light and fluffy series is set in the Enchanted Village, a small-townish, witch-themed neighborhood in Salem, Massachusetts, where twenty-something sisters, Darcy and Harper Merriweather, have come to live with their Aunt Velma (aka Aunt Ve) after the death of their father.

A Witch Before Dying by Heather Blake