What do you really, really want — more than anything else in the world? When Hillcrest’s only lawyer is found dead in her office, it’s up to Penny and her crew to track down the killer. Penny believes that the lawyer’s death might have been caused by a trouble-making magical being. The problem is, she doesn’t know which one! She can’t overlook the fact that her crush, a smokin’ hot vampire named … crush, a smokin’ hot vampire named Max, might be involved. And what about Silas, a beach-bum werewolf from the Water Realm who has recently moved to town?
With the help of her knitting circled turned witch coven, her feline familiar Turkey, and a blue haired witch next-door, Penny decides to collect the clues.
Could learning the Desire Spell help her crack the case?
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I love this series! Anyone who loves paranormal cozy mysteries will love all of these books! Characters are introduced easily and interactions between them are entertaining. I can hardly wait for the next book in this series!
As always, I loved this book. Amorette Anderson’s books get better with each book written. I felt like I was watching from the sidelines. I could actually hear the clicking of the knitting and crochet needles when the knitting club gets together. Such a fun read, I can’t wait for the next book in the series.
First, you really should read this series in order, even as this book can be read as a stand-alone story. There are so much fun to have if you do this 🙂
Now, onto the story. I really liked it, that goes without saying. And we have here is Penny trying to get her P.I.’s licence renewed (with the help of her familiar Turkey, which I shamelessly adore) and solving the murder of one of her boss’ friends, Hiroku. Easy peasy 😛
This is another light-hearted, funny, very entertaining book in a series that keeps getting better.
I received an ARC of this book, and this is my voluntary and honest review.
Love this series. The plots and the characters take you away on a ride that is great fun. Penny is certainly growing. As the mystery deepens the list of suspect list grows shorter and shorter until there are none. How can Penny solve the mystery if she has no idea of who, only how and when? How can a new witch grow if she is stuck on lesson two and cannot go any further? Jump on the broom and take a ride for a good reading experience.
What a great little series!!! A nice read for a little getaway.
I really was a little frustrated about this one at first (I’ll discuss below), but I eventually became more hooked and anxious to see the conclusion. Things are starting to get more serious for Penny and her coven of beginning witches, and they get a true big test this time, although it seemed to be mostly Penny handling things this go round. They’re obviously going to need to really hunker down on their lessons in future books as things get more intense. The end was pretty nail-biting and more intense and kept you wanting to read to see how things turned out. In general, a really good book except for below for me.
I did have a big concern about this book while reading it, and I’ve seen it mentioned in reviews of other books, and I feel it’s time to address it. At the end of the last book, Penny went through a big change at the end. Away with the almost ditzy, always thinking back and forth about the same men in her life, extremely nonobservant detective Penny…After doing a spell, she seemed to mature and grow as a person in a huge way that was awesome to see. So I was expecting, and looking forward to, seeing that side of her going into this book. But instead we seemed to be back to the old Penny, who seems to run on her fortunate luck more than anything, not being serious about her witch studies, brooding over men in her life again, and things that were extremely obvious about her case seemed to just pass her by (I actually figured out who the culprit would turn out to be immediately after the crime happened, so the ending was not really a surprise). I was frankly really disappointed and getting frustrated with her. Near the end, there is a pretty dramatic event, and she again takes another leap towards becoming a stronger person and changes some more. At that point, I was happy and am hopeful this time the author will let her retain her growth as a person and stop with so much backpedaling. As serious as things are with the portal/gateway the coven is supposed to be watching (although they’ve barely paid any attention to it), it just seems odd that someone would go through what she keeps going through and not at least show a little more change or progression with the next case.
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
The series gets better with each book. Though in my opinion it took Penny way too long to figure out who the killer was in this book. It was quite obvious at the very beginning of this book who the killer was. The reason now that was a different story. I am happy that the whole Penny and Max relationship is finally moving in the right direction. I do look forward to seeing Penny grow and mature more in the coming books. I can’t wait to see where everyone’s lives goes from here. Hoping it will only get better.
*I received a free copy of this book via the author and am voluntarily leaving a review.*
I received this as an ARC for an honest review.
This is book number 3 in the series. I can honestly day I’m hooked on the series.
Penny is a PI who has a license but her familiar Turkey informs her it’s up for a review. Strange things start happening and Penny is trying to piece things together. The Earth Coven is still learning about being witches when their ‘instruction ‘ book disappears and all of the copies, too. Who steals them and why has Penny and her knitting circle scratching their heads. And if that’s not enough mystery a dead body is found by Penny. Green smoke and green lightening appears and the race is on to solve the mysteries. Are they connected????? Read the book to find out.
The Case of the Desire spell is the third book in the Hillcrest Witch Mystery series, and what a great series this is! The story is fast paced, well written and full of interesting characters. I highly recommend this book and can’t wait for the next story to be released!