Could a book transform you into a witch? Penny Banks is an amateur sleuth just trying to get by in her small mountain town in Colorado. Her love life is a mess and business is slow. Then one day she inherits a magical book and everything changes… Along with the ladies in her knitting circle, Penny starts to study witchcraft. Just in time, too! Werewolves, vampires, and tennis-playing spirits make … tennis-playing spirits make their way to Hillcrest, and trouble abounds. Can Penny protect her town?
This boxset includes the first five Hillcrest Witch Mysteries:
Book #1: The Case of the Power Spell
Book #2: The Case of the Banishing Spell
Book #3: The Case of the Desire Spell
Book #4: The Case of the Trust Spell
Book #5: The Case of the Vision Spell
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A fun series full of magic and murder!
1. Heaps of fun!
Penny continues (read the prequel first!!!) to be so super endearing! She’s real and not this incredible sort of superwoman who is also incredibly unbelievable and unrelatable. Naïve, yes. Tactless, yes. Blunt, oh yes! But also funny and adorable! I’ve really grown quite fond of her.
And I loooove Turkey, oh no, Thomas I mean. Whoops, sorry Thomas! 😉
A light-hearted cozy. Heaps, and I do mean HEAPS, of fun!
The book is written in first person, present tense, and normally that is not my favorite style, but here it is done in such a way I didn’t even notice at first! Hm, this is a keeper. It’s been a bit hit and miss with the books that I’ve been reading lately, but this one was most definitely a hit!
2. fantastic!
Another installment in this quirky series that I LOVED! This was just right up my alley.
Penny has lots to learn and does that with the help of familiar Turkey. Oh sorry: Thomas Edison Fullbright, I keep forgetting LOL.
I thought it was wacky and crazy and fantastic!
3. How to enjoy The Case of the Desire Spell
* The reader must bathe in a natural water source. If that is not available, a regular bath will do just as well 😉
* The reader must be alone.
* The reader must be clear about his or her desires.
* The reader must practice intentional amnesia.
(Slightly changed spell LOL)
When there’s another murder Penny suspects magical interference. Would Max have something to do with it?
Let yourself be immersed in another fun book! Because this sure was fun once again! Let Penny and her merry band of misfits put a spell on you, as she has done on me.
4. Teach me how to TRUST
Opening up the portal as a peace offering to the Spirit Realm seemed kinda dangerous to me. Asking for trouble. And yes, Penny gets herself and her coven in trouble again! A tennis tournament is to be held, with Spirits competing on Earth, as gravity is better on Earth than in the Spirit Realm. But before the tournament can even start, a Spirit gets murdered. Yes, murdered! I thought a Spirit’d be like a ghost, but Spirits from the Spirit Realm aren’t humans who died. Spirits look like ghosts, but they’re not. They’re just from a different Realm. And in a way, that’s disappointing for Annie, because she really wanted to summon her late husband.
The Trust Spell is like a puzzle. It’s not immediately clear. But maybe it can help them solve the murder, so they have got to figure out how to master it.
I loooved it! Light-hearted, fun; Penny doesn’t take herself so seriously. She’s funny, smart, and warm-hearted. She’s also socially awkward, naïve and under-confident. But she’s growing. As a person, and as a witch. And it’s so lovely to see! The personal growth Penny shows during this series is very realistic. Slowly but steady. I really enjoyed reading about Penny’s transformation. It’s such fun to be a part of Penny’s journey of change. She has learned so much! Still, there lots left to learn.
Penny gets herself into hilarious situations once again. It’s impossible not to smile while reading this book. If you need a boost, a pick-me-up, then this is the book to read! It’s filled with funny silliness.
5 stars for sure.
5. This is the best book in this series so far!
Rebecca the serious librarian / president of the Historical Society has a new case for Penny the PI witch. A puzzle. But first, Penny has a date with Max the vampire. Priorities! Lol.
Penny’s awkwardness is so endearing! She’s not the most coordinated person in the world, to put it mildly. Especially when she’s with Max; she and Max are still in that ‘new-love phase’ and she gets super clumsy around him. She still finds it hard to think straight when she’s around him. But her self-confidence is growing and that’s good to see. And she’s really working hard on being tactful. She’s becoming wiser and more powerful, but luckily for us she isn’t mature all the time. She’s still the sometimes immature, sometimes socially awkward Penny that I’ve come to love. So much fun to read about!
Penny actually thinks this case is going to be boring. Ha! Bwahaha!!!
Turkey’s bringing in the money online; he’s gotten so good with the laptop! He is really getting addicted to being online. He is such a wiz online! He really helps Penny out a lot. He’s one smart familiar and I think he’s so aww cute!
The story is embellished by drawings, and they really add to the story. This is the best book in this series so far, and they were all 5-star reads. So I’d like to give this one 10 stars!
I loved this box set. Reading all these book was fun because of the characters. The characters were fun, witty and they added to the plot of the books. The books were easy to read and a page turner in my opinion. These are books everyone can read. For those of you who like romance well there is a touch of romance too but if you want steamy romance well this book doesn’t do steamy. I loved it. I recommend it and hope to have the paperback version someday. These books are just magical. Please give Amorette Anderson lots of love by buying this box set .
Amorette Anderson books can be found on Amazon.com and if your interested the link is: https://www.amazon.com/Amorette-Anderson/e/B07H5PQ49M?ref=sr_ntt_srch_Ink_fkmr0_2&qid=1553624404&sr=1-2-fkmr0 . So go buy, buy, buy and read, read, read.
A Fantastic Collection! This collection starts with the finding of a book that teaches Penny Banks and her friends how to become witches. Each book explores and completes one lesson. In the beginning Penny is very immature and bumbles through lessons haphazardly. But she is learning and growing every step of the way. Very quickly she and her friends form the Earth Coven and the adventures begin full on! A fun and mostly light-hearted look at a group of women who grow together into some amazing people. A wonderful read and I look forward to watching them grow even more!
This was a really cute mystery series. Penny and her friends love knitting and becoming witches. They keep getting interrupted with mysteries to be solved. Penny and her familiar cat Turkey have a great dialog. I like the characters and they stories keep you entertained. Great summer reading!
I received an ARC of this collection in return for an honest review.
I love cozy mysteries with paranormal themes. Penny our main character did an online course on how to become a PI. As she was getting her PI office going, she was given a book on how to become a witch. So Penny made copies and invited her knitting circle to learn with her. And the path for Penny and her knitting circle with Cora, Annie, and Marley begins. But along the way Penny has cases to solve as a PI. These four women grow and realized that there is so much more to their life as they know it with each spell they learn. I enjoy the funny things, watching the friendships grow, discovering of familiars, mysteries to solve, and seeing love connections.
And reading a collection allows you just keep reading and reading and reading.
A win win all the way around.
I love how the characters seem to grow into a real Coven with each book’s new spell. I think they are growing closer as each story unfolds. The author has also grown stronger with each book and has been more in-tuned with the development of each character! Highly recommend this series!
This box set is a great way to follow Penny Banks as she and her knitting circle (now a coven) attempt to learn witchcraft from a book Penny inherited. Add in Penny’s struggling PI business and her love life which has its own problems, and you’re set for some fun. I’ve enjoyed this series so far and look forward to more. I requested and received an Advance Reader Copy of this. My review is voluntary and reflects my honest opinion.
Absolutely love this series. The characters are so relatable, especially Penny and her mishaps!! If you love entertaining books that include animals, read this series. I promise you will love it!
Absolutely a great series. Enjoy sitting back following the adventures of Penny, Cora, Annie, and Marley who are witches in training after Penny is bequest a book from an actual witch. Their normal everyday knitting circle just became a whole lot more interesting. Enjoy reading all the books in the series so far in this wonderful boxed set.
I love this series of books. Being able to read one after the other is wonderful.
A group of ladies from a knitting circle slowly form a a coven. As I read each book
I have learned more about them all. Such a wonderful series. I loved reading these.
I love these stories! They are mysterious, but still light and humorous. They’re full of fun, well developed super naturals and magic. I highly recommend them!
I received an advanced reader copy and am freely leaving my honest review.
The characters are people you would like to be friends with and hang around. They are funny and charming in their growth in magic and character. Each story has a new lesson to be learned as well as a mystery to figure out. You will enjoy this reading this collection and for repeat reads! Yes! You must read this series!!
I have really enjoyed this book series. Penny is a local P.I. as well as a witch in training, along with her friends. In each story they are trying to learn a new spell. I absolutely love the relationships that Penny and her friends have, they are so supportive of one another. Every time I read the next installment in this series, I feel like I am visiting old friends. I can’t wait for the next book to come out!
Over all this series is a great lighthearted read. While watching a young lady transform into her inner witch, we can learn something about the book she inherited that s allowing her and her knitting circle to add another dimension to their future.
Each spell is also a new case for her detective agency. Which sort of leads you to hoping that she both successfully learns how to become a witch and also keeps learning new spells for the foreseeable future. All in all, this series is one that has you flipping pages to see if you figured each case out correctly or not.
You ve got to get these books to catch up with Penelope and the rest of her coven. Trust me, they re worth it!!
I did get this box set for an honest review. I prefer the original review I copied and pasted, except BookBub limits the word count. I sort of, ummm, went over by a small factor (somewhere north of 4.5)! Just a wee little bit;D
I don’t usually read paranormal stuff but this is my year of the cozy so I challenged myself to read all kinds of cozies. I’m glad I did because this set is really good. It’s not real spooky but it is really funny. The characters are great as is the setting. A whole town of witches! All kinds of things go on in Hillcrest. You can’t go wrong reading this series.
I received a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.
This is a 5-book set of all the Hillcrest Witch Mysteries. Penny is given a book that turns out to be a how-to-become-a-witch manual. She makes a copy for each of the other three women in her knitting group and the adventures begin.
I read each book individually, and it’s been fun watching Penny and her friends change and mature over the series. Penny starts as a PI with no confidence and no customers. But as the series progresses, she gains confidence, learns to trust her instincts and becomes a pretty good PI. The same is true for her new coven. With every cycle, or lesson, in the book and as they each acquire their familiar, they get more comfortable with spells and the other realms. Their skills tend to come in handy with the cases Penny gets, which gives them a chance to practice what they’re learning.
It’s a fun series to read, and I look forward to new books to come. I received an advanced copy of each book in exchange for an honest review.
So far I’ve really enjoyed this series about Penny Banks and her knitting circle learning how to be witches and solving some mysteries along the way. Penny does a lot of growing as a person as the series moves along. The characters are all fun and likable. The books are all standalone, but there is an underlying ongoing story, so getting this set is a great way to keep moving along in the story without buying the separate books.
I received a free copy of this set from the author and am voluntarily leaving my review.
Great series! Novice witch Penny gathers her friends to form her coven. In every book she improves her PI skills solving mysteries with the help of her cat familiar Turkey and her friends. It’s a fun series, easy to read and each book leaves you waiting for the next one. I recieved an ARC copy of the set in exchange for an honest review. Can’t wait for the next book!
I really love this series, and have eagerly waited for each book to appear. Penny reminds me of awkward me when I was young, until something gave me hope that I wasn’t just a total mess-up. Let’s face it, most of us have that kind of history in our lives. We can barely trust ourselves;how can we find our power? How can we help others when we can’t even remember laundry day?
That’s who we meet in these stories: Penny Banks:neophyte PI. She’d rather knit than solve mysteries. She loves her cat Turkey, who’s smarter than anyone can imagine, and at the moment, she and her knitting circle are stumbling into the power of becoming…witches after she is given a copy of ‘The Art and Science of Becoming a Witch”.
Each story tackles a chapter in the book, and peeks into the lives of Penny, Annie,Marley and Cora as the Terra Coven works to keep Hillcrest safe from other forces. You never know what the next spell will bring to them, but it sure is fun to find out.
This is a great way to present the five books, in an “easy to reach for” omnibus. Come explore Hillcrest with them, and maybe remember and re-learn that magic is all around us! Highly Recommended 5/5
[disclaimer: I received this collection from the author and voluntarily reviewed it]
Having read the entire series up to now I am giving the series kudos for being witty and witchy. Well worth reading!