🎧 Berls Reviews Witchy Whiskers #COYER

Posted October 11, 2021 by Berls in Review / 9 Comments

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

🎧 Berls Reviews Witchy Whiskers #COYERWitchy Whiskers by Danielle Garrett
Narrator: Amanda Ronconi
Series: Nine Lives Magic #1
Published by Tantor Audio on September 28, 2021
Genres: Cozy Mystery, Paranormal
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Publisher
Goodreads
four-stars

Have you ever wished your cat could talk to you? If so, allow my story to be your cautionary tale.My life was going just fine by most standards. I ran a successful business in a tight-knit magical community, and lived just blocks from a beautiful lake and series of hiking trails.
Then Selene showed up.
According to some magical code I inherit my aunt’s ancient familiar; a grumpy ten-pound cat with a broken filter. She fancies herself something of a saber-toothed tiger, and claims to have wrestled the thread of her ninth life from the hands of the Fates themselves β€” although, I’m pretty sure that last part isn’t true.
Almost positive.
I’m still looking into the magical fine print, but in the meantime I’m stuck as the guardian to a cat with the personality of Sophia from the Golden Girls. Oh, and by another cruel twist of fate, my ex-husband just moved back into town. I thought I couldn’t take any more, but when a murder rocks my small community, I wind up entangled in the investigation thanks to a handsome stranger.
If only life came equipped with a rewind button.
**Witchy Whiskers is the first book in a brand new series by paranormal mystery author, Danielle Garrett. Grab your copy now and dive into a colorful world filled with magic, mystery, adventure, and a spark or two of romance.**

My top thoughts:

Danielle Garrett is an author I’ve come to count on for a reliable, fun, cozy mystery. So when I saw this book was coming out and narrated by Amanda Ronconi – a top 5 narrator for me – it was a no brainer. In fact, I didn’t even check what the book was about, I just grabbed it. And I was not let down.

What I liked/didn’t like:

As is fairly typical of first in series books, this started semi slow as the characters and world were introduced. But since I immediately liked the character and the world, it wasn’t THAT slow. I love Selene, the cat “familiar” – her attitude provides real comedic relief to the story. And the world feels similar to other Danielle Garrett witch worlds… it could easily be in the same world as Nick and Holly, for example. Cora is an air witch and she also runs a candle shop – these candles are amazing. I need to get my hands on some of the relaxation candles!

The mystery was solid, I had some good guesses but stayed on my toes. There’s also a mystery for the series, surrounding Cora’s missing aunt that I’m very interested in seeing how it develops. There’s also some romantic interest – there’s some love triangle potential that I hope evaporates quickly. It has potential to be done already, so I’m hopeful. I like both guys, but seeing as one is Cora’s ex-husband, I feel like they’ve been there, done that, ya know?

Narrator thoughts:

As I mentioned, this was narrated by Amanda Ronconi, one of my top 5 favorite narrators, so I was very happy with the audio. The next book is out already, but not on audio and I will be waiting. I think Sophia, who I buddy read this with (and also gave it 4 stars) is also going to wait for the audio. She’s that good.

This book qualifies for COYER Scavenger Hunt item #1, first in the Nine Lives Magic Series.

4 stars Pretty Great

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Michelle adopted me as part of her blog when I decided to close down my blog, Fantasy is More Fun. The blog was dying, but my love of reading and the blogosphere was still strong as ever - so I found my new home here at Because Reading!

I'm not just a book lover, but a one time author (that hopes to be more in the future), wife, mom to the cutest, happiest, best 5 year old and step-mom to the craziest, sweetest 24 year old on the planet. My family mean everything to me and they appear frequently in the Sunday Post with Berls. So grab a glass of wine and chat books, blogging, and family with me!

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9 responses to “🎧 Berls Reviews Witchy Whiskers #COYER

  1. This does sound like fun! I feel like I haven’t read a cozy mystery in forever! I really want to get back into those a bit…

    Hope you are well this week Berls!