Lily Ivory is a
special witch, who owns a vintage boutique in San Francisco.
She enjoys her business, her friends, and her blossoming romance
with a man called Sailor. She also just happens to have a
companion pig, who in reality is a gobgoyle (a cross between
a goblin and a gargoyle) with a tough exterior and a lovable
soul with a wicked sense of humor. She's a special witch because
she is still learning her powers and because she uses them
not only to help people, but to help solve murders.
Lily is the SFPD's “Official”
Paranormal Consultant and has helped to resolve several tricky
cases since she moved to the city. These days, the mayor is
up in arms about fraudulent psychics taking advantage of citizens
and tourists, but the problem that is going on within the
paranormal community seems to go much deeper. A woman has
jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge, and her apparent suicide
may not be so apparent after all. She had a connection to
a botanica in the Mission District where she was seeking fertility
help. As it happens, her elderly mother had died recently
as well, and Lily finds a voodoo type poppet in the mother's
home. To make matters worse, a teenage girl with special powers
of her own has gone missing, and her grandmother (who just
happens to own the botanica in question) has begged Lily to
find the granddaughter and keep her safe while she, herself,
is in prison.
I'm always so excited when there is a new
Witchcraft Mystery released. I enjoy everything about the
series from the San Francisco setting to the characters and
the interwoven lives of those involved in the mystery. The
addition of young Selena, the girl with special powers, is
a great one, and I hope the character will appear in future
books. The romance between Lily and Sailor is interesting,
but I'm also intrigued by what the future may hold for her
with the powerful Aidan and his predictions about their future
working together. My favorite character, however, remains
Oscar the gobgoyle/pot bellied pig, who stole my heart in
previous books in the series.
In a time where paranormal or para-cozy mysteries
have become more and more common, Juliet Blackwell stands
out as an author who provides readers with a most unique,
mysterious, and magical world.
Reviews of other books in this series:
Hexes
and Hemlines #3
A
Vision in Velvet #6
Spellcasting in Silk #7
Reviewer Notes: Juliet Blackwell
also writes “The Haunted Home Renovation Mysteries”
series.
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