Book 3, 2016
Jan. 10th, 2016 02:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeThanks to a four-day weekend, I've just knocked back my third book in as many days. Yes!
I read A Vision in Velvet, which is part of Juliet Blackwell's "Witchcraft Mystery" series.
Lily buys a trunk of vintage clothing from an antiques dealer, purely because one item in the collection called to her. When the dealer is shot to death soon after, Lily begins to suspect his murder had something to do with the trunk and its contents. She also discovers that each time she dons the velvet cloak that had intrigued her, she experiences visions of a centuries-old witch execution.
Revisiting the scene of the crime, the base of an old oak tree, Lily is dismayed when her familiar, Oscar, disappears in the tree. Determined now to save him, she goes on a quest to gather the information she needs to rescue Oscar. If she solves a murder and rattles some cages along the way, so be it.
This book was delightful, not only in the fast pace, but also in how Lily is humbled when her friends band together to help her, not only in finding Oscar, but also in her spell-casting. I also enjoyed the growing relationship between Lily and Sailor. I was able to figure some things out, and I even sussed out the murderer, although it wasn't until late in the book.
Favorite line: It wasn't going to do anyone any good if I carried on like a sinner in a cyclone.
Five out of five for this one!
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I read A Vision in Velvet, which is part of Juliet Blackwell's "Witchcraft Mystery" series.
Lily buys a trunk of vintage clothing from an antiques dealer, purely because one item in the collection called to her. When the dealer is shot to death soon after, Lily begins to suspect his murder had something to do with the trunk and its contents. She also discovers that each time she dons the velvet cloak that had intrigued her, she experiences visions of a centuries-old witch execution.
Revisiting the scene of the crime, the base of an old oak tree, Lily is dismayed when her familiar, Oscar, disappears in the tree. Determined now to save him, she goes on a quest to gather the information she needs to rescue Oscar. If she solves a murder and rattles some cages along the way, so be it.
This book was delightful, not only in the fast pace, but also in how Lily is humbled when her friends band together to help her, not only in finding Oscar, but also in her spell-casting. I also enjoyed the growing relationship between Lily and Sailor. I was able to figure some things out, and I even sussed out the murderer, although it wasn't until late in the book.
Favorite line: It wasn't going to do anyone any good if I carried on like a sinner in a cyclone.
Five out of five for this one!
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