Review: Familiar Motives (Witch's Cat Mystery Book 3) by Delia James

Review:  Familiar Motives (Witch's Cat Mystery Book 3) by Delia James 

Title: Familiar Motives

Author: Delia James

Series: Witch's Cat Mystery Book 3

Genre: Cozy Romance, Fantasy, Witches

Publisher: Berkley

No. of Pages: 321 Pages 

My Review: 4 Stars

I love cozies with animals in it. And this is one series that I fell in love with from the first book on wards. 

This is one of those series that I count the days and then the hours I have until I can read it. 

As with all previous two book. There is a Mystery. A death of a coven member and a much loved local Vet has a lot of people feeling a lot of things. 

The book starts with Anna and Kenisha finding the Local Vet's body. And realizing that the local Pet Celebrity has been cat-napped. I got to say... I though that this one was going to be an at least an easy one to solve. Boy, I was wrong! SO Wrong! 

Delia James is great with the twists and turns and weaving a story line that is unique in it's own way. 

The beginning rankled me a little. Mainly because there was one too many times were Anna was at the right/wrong time for her to find a key piece of information regarding the mystery. For me it was a bit annoying. 

However, as I kept reading the mystery took over. With the added blossoming relationship with the bartender, this was a great cozy for me to read along with a hot cup of coffee and warm blanket.

Review: Caught Dead Handed (Witch City Mystery Book 1) By Carol J. Perry

Review: Caught Dead Handed (Witch City Mystery Book 1) By Carol J. Perry

Title: Caught Dead Handed  
Author: Carol J. Perry
Series: Witch City Mystery Book 1  
Genre: Cozy Mystery, Paranormal, Witches
Publisher: Kensington  
No. of Pages: 393 Pages  
My Review: 4 Stars

I Love the Cover. It was what grabbed me and wanted me to try this one out. I know judging a book by it's cover is not good and I may be losing a couple of good books by doing that but this one... sigh...

Okay, First thing first. The Cat. O'Ryan. Is ADORABLE. And a total gentlemen. He goes outside to do his business. And waits up until Lee returns home from work to go to sleep. I am absolutely in love with the him.

The main  character Lee, is back home to start anew. With a trip to an interview ending up her losing the interview and then discovering a dead body. She finds out that the dead was the host for the late night show for WICH-TV and gets offered the late night host job.

The books starts out great. The mystery and other events in Lee's life make up a great read as well as keeping me stuck in the book. However, that being said I do think that after a while the mystery just seemed to be stretched too thin. Halfway through the book the mystery was not a mystery as much finding out what happened to Janet for me.

Even before the climax I had realized who the murderer was. What kept me on the book was finding out why? and What happened?

I may be saying a little too much but I think this book or the mystery on some very bad things that had happened in the past. What goes around comes around. There is a result for every action. Bad or Good.

The climax was  worth the bump in the book. Wrapped the book up nicely, with probably a hint of good change and new friendship.