Pet Psychic Magical Mysteries: The Complete Series

Books 1-8

By: Erin Johnson

Narrated by: Hannah Somerville

Length: 35 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

The complete series! Eight full-length paranormal cozy mystery novels. One delightfully magical series you won't be able to put down.

Talking animals. Quirky cases. An enchanting town. This series has it all, like you’ve never heard before!

Jolene Hartgrave, here! I went from being a top dog lawyer to a hangdog pet psychic in the ruff part of town, all thanks to a pesky curse that gave me the gift of gabbing with animals. But my luck is finally looking up. I’ve teamed up with a hottie police officer and his snarky, lie-sniffing German shepherd to catch criminals. From a murdered fashion icon spinning a web of lies to the killed curator of an occult museum, I’m doggedly helping the police bring the bad guys to justice.

But there’s a catch. I’ve got a huge secret of my own–one the police can never find out about. Can I solve the case and build a new life, or will I end up behind bars myself?

If you love talking animal sidekicks, clever mysteries, and a hilarious cast of characters, you won’t want to miss your chance to binge books one through eight of the Pet Psychic Magical Mysteries. This boxset contains the complete eight book series of fun, clean, imaginative mysteries you’ll stay up all night binging.

©2023 Erin M Johnson (P)2023 Erin Johnson

Bewitching cozy mystery series

I actually reviewed the first four books of this series, but as I said before it was nice to return to Bijou Mer (which is also the setting of Ms. Johnson's Spells and Caramels). One of the things I look for in book series is personal growth of characters, and got it in spades in this series. All three of the main characters grow in major ways, and smaller growth in two of the secondary characters. I love that each book is self contained when it comes to the mystery, but builds on each other for interpersonal relationships. Each Mystery gets better and my favorite is the last story where the main characters get to meet the characters from the Spells and Caramels series, but done in a way that someone who has not read that series will still be able to understand and be entertained by their interactions.

I have said it before but I'll say it again, I really like that Ms. Johnson write fair mysteries, in that if you pay attention to the clues you can figure out the mysteries yourself but they aren't too easy.

I have only two minor quibbles about this series, one is that the hygiene of the main character, or lack thereof is sometimes a little too detailed, and occasionally her interpersonal skills are lacking and can drag scenes on for a little too long. But these are minor irritants in a really fun series.

As a audio book, I like the way the books are separated making it easy to remember which book you are on. I also enjoy the way Ms. Somerville reads, with distinct voices for each character.

I really enjoyed them and recommend you give them a try if you like cozy paranormal mysteries.

Bravo!

Jolene and her friends

If you like cozy mysteries, snarky banter, villains, magic, shifters, and romance, Pet Psychic Magical Mysteries by Erin Johnson and narrated by her sister, Hannah Somerville (who by the way does an excellent job with all the various voices) this complete set is for you. Bravo, Erin!

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Annoying reader

The stories themselves were enjoyable, but I stopped midway through book 4 because I couldn’t take the reader anymore. I would’ve been better off if I got them on Kindle for reading.

Terrible narration

The narrator's excessive inflection at the end of every phrase was absolutely annoying. She did ok with the other character voices but couldn't perform the rest at all. The storyline had such potential.

My Great Escape

Loved all eight books.-the characters, story, fantasy, realism and the humor. Please continue with more.

Can’t stand the narration

The story line was your typical cozy mystery, nothing to write home about. Good background listen. Maybe I’d have been more invested if I could stand the narrator, but I tried and tried to finish it but I noped out in the last book. Couldn’t take it anymore. I’d return, but I would feel bad because I did listen to all but the last 4 hours of it. Maybe I still will.

Erin Johnson Never Disappoints

Jolene used to be a successful lawyer, with a dark secret: she was an owl shifter. Successful lawyer until a rival doused her with a potion that caused her to shift to owl form, then back to human permanently. Though she lost her ability to shift, she gained the ability to talk to animals. Now, she lives in poverty in the Dark Moon district, working as a pet psychic. Join her on a spell binding road to redemption in this delightfully magical series. I highly recommend it!

Well...

I really wanted to listen to these books. Story line was interesting enough, however.... the narrator grated my nerves so bad. I could only take about 30 minutes and I was done. Would wait 3 or4 days and try again all to no avail. Would very much like to hear the rest of the books maybe if I wait longer between each listening session I might finish in a year or two.

Narrator is so, so bad. I had to slow the speed.

The story line is good with fun characters. However, the narrator speaks way too fast and should have checked pronunciations before beginning. Phrasing is terrible and accents are awful. The dog/monster growls actually made me wince.
The author uses certain words and phrases too often. “He shot a look”, “I shot a look”, they all shot looks.
Detritus…overused and mispronounced.

Entertaining

Nice to have all the books together. Each book was interesting and a good listen. Narrator was fine.