Purls and Potions

Vampire Knitting Club Series, Book 5

By: Nancy Warren

Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman

Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Romance is in the air on Harrington Street, Oxford. Detective Inspector Ian Chisholm is finally showing interest in Lucy, though the members of the vampire knitting club aren't too thrilled to have the police hanging around so close to Cardinal Woolsey's yarn shop. Up the street at Frogg Books, shop assistant Alice is in love with her bookish boss, Charlie, who doesn't seem to notice.  

Lucy's trying to become more proficient as a witch and when her cousin Violet talks her into brewing up a love potion to bring Alice and Charlie together, it seems like a harmless way to improve her craft.   

Until someone dies. Is Lucy's love potion more deadly than cupid's arrow? Or is there a killer on the loose?

©2019 Nancy Warren (P)2019 Tantor

The ending!

ngl this book was highly unimpressive. I didn't really enjoy it, it lacked a lot of the (sort of) depth of the others, BUT THAT ENDING WAS FANTASTIC! also the narrator is back to speed reading the chapters and that's annoying

BEST IN THE SERIES SO FAR

I LOVED THIS BOOK, SIMPLE AS THAT. NOT ONLY WAS THE STORY INTERESTING, WITH SEVERAL TWISTS, BUT THE IMAGERY IN THE DESCRIPTIONS WAS JUST AMAZING. I AM ONE WHO OFTEN TUNES OUT THE DESCRIPTIONS OF SURROUNDINGS, BUT IT WAS JUST SPECTACULAR IN THAT CLOSING SCENE. NANCY WARREN IS A WRITER EXTRAORDINAIRE, AND SARAH ZIMMERMAN ABSOLUTELY BRINGS THESE BOOKS TO LIFE.

Detectiv story with a hint of Feel good

A easy to read story with murder, vampires, knitting and romance. In this also abit of Shakespear.

A Must Read

I have enjoyed every book about the Vampire Knitting Clvb. I can't wait to hear the next book
Fabulous!

Love Spell Gone Wrong

Purls and Potions is book 5 of the Vampire Knitting Club series. In this book, a love spell goes awry and causes havoc among the cast and crew of the local college's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Unfortunately Ian is also there when the spell takes effect and he is affected as well. Now, instead of Lucy, his interest lands elsewhere. In addition to that, there is a university student missing and another one murdered. Lucy and her witch and vampire cohorts have to figure out how to undo the spell and how to solve the disappearance and murder. I enjoyed this book, but I feel like, given the reason Ian was infatuated with someone else and it being Lucy's fault, it was kind of silly to be upset with him and it was a cop out for the author to use that as a reason to end the love triangle and cool things off between Lucy and Ian. But it seems like things might start to heat up with Rafe so that is great.

I have been binging this series and haven’t been reviewing them in between each book. Some overall observations from the series so far (I have finished through book 8.5 and am partway through book 9) are that the stories are always cute and good for a short escape. I really enjoy the characters and have a vested interest in them. Something I have noticed, though, is that there isn’t continuity between books and the books really could have benefited from a proofreader. For example, in book 1, Lucy is 27 but in book 6, she has her 26th birthday. In one of the books, Rafe is at least 600 years old, but in the next book, he is only 500 years old. Occasionally there is an incorrect name used but I always know what was meant so it doesn’t confuse me or make it so that I can’t continue. Another thing that is missing, at least to the point I am at now, is any real information about the vampires. We don’t get to know anything about their abilities, only that they are vampires who feed via a blood bank. Even with the inconsistencies, I am hooked on the series and enjoy these easy-going, clean, cozy mysteries. It is a nice palette cleanser from the smutty stuff I typically enjoy.

The narrator is the same throughout the series and she does a great job.

Theatrical murder and mystery

A student disappears, another one dies in the midst of love potion mishap. Lucy is waist deep and determined to solve the mystery.

Good narration

While the narration was very good I did not enjoy this book in the series as much as the previous ones. I’m hoping the next one will be better.

Light Romance, Magic, & Knitting

Cute, light, funny whodunit series listen. Much like other hobby themed mystery books. Moments that made me laugh, trying to guess whodunit & which potential love interest the protagonist will choose.

Fun and Entertaining

Purls and Potions is a fun and entertaining mystery series. The plot is entertaining fun and the characters are engaging. I recommend this to anyone who likes light cozy mysteries.

Love Potion Problems & Midsummer Night's Murder

Emma is back with her friends we've come to know and enjoy. This time testing out her magic helping a desperate next door business neighbor with a love potion. But in typical story fashion the love potion goes a little awry and in the middle of helping with a theater department of Oxford who is putting on a performance of Midsummer Night's Dream. While hi-jinks abound the fun and games dissolve when a missing person and murder are found. There are twists and turns as well as mixed up love angles in this fifth edition in the series. Narration continues to be wonderful and the developing interactions of Emma with Rafe and Ian are enjoyable, especially the aspects of the special bond between Emma and Rafe. The pacing and story line are fun and engaging and I was amused that this one had kind of an Agatha Christie bring all the suspects together to reveal the killer moment at the end. For fans of the series you are sure to enjoy this episode.