When deciding which book to read next most people know what
they are looking for in print form what this column will highlight is a
different form of reading, and that is listening to the audiobook. I love
audiobooks whether it be traveling in the car, cleaning the house or working I
listen to audiobooks all the time.
Most of you know our new Library2Go service makes it easy to
download ebooks but what some might not know is there is also a great selection
of audiobooks available for download too. I will spotlight some of my favorite
audiobooks and narrators.
Today’s Spotlight
Title is: Secondhand Spirits (A Witchcraft Mystery #1) by Juliet
Blackwell narrated by, Xe Sands .
This is a very cute little paranormal cozy mystery
I hope you will enjoy as much as I did. You will be seeing more books narrated
by Xe Sands in this spotlight column as there are quite a few books she has narrated available on Library2Go!
I am hoping the next books in this series will soon be
available through Library2Go!
Sysnopsis:
Lily Ivory is not your average witch. Her spell-casting
powers tend to draw mischievous spirits while keeping normal humans at a
distance. But now her vintage clothing store could give her a chance to make
friends in San Francisco....
Lily hopes for a normal life when she opens Aunt Cora's
Closet. With her magical knack for vintage fashion -she can sense vibrations of
the past from clothing and jewelry—her store becomes a big hit.
But when a client is murdered and children start
disappearing from the Bay Area, Lily may be the only one who can unravel the
crime. She tries to keep her identity a secret while investigating, but it's
not easy—especially under the spells of sexy "mythbuster" Max
Carmichael and powerful witch Aidan Rhodes. Will Lily's witchy ways be forced
out of the closet?
My Review:
I really enjoyed this paranormal cozy mystery. Lily is a
witch who owns a secondhand store and hopes she can just live a normal life
without using witchcraft, but things don’t quite work out for her. While buying
a collection of clothes from an elderly lady a child goes missing and Lily
feels like Mrs. Potts’ life is in danger and her premonition is right on the
money and the next day she is found dead. Lily tries to find out what happened
to the little girl and Mrs. Potts.
There is also a mythbuster, a male witch, a ghostly spirit
and a goblin that turns into a pig familiar who are all interesting characters
in their own right with the pig being my favorite! San Francisco and the area
of the Haight were kind of a character too, you really get a feel of the bay
area and I felt like a tourist discovering it all.
This was the best of two genre’s I enjoy, paranormal and
cozy mysteries, it was a great first book in the series and will definitely be
a series I continue reading, however I so enjoyed the narration by, Xe Sands
that I want to wait till I can listen to the rest on audio so I hope Tantor
Audio will get them all recorded soon!
If you enjoy a good cozy with magical elements I highly
recommend this series!
The audio production of this was great Xe Sands does such a
wonderful job and she is well on her way to becoming a favorite narrator! Xe’s
voice has this soft smooth quality that I just love, I enjoyed her slight southern
accent not over done just the hint of it and it was perfection!
4 Stars
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