Title: PRISCILLA PRATT MYSTERIES BOX SET #1-4
:
A Vampire
& Baking Cozy Mystery Series Box Set
Author: Melissa Monroe
Narrator: Cindy
Kay
Length: 23
hours and 18 minutes
Audible
Release Date:
11.16.2018
Publisher: Cinnamon Cozies
Publish Date: 10.24.2018
Category /Genre: Cozy Mysteries, Paranormal
Recommended
for: 18+ due to sexual content
Listenability: OK or
NSFW
Received from: Kyla Colby, Publisher (as an Audible gifted copy)
Goodreads link: Priscilla
Pratt Box Set
Date completed: 02.08.2019
Description from the publisher:
Priscilla Pratt is the vampire
sleuth with a sweet tooth!
Sink your teeth into this delicious
cozy mystery series audiobook now!
Priscilla Pratt is the friendly
vampire who owns Fangs in Fondant, the best bakery in picturesque Bellmare,
Massachusetts.
But Priscilla keeps getting mixed up
- in murder! Whet your appetite for
mystery with this cozy mystery audiobook box set!
Get books #1-4 together for the
first time:
Book #1 - Fangs and Fondant
Book #2 - A Bite of
Blueberry
Book #3 - Blood in the Batter
Book #4 - Holy Crepes
Bonus free book #0 - Fangs
and Fairy Dust
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It is best if the books in the
Priscilla Pratt Cozy Mystery series are read in the order of release and I
recommend reading them all (or at least the four I have read so far).
FANGS
AND FONDANT is a wonderful opening book for the
series, named for the bakery owned by Priscilla Pratt.
Melissa Monroe has built a unique
cozy world where vampires have revealed themselves to the public. She does a terrific job of describing the differences
between vampires and humans and the difference between Hollywood and reality.
The mystery was well thought
out. The victim was an annoyingly,
entitled, bridezilla. I almost didn’t
care who killed her! Except, I didn’t
want Priscilla to be accused. Other than
the bride and the killer, I found the characters to be inviting, full of
personality, and individualized.
It was fun to listen and try to
guess the true culprit.
A
BITE OF BLUEBERRY seemed to be filled with even more
immediate danger for Priscilla and her friends.
Also, Priscilla’s fairy godmother
has come to town and her antics add to the laugh-out-loud moments that are
needed to counter balance the serious times in a good cozy mystery.
While increasing the likeability of
the main characters as I got to know them even better, there was another great
mystery to be solved. Priscilla, Anna,
Arthur, Maddison, and the rest of the friends we have made in Bellmare are up
for the task. These are strong
characters and I love them!
BLOOD
IN THE BATTER was a terrific story that included
LARP play where I could envision my son joining in the fun. I’m just glad nobody twisted an ankle
sideways!
The best cozy mystery in the series
so far! The mystery will keep you
guessing until the end and the characters are strongly written with great
descriptions and depth. I am loving them
more and more.
The funniest line in the book may
have been the last one… wait for it!
HOLY
CREPES: I was happy and sad to begin the
fourth book in the series. I love this
series, but I knew that I didn’t have any more of it.
The two newest members of town (and
I don’t want to name them since this is a box set and I don’t want to give
anything away in case you haven’t started the first book yet) just may be my
two favorite characters besides the girls!
There were so many lovely twists and
turns that I was pleasantly confounded, and knew that I just had to hang on for
the ride.
Overall, the books are wonderful,
but I had a problem with the consistency of Priscilla’s age. She actually got younger in book four than
she was in book one! This may also be the
only place in the world where it takes six months to get from the beginning of
October to Valentine’s Day. Still, those
points are me being nitpicky and I still love the stories. I am looking forward to more being released
in audio and hope that I will be invited to be part of the review team again.
Narration: The production
quality for the narration is crystal clear, as is Cindy Kay’s voice. There were some words that I had to decipher
the pronunciation, but that improved with each book and I can only assume will
continue to improve as we move forward with the series. There were a few times that she did the wrong
voice for a line and that was confusing, but otherwise she did a great job of
giving a variety of voices to the different characters. This is always a plus when listening to a
book while driving 70mph down the turnpike!
Note: While I received this book as a gifted audiobook
copy, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
Priscilla Pratt series:
0.
Fangs and Fairy Dust
1.
Fangs and Fondant
2.
A Bite of Blueberry
3.
Blood in the Batter
4.
Holy Crepes
5.
Crumbs in the Casket
6.
A Ghost of Glaze
Also from Melissa Monroe:
·
Come into My Garden: A Second Chance at Life
·
Damsels in Distress
·
Haunted by a Dream
·
Owning the South
·
River Stones
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