Title: WARDENS OF WISTERIA
Series: Wisteria Witches Mysteries – Daybreak #1
Author: Angela Pepper
Narrator: Tiffany
Williams
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes
Audible
Release Date:
06.06.2019
Publisher: Angela Pepper Publishing
Publish Date: 11.03.2018
Category /Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery
Recommended
for: 14+ due to vocabulary
Listenability: OK or NSFW
Received from: Angela Pepper (as an Audible gifted copy)
Goodreads link: Wardens of Wisteria
Date completed: 07.16.2019
Description from the publisher:
Zara Riddle is used to being woken
up in the middle of the night by magical creatures. Being a witch is incredibly fun, but it does
have a few drawbacks. Zara's powers make
her appealing to the recently deceased, who are always showing up seeking her
help. This witch is a real ghost magnet!
When Zara's resident telepathic wyvern wakes her up to announce there's a new ghost in the house, Zara is anything but surprised. She greets the new spirit, locates the crime scene, and notifies the authorities. All before the sun comes up. Zara's work is done. After all, the town's detective should be able to solve this homicide without her.
The detective, Theodore Bentley, has other ideas. He knows about Wisteria's secrets, but he's not the stubborn type who insists on doing everything himself. Why chase down a killer alone when you can have a powerful witch as a partner? He invites Zara to join him on the investigation. Zara accepts, because why not? She'll rest easier when the case is solved. Plus two heads are better than one, even if one of them is a mere human.
As the crime-fighting duo dig deeper into the town's secrets, both the human detective and the witch are shocked to discover a killer in their midst. When they underestimate the killer's powers, the tables are turned. In a heartbeat, everything changes.
Zara Riddle can only watch helplessly as someone she cares about saves the witch's life by sacrificing their own.
WARDENS OF WISTERIA is book 1 of a new mini-series set in Angela Pepper's wickedly wild world of Wisteria Witches. If you're new to the series, you can start here if you'd like! This book is told from the point of view of Zara Riddle.
When Zara's resident telepathic wyvern wakes her up to announce there's a new ghost in the house, Zara is anything but surprised. She greets the new spirit, locates the crime scene, and notifies the authorities. All before the sun comes up. Zara's work is done. After all, the town's detective should be able to solve this homicide without her.
The detective, Theodore Bentley, has other ideas. He knows about Wisteria's secrets, but he's not the stubborn type who insists on doing everything himself. Why chase down a killer alone when you can have a powerful witch as a partner? He invites Zara to join him on the investigation. Zara accepts, because why not? She'll rest easier when the case is solved. Plus two heads are better than one, even if one of them is a mere human.
As the crime-fighting duo dig deeper into the town's secrets, both the human detective and the witch are shocked to discover a killer in their midst. When they underestimate the killer's powers, the tables are turned. In a heartbeat, everything changes.
Zara Riddle can only watch helplessly as someone she cares about saves the witch's life by sacrificing their own.
WARDENS OF WISTERIA is book 1 of a new mini-series set in Angela Pepper's wickedly wild world of Wisteria Witches. If you're new to the series, you can start here if you'd like! This book is told from the point of view of Zara Riddle.
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WARDENS OF WISTERIA is the first
book in the Wisteria Witches Mysteries
– Daybreak trilogy. I wouldn’t
try to jump into this out of order; I highly recommend reading all of the
stories in this series and in the order of release.
Zara and her “monster” friends are
fun, interesting, cool, and entertaining from first page to last. I have loved
every story in this series, so far, and can’t imagine the good times ever
ending. Zara makes witching and ghostly
sleuthing fun; even as she mucks it up a bit.
There is so much of life squeezed into
this story about the murder of a young man:
emotion, family, friendship, humor, intelligence, and caring. The clues were well spaced and meaningful. As always with a Wisteria book, the humor was
off the charts.
These will be my “I’ve got the blues. I need a pick me up,” re-read, go-to from now
on.
My last note: Zara’s wyvern can wake me any time he
likes. It’s certainly better than the
dog whining!
Narration: I cannot say enough
about Tiffany Williams as a narrator.
She is the library lady of our youth.
The one that made you race through the doors of your local public venue
eager to enjoy a flying carpet of fantasy that only her voice could bring to
life.
Note: While I received this book as a gifted
audiobook copy, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
Wisteria Witches series:
8. Wardens of Wisteria (Daybreak #1)
9. Wisteria Warned (Daybreak #2)
Also from Angela Pepper:
·
Funny Ladies
·
The Mystery of Broken Shell Island
& Other Fantasy Tales
Diamond Files Mysteries:
1.
Girl in the Shadows
Eli Carter and the Ghost Hackers
series:
2.
The Ghost Who Wasn’t There
3.
The Dog Who Barked Fire
Restless Spirits series:
Stormy Day Mysteries:
3.
Death of a Batty Genius
4.
Death of a Modern King
5.
Death of a Double Dipper
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