Hexes and Hemlines: A Witchcraft Mystery (Witchcraft Mystery, #3)

by Juliet Blackwell

Lily gets called away from her vintage clothing store to give police a witch's take on how the leader of a rationalist society could be murdered, surrounded by superstitions he discredited.

Evidence points to dark witchcraft. Lily's determined to use magic of her own to find the murderer, before everyone's luck runs out.

• ISBN10: 0451233786
• ISBN13: 9780451233783
• Publish Date: 7 June 2011 (first published 1 June 2011)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
• Imprint: Signet
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 336
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780451233783

Reviews

[Baroness Book Trove]

Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell is where Lily is worrying about whether or not Max can handle her being a witch.

Will Lily figure out what happened to Malachi Zazi?

Lily Ivory

Lily Ivory is our sleuth, and I feel bad for her. She is a natural witch trying to figure things out for herself. Well, mainly with finding her place to call home, as that has been hard. Lily is a sweet person, albeit a bit naive when it comes to certain situations. She has a familiar named Oscar, and we learn more about him which is nice. Living above a place that is potentially your wardrobe is fantastic because she would be a walking billboard for her store. Lily is an excellent character, and I can't wait to see how everything plays for her. Especially with either Aidan or Max.

Malachi Zazi

Our victim is a man named Malachi Zazi, and at first, the police are confused about how they found him. Especially for Lily as she couldn't feel anything around him. Lily investigates him because she's a bit weirded out when she can't feel anything and even more when it's found out that someone else she cares about is affected by Malachi being deceased. Malachi's life was weird, and I felt sad once it all came out about why he was gone and how he was living his life.

Five Stars

My rating for Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell is five stars, and I'm recommending it to anyone that loves an excellent cozy paranormal mystery. Lily Ivory is one of my favorite characters. I like how Ms. Blackwell spends time on her research whenever she's doing one of these stories, as you can genuinely feel it. The magic system she has created for these characters is fantastic. Ms. Blackwell has done a superb job with everything for this story. I mainly got caught up in the red herrings that I didn't think who the actual culprit was.

I'm off to read In a Witch's Wardrobe now.

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Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell.

Until the next time,



Happy Reading!



Toe Tag #1

Victim: Malachi Zazi (A)

Beachcomber Weapons: mirror shard (M)

Beachcomber Crime Scene: Bay Area (B)

Detectives: Lily Ivory (I)

This review was originally posted on Baroness' Book Trove

[MurderByDeath]

I really enjoy this series - she manages to blend lightheartedness with just enough scary to keep me excited to read more, but not worried about sleeping at night. The plot line in this third book of the series is not as dramatic as the first two but still very gripping, I thought. It's one I might have to re-read at a later date because I suspect I might have missed a few details. The characters continue to develop and some of them in interesting directions. I'm really looking forward to reading the next book - hopefully I won't have to wait a whole year for it!