Vampires and Villains by Elizabeth Pantley

Item: Vampires and Villains
Rating: 5
Author: karenbaron

Posted September 1, 2022 by karenbaron in Blog Tour, Contest - Giveaway, Mystery, Review, Series / 1 Comment

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Vampires and Villains

by Elizabeth Pantley

Series: Magical Mystery Book Club #2
Series Rating:

on September 30, 2022
Genres: Cozy Paranormal Animal Mystery
Pages: 250
Format: ebook
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Also in this series: Shifting and Shenanigans, Cowboys and Chaos, Bakeries and Buffoonery, Genies and Gibberish, Secrets and Scallywags, Hexes and Hooligans, Sprites and Scuttlebutt, Meditation and Mischief

Paige and her joyful Aunt Glo have learned that the home they inherited comes with a magical library. They put together a book club group of loveable kooks to explore the magic. They’ve recovered from their first book journey, and they all agree on their next book which takes place on a cruise ship bound for Hawaii. Problem is, they were so excited about the cruising idea that they didn’t read the entire blurb on the back of the book. (“It was entirely too long,” explains Zell.) Once on the ship, they meet a charming and likeable man who blends seamlessly into their motley group. Too bad they don’t know why he’s so scarce during the day but shows up to join them every evening for dinner, drinks, and a show. When a dead body shows up on board, their new friend is labeled a suspect. Can they help him out by finding the real murderer? Or is he the real murderer? The book club will need to solve the case to get off the ship, out of the book, and back to their home.

Vampires and Villains by Elizabeth Pantley has a mystery happening on a cruise ship in Hawaii.

Will the Book Club figure out who is the actual murderer before their friend gets arrested?

Paige and the Book Club

Paige Erickson and her aunt Glo inherited her great-grandma’s inn. Now the two of them and their book club go on adventures in cozy mystery books. We have the same members as last time, minus one as she found her book, and they gained a new member. These eight members are always so funny, and I feel like I’m enjoying the mystery with them in the book. Or are they really getting into mischief with them while finding clues? Each individual is awesome, and they each have a fun time in the stories, despite some people forgetting that they are in a book and not there just to have a fun time. I love this book group so much and how each one brings a certain flare to the group that they need.

The Mystery

The Book Club decided they wanted to go on a cruise this time and chose a Hawaii one. Zell decided they didn’t need to read the back of the book and just started to read. The book they popped into is a cruise set in Hawaii with vampires in the midst. I loved every minute that I was reading it. Everything about this story is fantastic, and I admit I fell for some red herrings. One was because I didn’t like the character, but the real killer was found.

Five Stars

My rating for Vampires and Villains by Elizabeth Pantley is five stars and a huge recommendation to anyone that wants to pop into a new series. This book is only the second, and Ms. Pantley is an incredible writer. I love every one of these stories, plus her other series, Destiny Falls Mystery and Magic, both are fabulous. Ms. Pantley has a great way of writing two stories at once in this excellent series.

I can’t wait for November for the next installment in this series.

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About Elizabeth Pantley

Elizabeth Pantley is the international bestselling author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution and twelve other books for parents, published in over twenty languages.

She simultaneously writes well-loved cozy mysteries: The Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic book series and the Magical Mystery Book Club series.

Elizabeth lives in the Pacific Northwest, the gorgeous inspiration for the setting in many of her books.