Shifting and Shenanigans

Magical Mystery Book Club #1

By: Elizabeth Pantley

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

When this club selects a book, magic happens. They are whooshed inside the book and become the main characters as the mystery comes to life. It is exhilarating fun – until they realize they can’t get out until they solve the crime and reach The End.

Not to worry, though! They are a brave, daring, and quirky bunch, and they always get their man, even if it’s a woman. Or a fairy. Or a shifter. Or a ghost. Or a genie . . .

In every book journey they are excited to land in a unique world and meet a different kind of paranormal being. And even better, in these books, calories don’t count, and the cat talks!

"Will blow you away!" ~ Cozy Mystery Book Reviews


Shifting and Shenanigans, book 1 of the series:

Paige and her adventurous Aunt Glo inherit a country inn from eccentric GeeGee. Finally! They can get into the secret room in the basement that GeeGee kept locked! They discover it’s a wonderful library filled to the brim with mystery books. But more than the room was a secret – it’s a magical place that houses enchanted books.

Paige and Glo find themselves absorbed into the book - smack-dab in the middle of a murder mystery, along with a motley group of book club friends. The people are strange, and they have many secrets. When a dead body turns up, the club will need to work together to solve the case in order to get out of the book and back to their home.


~ Finalist Cozy Mystery Tribe Awards for BOOK OF THE YEAR ~

What reviewers say about the Magical Mystery Book Club:

~ I read 150+ cozy mysteries every year - this is by far the most unique storyline I've read.

~ One of the COOLEST books I've ever had the honor of reading!!!

~ Get ready to be captivated by the most unique and charming series you've ever read!

~ This absolute gem has me hooked—it’s going straight to my favorites list."

~ I loved this series so much, I read it twice!


This book is part of a magical cozy mystery series of nine books and growing.
Available in eBook, paperback, Kindle Unlimited, and audiobook.

Audiobooks are produced using innovative Virtual Voice for a pleasant listening experience at a fraction of the cost of the traditional process.

Fun

An enjoyable cozy with some fun twists. The virtual narrator worked well with this story.

Taking cat

Do not like virtual voice! The book would have been much more enjoyable if read by a real person. Story line was different and intriguing.

Fun story!

Pros: The story was really fun & great, I cant wait to read the next ones!
Cons: The AI voice, not so great. the sound of the voice itself was nice....it didn't sound AI & it was actually pleasant to listen to BUT there were many wrong inflections and mispronounced words. I could put up with that, the part I really didnt like was that all the voices were the same so it was very hard to tell who was speaking in the conversation. I almost stopped part way thru the 2nd chapter but decided I wanted to finish the story and I'm glad I did.....it was a very fun story!

Cozy Mystery meets Magic Treehouse

"Shifting and Shenanigans (Magical Mystery Book Club #1)" by Elizabeth Pantley is what you get when you like cozy mysteries and the "Magic Treehouse" series, which I would argue are also cozy mysteries. In this book we get our classic cozy mystery main character who just went through a heartache and windfall. Then, on top of that something magical happens. She gets a talking cat and a magical
library that takes her and her bookclub into the cozy mysteries they're reading.

They have live out the investigation in that book, but being cozy mysteries it's more interesting than scary. Also, like the "Magic Treehouse" series, this was a completely new but accurate to the genre story not a jump into a classic. Though, I could see that being a good bridge to introducing classic mysteries. Or a take on re-introducing a classic to a new era of writing.

Great Story would prefer a person narrating, auto voice took away from the story

great story well worth the time but itc was difficult to enjooy while pushing past the auto narrator. I would have loved it more with a voice that can differentiate between characters.

A refreshing take on the cozy mystery.

Shifting and Shenanigans: Magical Mystery Book Club (Book 1), has Paige and her Aunt Glo inheriting an inn that has a magical library that requires them to solve the mysteries in the books.

Listening to the audiobook just made this wonderful, fantasy book shine more. I admit, when I first started listening I wasn’t sure about the narrator, the voice seemed to lack warmth. As the book went on, I adjusted to the rhythm and tone and found myself enjoying the book immensely.

I absolutely loved this book. The characters are a mish-mash of sweetness, goofiness, young, old, and a talking cat. The kind of group, as a reader, you wish you could join. Zell was my favorite character, a feisty old lady who loved adventure.

The plot was refreshing and so much fun. I mean, who wouldn’t want to live in a cozy mystery book and solve the mystery. There were rules both in real life and in the book that helped to make things connect together. As the group of characters learned how to deal with all the changes happening within their lives, true friendships started to develop along with humor on and off.

The author knows how to tell a story. I’ve read other books by her, and I’m never disappointed in the excellent writing. You can see how much she really enjoys entertaining her readers with this book. I’m hooked, and I can’t wait for more.

My review is voluntary and all comments and opinions expressed are
my own.

A unique take on a cozy mystery

Shifting and Shenanigans by Elizabeth Pantley is definitely a unique twist to the typical cozy mystery. I enjoyed the premise of the storyline, and felt that the book was written fairly well. What I didn't enjoy was the AI narrative. The word inflections were often incorrect and some words were mispronounced. In addition, making no attempt to differentiate between the character's voices took away a lot of the depth that could have been present. Overall, the book is worth reading, but not necessarily listening to.

Unique story line.

Automated voice wasn’t very good. There were long pauses between some chapters, and in appropriate words were sometimes accented. But the story was very imaginative and likable.

Light reading, narration is lacking

The story is decent, not particularly deep. The narration needs a human touch. The recording should be reviewed and edited by a human. The AI had some mispronunciations, an awkward lack of emphasis in places and it didn't know when some lines were meant to be sung.

Fun read

Story was good. Reading inflections were off and distracting. I will listen to more of the series.