Starry Hollow Witches: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery Box Set, Books 1-3

By: Annabel Chase

Narrated by: Emily Lawrence

Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.

Magic & Murder, Book 1

Ember, Marley, and their Yorkie are transported to Starry Hollow, a paranormal town where witches rule and magic is as normal as pizza. When a member of the coven turns up dead and the sexy werewolf sheriff identifies Ember as a suspect, she decides to take matters into her own hands like only a Jersey girl can.

Magic & Mystery, Book 2

Ember Rose, descendant of the One True Witch and New Jersey transplant, is settling into her new life in Starry Hollow, along with her precocious daughter. Someone is turning the town's most eligible bachelors into frogs, starting with her cousin Florian. Can Ember manage to catch the culprit or will these young princes of Starry Hollow be trapped as frogs forever?

Magic & Mischief, Book 3

When a handful of Starry Hollow residents experience their worst nightmares in real life, witch-in-training Ember Rose must use her budding journalist skills to figure out the who, what, why, when, where and how before it's too late. Will she manage to stop the curse before her own worst nightmare comes true?

©2017 Annabel Chase (P)2023 Tantor

the fun

I loved the snark and the wise craving. I also like a main character who admits she doesnt know everything.

different story line

interesting characters but just getting good when it ended.would have liked story to continue developing relationships

Enjoyable

The stories are enjoyable and charming. Clean reading for those who have a hard time finding good books. There are some good quips. This book would be good for teenagers and adults. I’m looking forward to listening to more stories.
Dee

How to live with magic is all over in their lives

That this place was always about witches, vampires and werewolves and how they live there lives dealing with what was normal for them and there lives. I liked the narration of New Jersey slang since my parents came from Brooklyn New York. Listening to the narrative reminded me how my parents could turn on & off the slang of the east coast.

Enjoyed the listen.

3 books with one novella down and I am invested in what lies ahead. Ember’s evolution from juvenile, repo woman to budding witch of a prominent family, has so much potential. I’m curious to find out what her mother’s backstory is and how it will affect her in the future. Marley is a nice addition to the series. Hopefully her powers will reveal themselves in a big way.

Cute

I don’t know how she came up with all the cute story lines! (PLEASE look up the difference between ‘farther’ and ‘further’ in a grammar book.) I look forward to spending more time with these characters.

Fun

Was a fun and light story line, the accent took me a minute to digest then I ended up loving it more as the books went on.

great story

This was a great box set. It was funny. The narrator did a great job with the characters. I hope they add to the series.

Jersey Girl Witch lol

Being from NJ, I was intrigued and pleasantly surprised by this book set. I enjoyed the fact that the main characters were from NJ & the narration was performed with a Jersey accent. The narration was good and the accents were fun. There was a lot of thought put into the interactions between characters and backstory. The details were disseminated where and when needed. I bought the next set in the series.

Narration is awful.

A good cozy mystery, but the narration is just bad. She does even out a bit more as the story progresses, but I almost didn’t finish due to the narrator. Since I have read the author with Crossroads Queen series, I continued on with the series despite the narrator. I rarely give up on a book due to the narration if I have purchased it, but this was close especially when the narrator said ‘New Joisey’. The real age old question is will it be the werewolf or the vampire she ends up with? Short Story added at the end.