Losing steam on this series, but going to try at least one more before I give up. ( )

Can’t wait to read the next one. I loved this one as much as the others. ( )

In Blackwell’s paranormal mystery, Lily Ivory is a witch who owns a vintage clothing store. Always looking for bargain clothes, she anxiously purchases a trunk from a local antique collector. As soon as she opens the trunk, she is overwhelmed with strange vibrations that appear to be coming from a velvet cloak buried underneath some old rotting clothes. Throwing it across her shoulders, she is overcome with visions from the past. When the seller of the items is found dead beneath a dying tree, Lily suspects the supernatural might have been involved in his death.

When Lily’s beloved familiar, Oscar the potbellied pig, vanishes, Lily will move heaven and earth to get him back—even if it means making an enemy of a powerful associate and taking on an evil witch from days of old. Pulling together her coven and her grandmother’s coven in Texas, Lily sets out to solve a murder, save her familiar, and discover a piece of her own ancestry.

A wonderful paranormal amateur sleuth and an excellent addition to the A Witchcraft Mystery series. ( )

A very solid series overall, Ms. Blackwell can always be relied upon for a good cozy read.

Vision in Velvet was fast paced, entertaining and well-written. I love Lily and I'm really enjoying her more now that she's involved romantically. I'm especially enjoying that Ms. Blackwell didn't take the obvious path when charting Lily's romance.

The plot...I guessed the murderer, but there was more to the plot than was immediately obvious so when everything came together there was still enough 'reveal' to make the last scene interesting.

I really enjoy everything cozy Ms. Blackwell's written and I always look forward to the next book. ( )

You never do really find out what or who Deliverance Corydon is. So she might come back. Sailor is becoming a really close friend, Oscar gains some freedom, her debt to Aidan grows. ( )