The Vampire Knitting Club (Book 1 in Vampire Knitting Club Series) by Nancy Warren, audiobook, 6h 6m
Synopsis from Audible: At a crossroads between a cringe-worthy past (Todd the Toad) and an uncertain future (she's not exactly homeless, but it's close), Lucy Swift travels to Oxford to visit her grandmother. With Gran's undying love to count on and Cardinal Woolsey's, Gran's knitting shop, to keep her busy, Lucy can catch her breath and figure out what she's going to do. Except it turns out that Gran is the undying. Or at least, the undead. But there's a death certificate. And a will, leaving the knitting shop to Lucy. And a lot of people going in and out who never use the door - including Gran, who is just as loving as ever, and prone to knitting sweaters at warp speed, late at night. What exactly is going on?
When Lucy discovers that Gran did not die peacefully in her sleep, but was murdered, she has to bring the killer to justice without tipping off the law that there's no body in the grave. Between a hot 500-year-old vampire and a dishy detective inspector, both of whom always seem to be there for her, Lucy finds her life getting more complicated than a triple cable cardigan. The only one who seems to know what's going on is her cat...or is it...her familiar?
BOOK REVIEW: The story starts a little slow for my liking. It was about 7-8 chapters in when I was wondering when vampires and the knitting club would be mentioned. The build up was nice though. The characters that are introduced are done so wonderfully. I love how they're described. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was very good. I get nervous when narrators try to do the voices of the opposite sex but so far (this year) I've had great luck with narrators not being cringy. I give this a 4.5 star rating simply for how long it took to get to the vampire mentioning part. There were some signs about who could be simply by how they're described however if the title didn't include vampire, I wouldn't have jumped to that conclusion. This was easy to listen to and follow along even while I was doing other things, like cleaning, getting interrupted by someone in the house, or if I just had my mind wander for a moment. Overall I enjoyed the whimsy of the story and am trying to knock out the other 3 books before they leave the Audible library!
4.5/5 Stars
2024 Reading Challenge: 44/50 complete
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