Burden of Poof

3 stars Nice cozy from Julie Anne Lindsey. I will be continuing on with the series

Burden of Poof is the first installment in a new cozy mystery series. We follow Bonnie and her cat sidekick, Clyde, after she moves back to her hometown, Bliss, to open a second-hand dress shop, while recovering from her divorce. Obviously, Bonnie gets wrapped up in a murder mystery and attempts to solve it herself.

I love in all of Julie Anne Lindsey's cozy mysteries how heavy the romance is. This definitely isn't a romance but I love how she slowly builds tension between characters over the course of a series.

The town of Bliss is the perfect southern town and I loved how many interesting people lived in the town. The shops and areas around were also super interesting especially for someone like me who has never lived in a small town.

Of course, the mystery was great and I never saw the killer coming.

I do have a couple of reasons that this book didn't get a 5 star from me and the first is for some reason I really didn't connect with the main character Bonnie. I usually don't mind and actually enjoy reading perspectives from people older than me but it hindered my enjoyment a bit. I also felt like Julie has kind of done similar characters and town settings before. I want to see something new and different. While I do think she does this so well and this formula works it feels like the same book but in a different font.

Overall this was a super cute, fun, and cozy mystery that I really enjoyed!

 Thank you to Julie Anne Lindsey for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.