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The International Butter Festival has come to town! When Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip witch stumbles upon a dead body, frozen and drained of blood, she's pulled into a murder mystery.

Someone has murdered one of the Butter Festival competitors. Was it Zero Bend, punk sculptor extraordinaire with a history of violence? Perhaps Fusion Swan, a sleazy agent playing the publicity game when his clients meet their untimely end.

Between trying to run her struggling online show more newspaper, dealing with her highly caffeinated cousins Molly and Luce, fending off three meddling witch mothers who will do anything to get their daughters married off (including drugging food with magic potions) and great Aunt Cass who appears to be running an underground laboratory of some kind, Harlow barely has time to breathe, let alone solve a murder.

Romance certainly isn't on the cards either but the hot scruffy guy new to town seems to have other ideas...

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5 reviews
urban-fantasy, witches, humor, ya-only-means-no-gratuitous-erotica, mystery

Never heard of a slip witch before, but it sounds like pain to be one. As far as the butter carving contest, while I'm used to them here in northern climes, it seems more than odd for the mid-Atlantic states. Beyond that stuff, it was a hilarious romp of mystery and a dysfunctional family of witches. The publisher's blurb gives some clues without spoilers.
I was fortunate to get the audio edition, and Natalie Duke was great as the audio performer, with a pleasant voice and ease of characterization.
I received this book in exchange for an honest review upon my request from the publisher, author, or narrator courtesy of AudiobookBOOM.
This book is a nice little mystery. I enjoyed the characters. The MC and her family are quite unique. There is one scene in the book in which the MC doesn't remember part of her day and as people are filling her in on her actions, I found myself laughing. She had quite the day! Overall, a pleasant book.
A fun, cozy start to the series. We will have a little light romance, some crimes to investigate, and some colorful family to stir up trouble. Lovely!
I wanted a cozy feel good book and stumbled across this series. I am excited to read this series…. Book one was good, I enjoyed the story and the characters too!

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Duke, Natalie (Narrator)
Meisheit, Yeşim (Narrator)
Radtke, Astrid (Translator)

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Butter Witch (Torrent Witches Cozy Mysteries) (Torrent Witches Cozy Mysteries); Butter Witch

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