Cats and books, the purrfect setting for a cozy mystery.

The town is adorable, and I look forward to getting to know the cast of characters better in future books. Lou and her best friend have great chemistry. Encouraging each other in life and crime. lol

A little light spark of potential love interests for both woman, a complex mystery only a book nerd would love, and a satisfying ending for everyone. Can't ask for more from a series starter.

You'll enjoy this book if you prefer your mysteries to have many layers, references to classic literature, and many cat antics.

Having read two other series by Eryn Scott, I was surprised to find this series is written in 3rd person. It is a disappointing change, takes away a lot of emotion and connection with the main character. The writing style is also, I don't know how to explain it, different I guess? Characters are saying each other's names in dialogue, some stating the obvious is happening, and a bit more telling compared to the showing that happens in a 1st person view. Just a different read, can't really put my finger on it. Might just be the switch to 3rd person. ( )

The book cover captured my attention as it reminded me of a greeting card and matching bookmarker that I've purchased. Then I read the title and series name and I knew this was the next cozy I had to begin reading. It didn't disappoint me even for a moment! It's cute, entertaining, and paws-tively charming!

Louisa Henry is a young widow that has left an editorial job in New York to purchase a bookstore named Button Books in Button, Washington. It had been Louisa and husband Ben's dream to open an independent bookstore in a cozy small town. Louisa and Willow had grown up together south of Seattle and Willow is now a horticulture teacher at Button High School. When Willow told Louisa that the current owner of Button Books wanted to sell the store the news was irresistible.

Louisa and her cat Sapphire (Sapph for short) will reside in the apartment above the bookstore. During the day Sapph will also keep Louisa company downstairs in the bookstore. He's a white cat that is deaf but still communicates with his blue eyes, meows, or outstretched paw giving his agreement or approval to Louisa.

The sparkles of this gem…
• Cover design by Franzi Paetzold added the purr-fect enchantment of introduction to Book 1.
• The town has sewing-themed street names and it was a nice touch that the street names varied with extensions of Road, Drive, Street, and Avenue. I’m always appreciative when the author has taken the time to add a map of the small town at the beginning of the cozy.
• Detective Easton West is Willow's neighbor and it made me laugh every time I learned of another occasion that Willow's horse OC likes to stretch his neck over the fence to snack on the detective's garden vegetables. It was also fun learning that OC is short for "Of Course" from the television show about a horse named Mr. Ed with the first line of the theme song, "A horse is a horse, of course, of course."
• Additional cats made an appearance in the story and all receive a literary pun name from Louisa.
• Louisa’s new name for Button Books.
• I don’t include spoilers in my reviews but I’ll just share the teaser that there is a bonus scene to download at the end of Book 1 with an extra-special treat related to cats at the end of the bonus scene.

I loved the opening of this series and I’m looking forward to reading more books in the series as soon as possible. ( )