Review: A Purrfect Date by Alex Erickson

A Purrfect Date (Cat Yoga Mystery #2)
by Alex Erickson

My Rating: 4 stars

Genre: Cozy Mystery
Age Category: Adult
Type of romance: m/f

Blurb:
Up-and-comer Ashley Branson usually aims to keep both feet placed firmly on the ground—unless she’s instructing a class at her trendy cat yoga studio. But she soon finds herself caught in a downward spiral when a stretch beyond her comfort zone leads to murder . . .

Ashley Branson is sure of one thing after experiencing a disastrous blind date—she would much rather enjoy the single life and hang out with playful felines at her studio, A Purrfect Pose, than ever compromise her inner peace like that again. When the mysterious guy makes a late arrival then has the nerve to dine and dash, it’s embarrassing. But when he winds up dead in his apartment that same night? Ash suddenly finds herself thrust into a twisted murder investigation and questioning if she might be shaping up to be the suspect . . . or the next victim.

Ash races to claw through a web of lies, hidden identities, and love lives even more complicated than her own to uncover the truth. Adding to the chaos, she believes her shifty neighbor—covered in unexplained injuries and rumored to harbor a crush on her—could be connected to the crime. Now, with more leads than she needs, Ash must take a deep breath, pull on her big-girl leggings, and move faster than the cunning killer who wants to put her in corpse pose for good . . .

My Review

I received a free copy from the publisher through Netgalley and voluntarily reviewed it.

I enjoyed the first book in this series, so I jumped on the chance to continue the series with book 2. The Cat Yoga Mystery series has a fun theme with the main character running a cat yoga studio were cats that are available for adoption join the yoga sessions. In this book Ash gets involved in another mystery as the guy she went on a blind date with dies later that evening.

Despite being stressed I flew through this book. I had some extra time to read and read it in a few days. I enjoyed the book and the mystery kept me engaged. I thought the mystery set up with Ash’ blind date dying later that evening was an unique set up and I liked seeing the mystery play out. There was a great twist later on that was very well done. The mystery kept me guessing and I managed to figure out who was the murderer toward the end, but wasn’t quite sure about the motive, so it was fun to see the mystery play out and the motive get revealed. The wrap up was a bit quick though.

I like reading about Ash, her cat, her friends and neighbors. It made sense why she got involved in the mystery and there’s plenty about her daily life, her yoga studio and some family drama as well. There is a hint of romance with the blind date and a sort of/ not a date later on, but I am not sure if any of this will actually lead to a relationship, guess we’ll find out in future books.

To summarize: This was a solid sequel. It kept my attention during a stressful time in my life and due some extra reading time I read it in just a few days. The mystery was a good one with a unique set-up and a well done twist later on. I managed to guess who the murderer was, even though I didn’t know the motive, and I enjoyed seeing it all come to light and play out. I like reading about Ash and there’s plenty about her daily life, her yoga studio, her cat and some family drama and events as well. I look forward to the next book!

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