This was funny. Cats have always been connected to magic and beliefs. It was definitely a fun read after many serious books.

This hilarious book is a new-agey humorous foray into telling the future (or just what your cat wants) based on fortune-telling techniques. It includes sections about:
- How to find a feline mystical guide
- Litter box scrying
- Where you pet your cat says about you
- Divination
- What their tail positioning tells you about them
- Pawmistry (naturally, I mean that is the title of the book after all!)
- Kibbleography
- Ailuromancy
- Oracular toy scattering
- Notes and activities you can try yourself

I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys cats, cute illustrations, and laughter.

Note: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley. I was not compensated in any other fashion for the review and the opinions reflected below are entirely my own. Special thanks to the publisher and author for providing the copy.

Such a fun book! I have used the Cat Tarot before, and this was such a great expansion on that. I giggled, I learned, I chuckled, and I learned some more!

This book is adorable and will be a fun, whimsical gift for anyone who enjoys cats! The illustrations are lovely and add to the overall appeal of the book. Who wouldn’t want a book that - with your cat’s help - will help you unlock the mysteries of the universe!

While some of the activities are goofy like how to read your cat's litter box leavings (no thanks!) or understanding how the colors of cat toes are related to their personalities, the write-in pages to record your own cat’s messages from the universe are fun to do.

While I may never develop divination abilities with any of my cats, or understand their tail messages, I enjoyed this well-illustrated, cute book.

This is a cute little book full of all the ways to communicate with your mystical cat. To cat owner's some of them will be very familiar. Other ways are just humorous. There are games to play with your cat too. The drawings are wonderful and really add to the text. This book will make a great gift.

This book was really adorable. The illustrations are beautiful. This is definitely the perfect gift for any cat lover in your life.

Thank you to Chronicle Books and NetGalley for providing me with an eARC.

The general premise of this book is to rationalize cat behavior with faux-mysticism. This is first and foremost a playful book for cat lovers. It is not a spirituality or divination book, and that’s okay as long as your expectations align with this. While this isn’t a “serious” book, it is a cute and sometimes amusing read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Chronicle Books for the ARC.

This is a cross between a divination book and a how-to-read-your-cat book. It's a dash of humor with a some good information about feline friends. This is definitely more for a cat owner than it is for someone interested in mystic arts, but it's very cute. Since I've had cats for over 10 years, the information wasn't really new to me, but I enjoyed it for the illustrations and the tongue-in-cheek style.

Thank you to Netgalley and Chronicle Books for access to this arc.

Yeah, the cover and the illustrations are cute but the actual content is all over the place. Is it supposed to be silly and funny? Or real divination? Or what? Whatever it is, it didn't work well for me. So yay for the pictures and a miss on most everything else.

This fun read is a great gift for cat lovers, especially those interested in tarot and divination. I loved the art. It might make you feel one step closer to understanding your cat too (as if that's possible).

--Great Gift for a Cat Lover with a Mystical Bent--

I received an ARC from the publisher and here are my thoughts:

This book is tongue-in-(furry)-cheek and would likely delight anyone who is cat obsessed or even just mildly under the spell of their purring pet.

By examining various cat body parts, the angle of the tail, for example, you will learn about messages your cat is sending to you.

The book is humourous and filled with drawings of cats and cat parts...certainly good for an evening of entertainment and likely to appeal to cat lovers of all ages. I found the artwork beautiful and the whole premise to be hilarious.

Absolutely adorable. I love Megan Lynn Knott's artwork, and this was absolutely tailor made for me. A combination of my favorite subjects; cats and witchery? Two huge thumbs up for me.

Absolutely delightful and charming book for cat lovers, especially cat lovers with a bent for astrology. I read Ms. Knott's book as a very subtle parody of astrology and palmistry, but it's done so sincerely your horoscope-loving, cat-loving recipient might not realize that. Ms. Knott's illustrations are enchanting--I'd love a tea mug or tee shirt or tote with her images on it. Short and sweet, each page brought smiles and memories of some of my own cats, and some pages inspired loud guffaws. I know one cat-loving friend who will be getting this book for Christmas.

This is a fun cute book. I can think of automatically 3 friends with cats I’d buy this book for. Thanks spells within aren’t useful but the pictures and art are great.

This is a gift book, or what I call a coffee-table book. This book was brilliantly illustrated, beautiful photos, and fun and lighthearted. Should you take it seriously? Probably not completely (although there are plenty of facts involved and some I'm not entirely sure about). Hence it being a gift book. It was funny and cute and very creative.. All around a great gift book for cat lovers.

Just like a discriminating cat, this book isn’t for everyone. It requires a laughing heart and an affinity for the feline tribe. But whimsical wise women, whiskered warlocks, and punsters will enjoy this imaginative introduction to the partnered magic of cat-lead divination. Delightful drawings, instructions and track-your-own-magic pages make it the purr-fect gift for the right quirky friend. (only halfway in, I knew two people who were going to get this book for the holidays).

This book was quite the fun read. Most notably, I became obsessed with the illustrations; they are absolutely beautiful. While we can't take this book to seriously, there is a blood brew after all, it’s filled with a lot of interactive pages for you to try to get to know your cat better. Some of the insights are straight up jokes, while others are real understandings. As long as you go into this book with a fun and exciting mindset, I think you’ll quite enjoy it.. if not for the illustrations alone.

Pawmistry definitely makes the perfect gift or coffee table book. If you find yourself wanting more, like myself, I suggest taking a look at the authors website to browse her gorgeous prints.

Thank you to NetGalley and Chronical for providing me with an advanced e-copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The book will be published October 21, 2021.

This book was a delight full of beautiful illustrations of cats, useful tips, and a whole bunch of whimsy. I now know that my own cat would prefer being called a "bewitching floofer baby" than a pet. There are pages to record the signs you have gleaned from your cat, such as what their toe beans tell us, reading kibble, and more.

I know quite a few cat lovers who would enjoy this quick read. It would be a perfect gift for a new cat parent!

NetGalley advanced copy

This book was cute and fun. I like the idea of mixing cats with mysticism because they’re both allusive as hell. Fun read for cat lovers.

Adorable!!! I am absolutely getting a copy of this for my own bookshelf. The artwork is fantastic and fun, and there's authorial humor scattered throughout. This book offers a great new way of working your craft with your pets, but still manages not to take itself too seriously.