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annieb123's review
3.0
Another holiday cozy mystery. I did enjoy it, despite the 'madcap' characters that came across as annoyingly weird and a mish-mash of subplots that bogged down toward the end of the book. I really got the feeling that the author (who writes quite capably) got tired of trying to move the book along to a successful denouement and just deux-ex-machina'ed an ending on one page. It ended so abruptly that I had to check my kindle to make sure I hadn't missed any pages at the end.
Other reviewers have done a stellar job of explaining the plot without spoilers, so there's nothing else I can add in that capacity which hasn't been covered before (and better) by others.
I will mention that I had not read the first two Hannah Ives mysteries before reading this one and it didn't suffer for that. It was perfectly easy to read as a standalone.
Other reviewers have done a stellar job of explaining the plot without spoilers, so there's nothing else I can add in that capacity which hasn't been covered before (and better) by others.
I will mention that I had not read the first two Hannah Ives mysteries before reading this one and it didn't suffer for that. It was perfectly easy to read as a standalone.
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