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lisade's review
1.0
A perfunctory rendition of what seems to be the standard outline for American craft-themed mysteries... fight with perfect boyfriend... tips on hostessing and theme craft... fabulous gay friend and Holly Golightly BFF... and so on.
I did have to give it one star because it made me laugh so hard. The author clearly knows so little about wine making and grape growing that I nearly fell over giggling when I read her descriptions. Cabernet and Beaujolais and Chardonnay and Shiraz and Syrah all growing near New Orleans? And the winery went from planting to serving in a restaurant in year or so? Hilarious!
Won't be reading any more books from this series or this author.
I did have to give it one star because it made me laugh so hard. The author clearly knows so little about wine making and grape growing that I nearly fell over giggling when I read her descriptions. Cabernet and Beaujolais and Chardonnay and Shiraz and Syrah all growing near New Orleans? And the winery went from planting to serving in a restaurant in year or so? Hilarious!
Won't be reading any more books from this series or this author.
angelic712's review
2.0
Having more than one murder was a step up from previous books but I’m not sold on her new boyfriend.
larkais's review
DNF because there was just a lot of chit chatting and not a lot of sleuthing. I didn't realize this was the 8th installment in the series until I looked here!
You don't need to read the others to read this one but I thought the writing could have been more interesting. The pacing in each chapter could include more than talking with someone where they happen to drop critical information about the case to her offhand so she could show the information off to her cop boyfriend.
You don't need to read the others to read this one but I thought the writing could have been more interesting. The pacing in each chapter could include more than talking with someone where they happen to drop critical information about the case to her offhand so she could show the information off to her cop boyfriend.
canary20's review
4.0
I love this series. I am a huge culinary person and I love to be creative in cards/scrapbooking. If you are one of those types of people, this series is for you!
briannaw's review
2.0
I found this book a little boring. Besides finding the dead body nothing really happened in the first half of the book except talking about who might be the murderer. I have read one other book in this series (I think it was the 2nd one) and don't remember it being so long and drawn out. Maybe you have to know New Orleans and I've never been there.
moondance120's review
2.0
A globulous giant head, evil grin stretched wide across its glowing orange face, teeth jagged as a buzz saw, bobbed and pecked at the air above Carmela Bertrand's head.
Carmela and Ava are building a monster puppet for the Halloween Monsters and Mayhem parade when krewe member is murdered. Their friend Jekyl is considered a suspect. Carmela's boyfriend, homicide detective Edgar Babcock, asks her to stay out of the investigation. Of course that does not happen when a friend is involved. We soon learn that the murder victim was involved in shady dealings and any number of people wanted him dead.
I'm not quite sure why I don't connect with these characters. I adore other series by the author. It annoys me that everyone refers to Carmela's beau by his first and last name. I just don't feel the click between them or any of the others in the storyline. I'm not a scrapbooker but that really should not take away from the story. In fact, I enjoy the tips and tidbits provided. Carmela and Ava seem to get into situations that just make me want to smack them. I have also read this series out of order which is something I rarely do. However I don't believe that I will continue.
Carmela and Ava are building a monster puppet for the Halloween Monsters and Mayhem parade when krewe member is murdered. Their friend Jekyl is considered a suspect. Carmela's boyfriend, homicide detective Edgar Babcock, asks her to stay out of the investigation. Of course that does not happen when a friend is involved. We soon learn that the murder victim was involved in shady dealings and any number of people wanted him dead.
I'm not quite sure why I don't connect with these characters. I adore other series by the author. It annoys me that everyone refers to Carmela's beau by his first and last name. I just don't feel the click between them or any of the others in the storyline. I'm not a scrapbooker but that really should not take away from the story. In fact, I enjoy the tips and tidbits provided. Carmela and Ava seem to get into situations that just make me want to smack them. I have also read this series out of order which is something I rarely do. However I don't believe that I will continue.
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