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yodamom's review against another edition
4.0
A must read for the Aurora Teagarden fan !
Aurora Teagarden is back, she's married to a wonderful man, working at a job she loves, and is bonding with her half brother. Life is good for this favorite librarian, until it's not.
Aurora is living with new husband and her teenage half brother, after he couldn't live with his parents anymore. Robin her husband is an ideal husband, attentive, loving and communicative. They have real happiness, and more is about to come. Unfortunately, the good news is shadowed by the disappearance of her brother and a handful of other teenagers in town, and when one of the group is found dead things get serious. The police are called, but there is little to find, and Aurora and her husband take investigation in their own hands. Yes she gets herself in a pickle, but now she has good solid backup.
I loved seeing Aurora again, and to see her so well situated was wonderful. How often do we get to see a good solid realistic relationship ? I hope there is another book in the future. There was a major life changing event that I want to see happen.
I received the ARC in exchange for an honest review
Aurora Teagarden is back, she's married to a wonderful man, working at a job she loves, and is bonding with her half brother. Life is good for this favorite librarian, until it's not.
Aurora is living with new husband and her teenage half brother, after he couldn't live with his parents anymore. Robin her husband is an ideal husband, attentive, loving and communicative. They have real happiness, and more is about to come. Unfortunately, the good news is shadowed by the disappearance of her brother and a handful of other teenagers in town, and when one of the group is found dead things get serious. The police are called, but there is little to find, and Aurora and her husband take investigation in their own hands. Yes she gets herself in a pickle, but now she has good solid backup.
I loved seeing Aurora again, and to see her so well situated was wonderful. How often do we get to see a good solid realistic relationship ? I hope there is another book in the future. There was a major life changing event that I want to see happen.
I received the ARC in exchange for an honest review
theavidreaderandbibliophile's review against another edition
3.0
All the Little Liars by Charlaine Harris is the ninth book in the An Aurora Teagarden Mystery series. Aurora is back from her honeymoon and is settling into married life with Robin Crusoe in Lawrenceton, Georgia. They are both excited about Aurora’s pregnancy (her library gives her a whole three weeks off for maternity leave). Aurora’s half-brother, Phillip is staying with them. He could not stay with their father and hitchhiked from California to Georgia to get away from him. Things are going well until Aurora gets a call from Beth Finstermeyer. Phillip is out playing with her twins, but Beth has been unable to reach Josh and Joss. Aurora cannot reach Phillip on his cell phone. Then they hear that Liza Scott, eleven years old, is also missing. The four kids were last seen at the soccer field. When the police check the soccer field, they find a body. What happened at the soccer field? Aurora starts asking questions and delving into each families lives. Then they hear that Clayton Harrison, the town’s charming teen bad boy, has disappeared. Is his disappearance related to the other kids? Someone knows the answers, and Aurora is determined to get the answers.
All the Little Liars does not fit in with the other books in this series. The book is slow paced and the mystery plays out even slower rate. The mystery can be solved very easily (I was hoping for a real challenge). Aurora being in the early stages of her pregnancy is experiencing morning sickness. We get to hear about her throwing up (in too much detail). It was disgusting and totally unnecessary. I give All the Little Liars 3 out of 5 stars. All the Little Liars felt more like a rough draft, than a finished novel. I found that information was repeated and there are a couple of inconsistencies. I hope Ms. Harris will be back on her game with the next book in An Aurora Teagarden Mystery series.
All the Little Liars does not fit in with the other books in this series. The book is slow paced and the mystery plays out even slower rate. The mystery can be solved very easily (I was hoping for a real challenge). Aurora being in the early stages of her pregnancy is experiencing morning sickness. We get to hear about her throwing up (in too much detail). It was disgusting and totally unnecessary. I give All the Little Liars 3 out of 5 stars. All the Little Liars felt more like a rough draft, than a finished novel. I found that information was repeated and there are a couple of inconsistencies. I hope Ms. Harris will be back on her game with the next book in An Aurora Teagarden Mystery series.
badseedgirl's review against another edition
3.0
I'm pretty sure I'm only still reading these books so I can say I've read the entire series.
icalyn_13's review against another edition
3.0
Goodness I did not remember this series as well as I thought I would. I spent the first several chapters utterly lost about who is who....and that ended up making it hard to enjoy the book. The story itself was interesting and had great twists, but had a hard time with it honestly.
extrememochi's review against another edition
This has become such a comfort series for me, despite some questionable elements. I think its probably 90% due to Therese Plummers excellent narration.
lanoirede's review against another edition
3.0
I first fell in love with this series about ten years ago while in high school so I was pleasantly surprised/excited when I saw that Charlaine Harris continued the series. Especially since book 8 kind of ends on a cliffhanger.
I went into this book very excited and ended up very disappointed. I made sure to reread the entire series before starting Book 9 because I thought there might be things I forgot, I was right, so everything was fresh in my mind when I started All the Little Liars.
**spoilers ahead** While the actual mystery part of the book was good and on par with the rest of the series, it was the events of Aurora's life that were disappointing. So much of it didn't make sense.
Book 8 was published in 2003, Book 9 in 2016. Though there is a 13-year gap in between the two books it's written as if Book 9 takes place immediately after Book 8. However, it seems like someone forgot to tell that to Charlaine Harris. In Book 8, cell phones were new to people and Aurora had one that she never remembered to have on her and hated carrying around with her. In Book 9 she not only has it glued to her but she's constantly texting and calling people. It was completely out of character. Uber did not exist when Book 8 was published. Now in Book 9 despite the fact that it takes place literally days after Book 8 ended Uber is not only a thing but a completely normal thing for people to use every day.
Another inconsistancy was Aurora's pregnancy. It's never explained how a woman who previously had infertility problems and was told by doctors that she couldn't get preganant was suddenly pregnant. It was made known in previous books that the problem was Aurora and not her late husband so how did Robin manage to get her pregnant?
Another thing that I felt was an inconsistency was Aurora's feelings about her relationship with Martin. I really liked the character of Martin and was very disappointed when he died. I didn't like that their relationship was suddenly being framed as Martin being controlling over Aurora. I do admit that their relationship wasn't perfect but I didn't see it as that and I feel like Aurora in Book 8 wouldn't have thought of it that way.
I've been so bothered by these inconsistencies that I came back and wrote a review, my first lol, months after I read the book. I'm looking forward to continuing the series but I hope Charlaine Harris doesn't continue to have these inconsistent plot points.
I went into this book very excited and ended up very disappointed. I made sure to reread the entire series before starting Book 9 because I thought there might be things I forgot, I was right, so everything was fresh in my mind when I started All the Little Liars.
**spoilers ahead** While the actual mystery part of the book was good and on par with the rest of the series, it was the events of Aurora's life that were disappointing. So much of it didn't make sense.
Book 8 was published in 2003, Book 9 in 2016. Though there is a 13-year gap in between the two books it's written as if Book 9 takes place immediately after Book 8. However, it seems like someone forgot to tell that to Charlaine Harris. In Book 8, cell phones were new to people and Aurora had one that she never remembered to have on her and hated carrying around with her. In Book 9 she not only has it glued to her but she's constantly texting and calling people. It was completely out of character. Uber did not exist when Book 8 was published. Now in Book 9 despite the fact that it takes place literally days after Book 8 ended Uber is not only a thing but a completely normal thing for people to use every day.
Another inconsistancy was Aurora's pregnancy. It's never explained how a woman who previously had infertility problems and was told by doctors that she couldn't get preganant was suddenly pregnant. It was made known in previous books that the problem was Aurora and not her late husband so how did Robin manage to get her pregnant?
Another thing that I felt was an inconsistency was Aurora's feelings about her relationship with Martin. I really liked the character of Martin and was very disappointed when he died. I didn't like that their relationship was suddenly being framed as Martin being controlling over Aurora. I do admit that their relationship wasn't perfect but I didn't see it as that and I feel like Aurora in Book 8 wouldn't have thought of it that way.
I've been so bothered by these inconsistencies that I came back and wrote a review, my first lol, months after I read the book. I'm looking forward to continuing the series but I hope Charlaine Harris doesn't continue to have these inconsistent plot points.
peppermintbat's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
meshuggeknitter's review against another edition
3.0
I frankly did not remember reading this book so listened to the audiobook in March 2020. While I rated it a 4 in 2016, I would have rated it a 2 upon re-reading so I averaged it out to a 3. I don’t remember why I liked it so much on the first reading especially since I remembered nothing of the story.