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katreniah's review
1.0
This book didn't really work for me. The main characters made me angry, and I couldn't figure out how some of these women managed to spend entire days in a scrapbooking store. The main character has an emotionally abusive ass of a husband (They're estranged, but for some reason, she doesn't just kick him to the curb and shut him out of her life.), and I became annoyed at how the main character dealt with him - so much so that I didn't really care what happened to her. Maybe I should have read the first book in the series first (I know; I KNOW), but after reading this one to check it out, I'm not really interested and am glad I didn't make the investment.
paige1947_'s review
3.0
I like this series- it took awhile for me to get into it but it is growing on me. Set in New Orleans it has lots of that magic- The main character is owner of a scrapbooking shop which gives the scrapbooker lots of great ideas.
verityw's review against another edition
1.0
I picked this up at the secondhand store because it seemed like a fortuitous coincidence that they had a Halloween-themed cozy crime at this time of year. I really wanted to like it - and the actual mystery part of the book was fine - but the characters and the dialogue didn't really work for me.
I was also slightly at a loss to understand a) why the lead keeps her ex-husband around if he's so terrible (and he does come across as truly terrible) b) why the characters intermittantly speak with New Orleans accents c) why the Creole is so randomly scattered through the book d) why on earth the proprietor of a scrapbook shop and a novelty voodoo shop were picked to decorate a high fashion halloween runway show e) how on earth the described decorations were meant to be in any way classy/appropriate f) why people keep telling the heroine info in the case g) why the detective puts up with it.
So a lot of questions.
My first Laura Childs - as well as my first in this series - I probably won't go hunting for more.
I was also slightly at a loss to understand a) why the lead keeps her ex-husband around if he's so terrible (and he does come across as truly terrible) b) why the characters intermittantly speak with New Orleans accents c) why the Creole is so randomly scattered through the book d) why on earth the proprietor of a scrapbook shop and a novelty voodoo shop were picked to decorate a high fashion halloween runway show e) how on earth the described decorations were meant to be in any way classy/appropriate f) why people keep telling the heroine info in the case g) why the detective puts up with it.
So a lot of questions.
My first Laura Childs - as well as my first in this series - I probably won't go hunting for more.
nutti72's review against another edition
This is the latest in a cute cozy series set in New Orleans about a scrap booking shop in the French Quarter. A very enjoyable series currently dealing with the aftermath of Rita & Katrina.
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