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isabelisalright's review against another edition
4.0
Have you ever read a book description and been intrigued but unsure? This was one of those books for me, but it was well worth the read.
We join our main character Corinna who has been fired from a job and finds out her boyfriend has been cheating on her. She decides that going into business for herself is the best option after many unsuccessful job interviews. Thus Dust Angels is born her butler service. One thing leads to another and Corinna is driving around with a dead body in her car.
I really liked this book way more than I thought I would. It was really fun and quirky. I felt like the characters could be real people not just in a book. We not only have Corinna, but her staff including Lisbeth a very spunky lady who leads the part of cleaning staff. You meet various clients that hire Dust Angels and get to see many different types of people. All while there is a dead body in her car and she doesn't know what to do about it! Finally we have a great romance twist at the end of the book that put the biggest grin on my face. I was beyond happy about it.
I honestly didn't dislike anything. A couple dry spots, but those were few and far between.
This book is worth the cash and a fun read. 4/5 stars! Go pick it up!
We join our main character Corinna who has been fired from a job and finds out her boyfriend has been cheating on her. She decides that going into business for herself is the best option after many unsuccessful job interviews. Thus Dust Angels is born her butler service. One thing leads to another and Corinna is driving around with a dead body in her car.
I really liked this book way more than I thought I would. It was really fun and quirky. I felt like the characters could be real people not just in a book. We not only have Corinna, but her staff including Lisbeth a very spunky lady who leads the part of cleaning staff. You meet various clients that hire Dust Angels and get to see many different types of people. All while there is a dead body in her car and she doesn't know what to do about it! Finally we have a great romance twist at the end of the book that put the biggest grin on my face. I was beyond happy about it.
I honestly didn't dislike anything. A couple dry spots, but those were few and far between.
This book is worth the cash and a fun read. 4/5 stars! Go pick it up!
tarana's review against another edition
2.0
The last 50 pages or so nearly brought this to a 3 star. But the first 2/3rds were rather boring. Writing was good, storyline not so much. I think any young woman who likes cozies would enjoy it anyway.
tellemonstar's review against another edition
4.0
Dust Angel was great fun. A fun, slightly crazy mystery that grabbed you by the hand and ran, but didn’t get too fast or too far ahead either.
Poor Corinna got into some very awkward situations, but I loved that she handled herself nicely. There were times reading this that I was laughing because I could imagine my own reactions in some of those situations. She is also rather naive for someone who is 31 years old, but that suited her personality and wasn’t odd at all. I liked how Corinna adapted to some of the situations and things that were happening and just flatly ignored – to the best of her ability – other things, because it is how most people would deal with the happenings in the book.
Despite the description, Corinna’s job isn’t really anything to do with body disposal, that is just an accidental part of her new business. Once everything was laid out on the table it was quite funny and I really enjoyed imagining the conversation that happened.
The translator, Erik J. Macki , has done a really good job with keeping the story flowing as I imagine it did in the original German publication. It still flowed nicely and this doesn’t always happen with foreign-language-to-English translations because of the many nuances of the English language. But this was superbly done.
I would recommend this for anyone who wants a little change of pace in their ordinary mystery/contemporary reading as it was fun and reasonably quick. I read it in a matter of hours.
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Poor Corinna got into some very awkward situations, but I loved that she handled herself nicely. There were times reading this that I was laughing because I could imagine my own reactions in some of those situations. She is also rather naive for someone who is 31 years old, but that suited her personality and wasn’t odd at all. I liked how Corinna adapted to some of the situations and things that were happening and just flatly ignored – to the best of her ability – other things, because it is how most people would deal with the happenings in the book.
Despite the description, Corinna’s job isn’t really anything to do with body disposal, that is just an accidental part of her new business. Once everything was laid out on the table it was quite funny and I really enjoyed imagining the conversation that happened.
The translator, Erik J. Macki , has done a really good job with keeping the story flowing as I imagine it did in the original German publication. It still flowed nicely and this doesn’t always happen with foreign-language-to-English translations because of the many nuances of the English language. But this was superbly done.
I would recommend this for anyone who wants a little change of pace in their ordinary mystery/contemporary reading as it was fun and reasonably quick. I read it in a matter of hours.
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becczt's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting book. Ending was not at all what I had expected but in a good way. A fun book. A lighter read than the Morgue Drawer series this author has written.
prpltrtl946's review against another edition
5.0
Dust Angel
More laughing over odd situations! I love this author's humor!! The mystery mingled with the bungling to a point where I figured it was lost, but it wasn't. Everything worked out to a satisfying conclusion and I am very sad there are no more! I want to be off to book 2!!
More laughing over odd situations! I love this author's humor!! The mystery mingled with the bungling to a point where I figured it was lost, but it wasn't. Everything worked out to a satisfying conclusion and I am very sad there are no more! I want to be off to book 2!!
ginadapooh's review
4.0
This was a quick easy read, and I loved it. I definitely found this an unique twist of a mystery. I don't know if I would actually classify it as a true mystery, but I am not really sure where I would place it. It definitely wasn't a romance. I really loved how messy everything got before anything got worked out, it felt quite a bit like real life in that aspect. I liked how the book twisted and turned. I used to really dislike book series, but apparently that has changed. I kept think how I couldn't wait to read the rest of the books in this series, unfortunately this was a stand alone. I am excited to try her other books!
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