lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

adrienneh1973's review

3.5
adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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wanda_clayr's review

3.75

A book about three women authors who go to Scotland to co-author a book together, written by three women authors who met at a conference and decide to write a novel together. Very meta. At least the actual authors truly are friends and co-conspirators, unlike the fictional Kat, Cassie and Emma, who really don't know each other well and don't like what they do know. At least until they discover the reason that their editor has sent them off to Scotland together.

The mystery manages to deal with matters of plagiarism and the treatment of women in the publishing industry, while lightening the mood with plenty of Scots and American stereotypes and regular cozy mystery tropes. True to life it is not, but the three authors obviously had a great deal of fun with all the ridiculous details. Beatrice the sheep was a favourite character for me.

When the organizer of the workshop is found dead, the three American authors are each, for their own reasons, convinced that they will be arrested for the crime. They find a real friendship while trying to identify the true murderer together. Unlike most cozy mysteries, the women fumble their way toward the truth, admitting that they're not really expert at solving crimes.

Quirky, funny, and entertaining, I would recommend it if you like books like The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, or The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year.
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eglouise's review

3.25
funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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megan9j's review

3.5

Read it knowing it’s satirical. 
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angelakay's review


Too goofy and silly for me.
emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

A cozy murder mystery with a little extra flair with the different main characters being caricatures of different genre writers. 

The ending felt rushed and gimmicky, with the knight in shining armor and the couple is madly in love after one week, and the toss off love match just for the hell of it 

Wish we’d have gotten a better ending with the actual murder mystery

engledean's review

2.75
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated

julieflaming's review

3.75
adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes