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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
I just started this book today. I am really getting into this series.
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
I really do enjoy this series but boy does it annoy me at the same time.
Nothing happens for the whole first part of this book! It is literally just Roe taking us through her day to day life and the lead up to her wedding.... How is this that important to the story?!
Also, this book had one of my absolute pet peeves which is when a book reveals something in the synopsis that doesn't happen until well into the book. It is told to us in the synopsis that Roe is confronted by an 'ax-welding maniac'.... this literally doesn't take place until 70% of the way into the book so I was just waiting for it to happen for most of the book.
I do enjoy this series and I did enjoy the mystery in this one I just think there is definitely some room for improvement. I will be continuing on with the series though.
Nothing happens for the whole first part of this book! It is literally just Roe taking us through her day to day life and the lead up to her wedding.... How is this that important to the story?!
Also, this book had one of my absolute pet peeves which is when a book reveals something in the synopsis that doesn't happen until well into the book. It is told to us in the synopsis that Roe is confronted by an 'ax-welding maniac'.... this literally doesn't take place until 70% of the way into the book so I was just waiting for it to happen for most of the book.
I do enjoy this series and I did enjoy the mystery in this one I just think there is definitely some room for improvement. I will be continuing on with the series though.
This book was really good. I enjoyed it and read most of it in one sitting. Was kind of different from the previous ones but still really enjoyable and can't wait for the next one!
just waving ALLL the red flags infront of Aurora before she even says "I do"... her and Martin should've really not rushed into marriage since there were way too many secrets from Martin and she should've gotten answers before hand.... I liked the mystery though and I like Angel.
A fun, fast paced mystery. Aurora’s new husband buys her the house of her dreams as a wedding gift, but of course a mystery and possibly a murder is tied to the house. The entire family who previously owned the house disappeared. As Aurora dives head first into solving the disappearance, she discovers that the missing family isn’t the only mystery in her life. Her new husband has some secrets too.
The Aurora Teagarden mysteries on audiobook are great to listen to while you’re doing other things. The storylines are easy to follow and entertaining. Can’t wait to start the next one!
The Aurora Teagarden mysteries on audiobook are great to listen to while you’re doing other things. The storylines are easy to follow and entertaining. Can’t wait to start the next one!
Personal view - I hate Martin, and who Roe is when she is with him. I realise it's also reflective of when the book was written, but it's really tining me off this otherwise enjoyable series!
The mystery itself was great and intriguing and wish the book had focused more on it, rather than treating it as a sub-plot for Roe, the bored housewife, to fill her time with.
The mystery itself was great and intriguing and wish the book had focused more on it, rather than treating it as a sub-plot for Roe, the bored housewife, to fill her time with.
Figuring I like Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse stories, I decided to try her mysteries. This is the Aurora Teagarden series. It’s book four (that’s where the library started). And it’ll pretty much be the only one I read. Four books were published in under a year bearing out my thought that these were either highly rushed or much older works.
Aurora is getting ready to marry the significantly older Martin. Turns out they both buy each other property as a wedding gift. He buys her the Julius House, an older home she fell in love with in spite of the fact the previous family disappeared one night never to be seen again. She buys him his family farm in OH (they live in Georgia). In fact we spent over 30 pages watching her buy it from his step dad who’s out to screw him. We never find out why that is and the farm never comes back into the story. Maybe somewhere else in the series but here’s where I’d rather have had tell not show. What a waste of my time.
Before the marriage, Martin hires some friends who are supposedly down on their luck and he’s letting them stay in the apartment over the Julius House’s garage. Later we find out they’re much more but not until after the marriage. Ditto with what Martin really does. Roe doesn’t even get that interested in solving the case of where the Juliuses went until well 50 pages in.
This is as flat as two week old soda. No one has much personality. Roe is the best fleshed out (keep in mind this is 4 books in) and all I really know is she used to be a librarian (doesn’t seem to like to read much though) and that she gets angry over nothing. Yes there are things she should have been angry over but there are times she gets furious over nothing. I didn’t hate this but I was definitely indifferent. I don’t see the need to read more. For that matter, where the Juliuses went didn’t work for me.
Aurora is getting ready to marry the significantly older Martin. Turns out they both buy each other property as a wedding gift. He buys her the Julius House, an older home she fell in love with in spite of the fact the previous family disappeared one night never to be seen again. She buys him his family farm in OH (they live in Georgia). In fact we spent over 30 pages watching her buy it from his step dad who’s out to screw him. We never find out why that is and the farm never comes back into the story. Maybe somewhere else in the series but here’s where I’d rather have had tell not show. What a waste of my time.
Before the marriage, Martin hires some friends who are supposedly down on their luck and he’s letting them stay in the apartment over the Julius House’s garage. Later we find out they’re much more but not until after the marriage. Ditto with what Martin really does. Roe doesn’t even get that interested in solving the case of where the Juliuses went until well 50 pages in.
This is as flat as two week old soda. No one has much personality. Roe is the best fleshed out (keep in mind this is 4 books in) and all I really know is she used to be a librarian (doesn’t seem to like to read much though) and that she gets angry over nothing. Yes there are things she should have been angry over but there are times she gets furious over nothing. I didn’t hate this but I was definitely indifferent. I don’t see the need to read more. For that matter, where the Juliuses went didn’t work for me.
Almost nothing happens for the entire first half of the book, and then suddenly everything happens. I managed to figure out a theory that was close to what was going on early in the book, then figured it out completely before Roe did, which was surprising considering she had all the information she needed to come to the same conclusion...
The cover of the paperback I have gives ghost mystery... Add the missing family and I really expected paranormal.
Anyway... The Julius House investigation took like halfway into the book to get a bit serious... The first half was like Roe and secretive husband issues who could probably even be in illegal businesses.... I feel like this issue/conflict was left somewhat hanging... I'll just assume the husband's poor communication and Roe's confidence in pushing for answers will lead to future problems.
Anyway... The Julius House investigation took like halfway into the book to get a bit serious... The first half was like Roe and secretive husband issues who could probably even be in illegal businesses.... I feel like this issue/conflict was left somewhat hanging... I'll just assume the husband's poor communication and Roe's confidence in pushing for answers will lead to future problems.