A review by isigfethera
Damsels in Distress by Joan Hess

2.0

Maybe this is my fault for reading this book without reading any others in the series, but it didn't really hang together that well for me. The motivations of the characters were a bit hard to follow- why are the main characters angry with each other? Why is everyone falling over themselves to befriend the main character, who clearly dislikes them? And it may be a small thing, but why did no-one seem to have a mobile phone? I kept thinking this was written a lot earlier because of the ways the characters acted... Though maybe it's more a reflection of my age. And no-one had heard of Renaissance Fairs?

It was fun though, I thought the characters had potential (maybe they would be more fun to read in earlier books in the series) and can't go past the premise of the bookshop owning sleuth. Wouldn't mind reading others, wouldn't go out of my way to do so.