sydneydwalker 's review for:

A Most Puzzling Murder by Bianca Marais

4.0

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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What a fun interactive book. We are introduced to Destiny Whip who receives an anonymous letter inviting her to Eerie Island where the Scruffmores live, for an interview to become the family historian. Having never applied for the job, Destiny is wary but once she solves the riddle in the letter she cannot say no. 

A fantasy murder mystery where you solve the clues as you read, it was a neat concept that was executed well. There were two puzzles I couldn’t solve 🙈 

I received the ARC audiobook to review but couldn’t find the puzzle PDF and so waited a week for the book to come out and purchased it for access to the puzzles. I cannot comment on how good the puzzle package is but I just skipped to the puzzles in the book once the audio got there. Since I clean, workout, etc while listening to audiobooks this wasn’t a good choice for me since I’d have to stop to solve the puzzles so I think I’d recommend the physical book. Otherwise the audiobook was fine and didn’t impede the interactive nature! 

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the audiobook in exchange for an honest review