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A review by avigail
Better Off Wed by Laura Durham
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Better Off Wed is one of the books I got once upon a time from an e-mail book promotion. If my memory is correct, I got the book for free. I also got the book at the time that I read a lot of cozy mysteries.
Better Off Wed is a fun, cozy mystery.
Kate's incoherent and incorrect phrases made me turn my eyes as Anabelle did so many times in the book. Often, I laughed, and other times I chuckled with the situations that Annabelle, our main character, got herself in. Richard, the chef caterer, is a little bit selfish, Alexandra, the pastry is chef, is the only average person in the group of characters.
The secondary characters are corky, and each one of them is more eccentric than the other.
The murder victim was awful! I did not guess who the murderer was, although I found myself rooting for them for a while. The scenario of a handsome detective not happy with a citizen amateur sleuthing in his case is a pretty formula, though. And predictably, the amateur sleuth solves the mystery only to find herself in the cross-hairs of the murderer.
I am looking forward to continuing with the series, and I believe we would have a little romance between our immature sleuth and Reese, the authentic, handsome detective.
Better Off Wed is a fun, cozy mystery.
Kate's incoherent and incorrect phrases made me turn my eyes as Anabelle did so many times in the book. Often, I laughed, and other times I chuckled with the situations that Annabelle, our main character, got herself in. Richard, the chef caterer, is a little bit selfish, Alexandra, the pastry is chef, is the only average person in the group of characters.
The secondary characters are corky, and each one of them is more eccentric than the other.
The murder victim was awful! I did not guess who the murderer was, although I found myself rooting for them for a while. The scenario of a handsome detective not happy with a citizen amateur sleuthing in his case is a pretty formula, though. And predictably, the amateur sleuth solves the mystery only to find herself in the cross-hairs of the murderer.
I am looking forward to continuing with the series, and I believe we would have a little romance between our immature sleuth and Reese, the authentic, handsome detective.