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A review by scientificbookworm
Christmas Sweets by Laura Levine, Leslie Meier, Joanne Fluke
4.0
The Twelve Desserts of Christmas
This is the perfect Hannah story for Christmas! I love that you got to see everything that the gang was doing around the holidays without having a murder at Christmas! I loved Julie and Matt's romance and was happy how everything turned out! This was a perfect way to start out Christmas Sweets!
Nightmare on Elf Street
Before this short story, I had not read any of Laura Levine's stories with Jaine Austen. This was a cute tale of Jaine working as an elf where Santa gets murdered! As far as this being a short Christmas cozy mystery it was very cute and a great addition to the book. Overall though, Jaine is funny but not my favorite amateur sleuth. She came across a little ditsy to me and she tells "white lies" which I really don't like in characters. Still glad I got to read this as part of the Christmas Sweets book though.
The Christmas Thief
This was a super cute cozy mystery about stolen jewels. I have not read any Leslie Meier stories but I do have to say I did like Elizabeth, Lucy and Miss Tilley. This story takes place at a very high end hotel in Florida around Christmas time. it was very interesting to read about how people in Florida might celebrate Christmas! This one definitely had me on the edge of my seat a little to figure out who actually stole the jewels and what really happened.
Overall I loved Christmas Sweets and would recommend you pick it up if you like cozy mysteries too! It is a nice way to read works by other cozy authors that you might not have read before. Even if you have read series from these authors it's really nice to see what the characters are up to in between their normal sleuthing!
This is the perfect Hannah story for Christmas! I love that you got to see everything that the gang was doing around the holidays without having a murder at Christmas! I loved Julie and Matt's romance and was happy how everything turned out! This was a perfect way to start out Christmas Sweets!
Nightmare on Elf Street
Before this short story, I had not read any of Laura Levine's stories with Jaine Austen. This was a cute tale of Jaine working as an elf where Santa gets murdered! As far as this being a short Christmas cozy mystery it was very cute and a great addition to the book. Overall though, Jaine is funny but not my favorite amateur sleuth. She came across a little ditsy to me and she tells "white lies" which I really don't like in characters. Still glad I got to read this as part of the Christmas Sweets book though.
The Christmas Thief
This was a super cute cozy mystery about stolen jewels. I have not read any Leslie Meier stories but I do have to say I did like Elizabeth, Lucy and Miss Tilley. This story takes place at a very high end hotel in Florida around Christmas time. it was very interesting to read about how people in Florida might celebrate Christmas! This one definitely had me on the edge of my seat a little to figure out who actually stole the jewels and what really happened.
Overall I loved Christmas Sweets and would recommend you pick it up if you like cozy mysteries too! It is a nice way to read works by other cozy authors that you might not have read before. Even if you have read series from these authors it's really nice to see what the characters are up to in between their normal sleuthing!