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A review by celia_thebookishhufflepuff
Christmas Spirit by Morgana Best
4.0
I don't read a lot of cozy mysteries with characters over 30 or so, and I haven't enjoyed the ones I have read, so I didn't have high expectations for this one. Most of the ghost cozies I've read have also been mediocre at best.
Thankfully, however, this beat my expectations for both sub-subgenres. This story focuses on Prudence, a clairvoyant who tours Australia and New Zealand getting impressions from ghosts of people's loved ones. She's in her fifties and has never actually seen a ghost, until Levi appears to her. Levi was a police detective murdered while investigating another murder, and he tasks Prudence with using her skills to solve it.
The premise was already interesting enough. Add in Prudence's strong, no-nonsense character and her ridiculous friends and family, and it makes for a funny, memorable story.
The one thing I didn't like was the focus on romance with a ghost. It wasn't cocky, but it was a human/ghost romance, or the beginning of one, that bordered on uncomfortable. This is the first novel I've read with this kind of relationship, and it might just be something I have to get used to.
Despite the relationship weirdness, I had a lot of fun with this one. I'm debating buying the sequel, because I'm really interested in the story behind the town's other happenings.
Thankfully, however, this beat my expectations for both sub-subgenres. This story focuses on Prudence, a clairvoyant who tours Australia and New Zealand getting impressions from ghosts of people's loved ones. She's in her fifties and has never actually seen a ghost, until Levi appears to her. Levi was a police detective murdered while investigating another murder, and he tasks Prudence with using her skills to solve it.
The premise was already interesting enough. Add in Prudence's strong, no-nonsense character and her ridiculous friends and family, and it makes for a funny, memorable story.
The one thing I didn't like was the focus on romance with a ghost. It wasn't cocky, but it was a human/ghost romance, or the beginning of one, that bordered on uncomfortable. This is the first novel I've read with this kind of relationship, and it might just be something I have to get used to.
Despite the relationship weirdness, I had a lot of fun with this one. I'm debating buying the sequel, because I'm really interested in the story behind the town's other happenings.