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A review by bookish_kristina
Mexico, Margaritas, and Murder by Wendy Day
3.0
This had moments but could have been better.
This started off with a compelling premise; the newly widowed Sally, burying her emotionally neglectful/abusive husband and grieving her lost life. Cue her best friend, wacky and ott Pearl, living her best senior life, encouraging Sally to live. I expected funny shenanigans and emotional growth, and sometimes that almost happened; but mostly this was badly paced and underdeveloped.
The murder portion of this book didn’t even happen until halfway through, the finding her groove love story I awaited never amounted to anything, and the shenanigans were minimal and kinda boring. So the first few chapters were interesting, and the last few chapters tried to achieve what this book promised, but the middle was so drawn out and boring, that this didn’t do much for me.
Sadly, I have the arc for the next one, so I have to read it. Maybe it will be funnier, maybe Pearl will be less of a caricature and Sally less of a ho-hum, doormat.
This started off with a compelling premise; the newly widowed Sally, burying her emotionally neglectful/abusive husband and grieving her lost life. Cue her best friend, wacky and ott Pearl, living her best senior life, encouraging Sally to live. I expected funny shenanigans and emotional growth, and sometimes that almost happened; but mostly this was badly paced and underdeveloped.
The murder portion of this book didn’t even happen until halfway through, the finding her groove love story I awaited never amounted to anything, and the shenanigans were minimal and kinda boring. So the first few chapters were interesting, and the last few chapters tried to achieve what this book promised, but the middle was so drawn out and boring, that this didn’t do much for me.
Sadly, I have the arc for the next one, so I have to read it. Maybe it will be funnier, maybe Pearl will be less of a caricature and Sally less of a ho-hum, doormat.