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A review by holtfan
Die for Love by Elizabeth Peters
3.0
3.5 stars
Die for Love is probably my favorite of the Jacqueline Kirby books so far. Jacqueline finally emerges as the indisputable main character of the series. The book has a publishing date of 1984 and feels every inch it, in the best possible way. The story mocks the romance novels (and to a lesser extent, mysteries) popular at the time and in doing so throws its lot in with second wave feminism.. But it also gently mocks feminism, because much like Jacqueline, this book is a wonderful mix of contradictions and biting commentary.
I loved the setting (an over-the-top romance writers' conference) but was less enamored with the actual mystery. I should probably go back and re-read the ending because the motive confused me but I don't really care enough to sort it out.
A fun read overall that will appeal to modern mystery readers more than the first two, but still feeling fairly vintage in setting and topic.
Die for Love is probably my favorite of the Jacqueline Kirby books so far. Jacqueline finally emerges as the indisputable main character of the series. The book has a publishing date of 1984 and feels every inch it, in the best possible way. The story mocks the romance novels (and to a lesser extent, mysteries) popular at the time and in doing so throws its lot in with second wave feminism.. But it also gently mocks feminism, because much like Jacqueline, this book is a wonderful mix of contradictions and biting commentary.
I loved the setting (an over-the-top romance writers' conference) but was less enamored with the actual mystery. I should probably go back and re-read the ending because the motive confused me but I don't really care enough to sort it out.
A fun read overall that will appeal to modern mystery readers more than the first two, but still feeling fairly vintage in setting and topic.