Great read, great series

Great series, amusing, action and some really wild moments from the characters I’ve grown to love. I’m fortunate to have the whole series in book and audiobooks, absolutely love Ann Charles books and Caroline Shaffer is a great narrator. These are my go to books whenever I feel I need a pick me up and even when I don’t.

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An enjoyable mystery

Things I liked: the narrator was good, a light voice, American but no overdone mannerisms.
Witty story and many good characters. Ray, Violet's co-worker was a bit of a pantomime villain, but the rest of the townsfolk were interesting and pretty believable.
The paranormal angle is handled well and is something I want the author to reveal more of in later books.

Things I was less convinced by: too many sex scenes so that it became a rather obvious page filler or padding device. The author doesn't need to try to keep readers that way as the plot is good enough to hold one's interest.
I found it hard to believe Violet's new friends and neighbours would rally round quite as much in real life. Instant childminding and vehicle loans felt a bit too good to be true for a single mother.
It took an awful long time for V’s boss to notice Ray’s sexual harassment and bullying, however tough her divorce.

They're relatively small cons and may be a cultural difference between the US and UK, so I only knocked off one star. I'm certainly willing to continue listening to the series.

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Fantastic series

This is a fantastic adaptation of Ann Charles wonderful book. I am of to listen to the next in this series.

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Great story

Great story and characters. Looking forward to the next book. I definitely recommend it, read it.

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I really loved this book!!!

I love the bad jokes and mystery with the perfect narrator. I will definitely keep listening to the whole series.

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Good-ish

The story would receive 5 stars but there was way to much pining and moping after a man, in addition, once they got past that, there was way to much sex or foreplay. Now I don't have a problem with either of my above criticisms as long as they classify the book as romance, which is where they belong.

Negativity over and done with. The story was good but not brilliant. I would say this is a good continuation to a series.

The narrator, in my opinion, did a top job with the characters.

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Really bad

This is listed as a cosy mystery. It is not. Bad language, bad plot, way too much sex and very thin characters.

This was written in the 21st century but it sounds like something from the 1970s. Very disappointed.

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Dreadful

Not for me. I gave up. Dull plot, dull heroine. Flat characters. The dialogue made me wince.

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a difficult character to really like

lead is often childish, irrelevant and flippant. also find myself not at all sympathetic with her dilemma opposite her best friend and the secrets she keeps from her. glad she is not my best friend!

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Oh wow!!!! This is bad

I have been a fan of the Sookie Stackhòuse Mysteries and the Halfmoon Hollow series. I had thought this would be in the same vein. Sadly it isn't. I mean its not even close. Limited storyline, poor, often creepy dialogue, not enough ghostly action and a female protagonist who is too busy trying to get into Doc's pants rather than looking after her children, She is utterly unsympathetic as a main and I found myself hating her very very quickly.
The narrator is Ok, but she makes Violet seem whiny rather than likeable. I just cannot express how loathsome this book is.

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