Amy H. (catholicrose) - reviewed on 5/19/2012 + 8 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This was, in general, a good story, but not an excellent one.
For one thing, I found it very difficult to sympathize with Faith.
In a first book, I want an introduction to a character, allowing me to get to know him/her over time and grow to like him/her more as I find out more about them in each story. Instead, it felt as though the author was trying too hard to make Faith seem authentic--as if trying to force me to care about her--by squeezing all of her thoughts, complexities and personality quirks into one story. It was too much at once, and made Faith seem inconsistent and unreliable, rather than complicated and genuine. If not for Benjamin and Jenny, I would not even have cared too much about the outcome of the life-threatening predicament in which she finds herself.
However, even though it was somewhat difficult to keep them all straight, I did find that I liked many of the other characters, and am looking forward to finding out more about them. There are a few parts that even made me laugh out loud.
The mystery itself was full of red herrings, twists and turns. Once I got into the story a bit, I enjoyed it. I would have preferred a bit more "tidy" an ending, but perhaps that wouldn't have been as believable for other readers.
Although I liked the book, it just didn't feel as "cozy" as most other cozy mysteries I've enjoyed, so I give it 3 stars.

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