Overall Take:
This is a sweet cozy mystery with a bookstore setting!
Star Rating:
5 Stars
Genre:
Cozy Mystery
Synopsis
Madeline left small town Georgia years ago, but now she is back after her eccentric Aunt Rose passed away and left her a bookstore and old Victorian mansion. But when she arrives, strange things start happening and she’s faced with unexpected challenges. Madeline won’t be intimidated though, and is determined to get to the bottom of things, can she do it before she falls victim herself?
Thoughts:
Cozy mysteries just hit wonderfully when done right, and this one was absolute perfection. I particularly adored it because it was about a woman who inherited a bookstore! I mean what booklover doesn’t dream of this happening. In my dreams its always a long lost aunt and in a small coastal town and I’ve also inherited a beautiful house (because this economy, am I right?!). This book is set in the south, and it was utterly atmospheric. I haven’t spent much time in the south myself, I live in the far Northwest, so it’s always a nice treat to be transported to southern towns in my reads, and this book fit the bill and delivered. The characters in this book are so well done. I felt like I had made so many new friends over the course of this book and it was wonderful. I enjoyed how this is a new series, and the ending wrapped things up, while leaving me wanting more and ready for the next book.
Make sure you add this one to your TBR! It is so cute and won’t disappoint.
Publication Date:
December 10, 2024
Author:
P.J. Nelson
Page Length:
336
Publisher:
Minotaur Books
Thank you to:
Thank you to @minotaur_books and @stmartinspress as well as @netgalley for this e-arc. All thoughts are my own.
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