Mayhem on the Marzipan Express

 

**1/2

PG

Would Not Recommend

I don't know if I was just in a bad mood or what but I did not love this book :(

I wanted to like it...crime on an old fashioned train in the Scottish Highlands?  Yes please!

However, multiple times while reading I thought about not finishing because it was so sickeningly sweet.  The only thing that kept me going was the mystery.  I WAS able to call the murderer which is always a triumph :) but seriously, the dialogue was way too much and, frankly, unbelievable at times.

I don't remember feeling this way about the first in the series so it surprised me that I had such strong feelings about this one.

I would have a hard time recommending this book.

The Crime Brulee Bake Off

 

***

PG

{SM}

Could Recommend but Probably Won't

I have seen this author around for as long as I can remember but, looking back, I was surprised to see this is the first book of her's that I've ever read...at least since I have been recording what I read.  And now that I have read something of her's, I don't know that I will be reading any more.  Unless, maybe, she continues with this series which has a fun premise.  I was extremely disappointed in the quality of writing.  I feel bad saying that but I felt like it hadn't been to the editors yet.  And now I am really self conscious of every sentence I write because, for all I know, I write the same way.  So, I will just say that I didn't love the writing but I did like the storyline.  I gave it a {Subject Matter} rating just since it dealt with murder but it was really very clean.

Based on everything, I could recommend it because it is clean and kind of a fun story, but it's not one I will be rushing to go tell a friend about simply because of the lack of writing finesse.