I'm entering this review about one week after reading the book and am drawing a complete blank on the plot. Obviously not a memorable work, though pleasant enough for killing time on a train trip.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my fair and honest review.

The series is about Amy-Faye, an event coordinator, and her book club. It’s interesting to be reading a book about a book club and their reviews of the books they are reading, or have read. This is my first book in the Book Club Mystery series, and I really enjoyed it. I was worried going into it that I was not going to know the characters, but by the end – I felt like I knew each one. I also felt that if I had read the other books, I wouldn’t have had too much repetition about each of the characters, which is nice.

A stranger in small-town Heaven, Colorado has been murdered, and the book club takes it into their own hands to try to help solve the murder. The only thing I didn’t like about this book was that it seemed to take a long time to get to the murder, but after that I felt like it was fast paced and really an enjoyable read. It was really fun to try and guess along with Amy-Faye about what was next and who had committed the murder. The book makes me really want to visit Colorado sometime as it sounds so beautiful.

I will definitely go back and read the other two books in this series and I would recommend this book to others. ( )

This was a fun cozy mystery starring amateur sleuth Amy-Faye Johnson and the members of her Readaholics book club. Amy-Faye is an event planner, and she's organized the Celebration of Gothic Novels for the local bookstore. It appears to be a smashing success, until one of the guests is murdered. Who was he? Why was he there? The book club has their work cut out for them to solve the complex mystery.

I enjoyed the characters and murder mystery, though once again we have the protagonist in a relationship with the police detective. Not my favorite cozy element, after reading so many. At least they had a good relationship, and Amy-Faye never stepped over the line in her investigation.

Of course, one of my favorite things about the book was all the Gothic novel talk. If only the Celebration of Gothic Novels was real! I'd be there, for sure. This is the third book in the Book Club Mystery series, and I'd love to take a look at the first two.

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. ( )

My mom would have gotten a kick out of the premise of this book. The Celebration of Gothic Novels gala is being attended modern day gothic authors. It's all in honor of the queens of the gothic novel, like Victoria Holt, Phyllis Whitney and Mary Stewart, whose books often littered chairs and tables in my home when I was growing up. The 100th birthday of Mary Stewart ties together Amy-Faye's event as well. Naturally, skeletons, red herrings and egos abound as Amy-Faye and her well written friends decide to investigate what happened to the newcomer to Heaven. There are a couple other books in the series, but I found that this was easy to read as a stand alone, background information wasn't too important, or shared as necessary. ( )

This is the third book in the Book Club Mystery series. I had not read the previous two, but they are now on my reading list as I very much enjoyed this one. I liked how Amy-Faye and the Readaholics worked together to solve the mystery of finding the killer. They have to work with several suspects as the murder takes place during the festivities of the Celebration of Gothic Novels and the body is found at a costume party.
I enjoyed seeing the logic employed at solving the murder as the group worked together contributing what skill they did best. I love to read myself, so a book about a book club was intriguing. I would love to be able to interact with a group like they do, minus the dead bodies of course.
I would highly recommend this book and the series. I received a copy of the book to read and review from the author/publisher. ( )