At first I had a difficult time with this as it was not a thriller and the mystery was fairly predictable. But then I classified it as cozy mystery and enjoyed it more.
However, the writing was a little bland. I can forgive a predictable plot as that is what a lot of cozies have, but there is no reason why the dialogue can't be snappier and wittier. Also, I had problems with the descriptive aspects. Please, authors, I don't need to know exactly what the main characters are eating, wearing, etc. Feel free to cut some of that out. It's just enough to know that they are wearing clothes and that they eat food, unless it is a fashion or culinary mystery.

I did like the main characters, Dick and Jonathan, a committed couple raising Jonathan's nephew Joshua. In fact I liked how all the characters were written, very likable if a tad dull at times. Everything just needed to be taken up a notch. Sharper writing and tighter editing and this could have been really good. But it wasn't, so therefore it was just average.

rating 2.5/5 ( )