Bonnie A. (ladycholla) -
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Very good story for this series, great characters, good plot. Our usual nasty ones in residence, but well handled. I for one didn't know who the bad guy was, but from the beginning didn't like him and wanted him to have something serious happen to him. I love Charles of course and always want to read more about him. This is a fun series and I look forward to the next one.
This is another delicious little cozy mystery from Eva Gates. Lucy the Librarian is becoming one of my favorite characters. In this book her socialite mother from Boston unexpectedly drops in to see her. This must mean only one thing â she wants to take Lucy back with her to Boston to her former boyfriend. She wants to control her life. However, she meets 2 former classmates and things go downhill from there. How Lucy deals with her Mother, her job, the murder investigation and 2 boyfriends is fun to watch. When Lucy and her Mom finally sit down and have the heart to heart talk, it is quite lovely but painful and honest. I think they both grow from there. I'm looking forward to book #3!
Cathy C. (cathyskye) -
I'm still enjoying both the popularity of this fictional lighthouse library and its setting, but I have to be honest and admit that I picked up Booked for Trouble with a bit of trepidation. It's a quirk of mine, but I do not care for high maintenance parents in the cozies that I read, and that's exactly what Lucy's mother is. I am happy to report that although Suzanne is not the type of person to ever become my BFF, that angle of the book was not as bad as I'd anticipated. Whew!
Lucy continues to be an interesting main character, but too many of the secondary characters are two-dimensional. Take Charlene for example. It would appear that her sole reason for existence is to annoy everyone with her passion for rap music-- and she's the only one who really stands out in my mind. The rest are a kind of blur, and I hope book three is the "breakout" book for them. Speaking of breaking out, Lucy's two love interests need to stop spinning their wheels and start making some moves.
Although I enjoyed reading how Lucy finally found the killer, I knew the person's identity early on due to a certain peculiarity in the dialogue. I can be strange that way sometimes. And have any of you noticed that the latest thing in cozies seems to be cross-marketing-- that is, mentioning books by other cozy writers? At least it fits in here because Lucy is a librarian, but I've been noticing it in several books lately. I realize that things like this place a book clearly within its timeframe, but I prefer my books without branding, marketing, or suggestive selling.
Booked for Trouble is a good solid mystery with a winning main character and a perfect setting; however, it needs some of its other components to be fleshed out more so this series can shine the way I know that it can.
Lucy continues to be an interesting main character, but too many of the secondary characters are two-dimensional. Take Charlene for example. It would appear that her sole reason for existence is to annoy everyone with her passion for rap music-- and she's the only one who really stands out in my mind. The rest are a kind of blur, and I hope book three is the "breakout" book for them. Speaking of breaking out, Lucy's two love interests need to stop spinning their wheels and start making some moves.
Although I enjoyed reading how Lucy finally found the killer, I knew the person's identity early on due to a certain peculiarity in the dialogue. I can be strange that way sometimes. And have any of you noticed that the latest thing in cozies seems to be cross-marketing-- that is, mentioning books by other cozy writers? At least it fits in here because Lucy is a librarian, but I've been noticing it in several books lately. I realize that things like this place a book clearly within its timeframe, but I prefer my books without branding, marketing, or suggestive selling.
Booked for Trouble is a good solid mystery with a winning main character and a perfect setting; however, it needs some of its other components to be fleshed out more so this series can shine the way I know that it can.
Tim H. (Timbuktu126) reviewed Booked for Trouble (Lighthouse Library, Bk 2) on + 479 more book reviews
I wasn't crazy about this book. It was decent enough, but I found a few of the characters annoying (particularly her mother). And the ending was not worth the wait by any means. The motive was foolish.
Kimberly N. (kimberlyrav) -
I did not like the first book in this series and was so disappointed in that. I really wanted and needed to love this series about a Lighthouse Library with a cat! I am so glad I went on to read book 2. I really enjoyed this book.
It had the right amount of back story, character development, very light romance-hints more like, suspense and setting description(relatively). I could use a bit more in the setting description but was pleasantly pleased with this book over all.
I had no idea till nearing the end "whodunit". I look very forward to reading book 3 as I am already invested in the characters! Bravo Eva Gates AKA Vicki Delany!!
It had the right amount of back story, character development, very light romance-hints more like, suspense and setting description(relatively). I could use a bit more in the setting description but was pleasantly pleased with this book over all.
I had no idea till nearing the end "whodunit". I look very forward to reading book 3 as I am already invested in the characters! Bravo Eva Gates AKA Vicki Delany!!
