I wish there was a way I could give 3.5 stars. It isn't really poor enough to give 3 stars, but it wasn't rousing enough to give 4. It's the start of a series, and that's always tricky. How much should the author repeat things to drive them home? And when does something ("the Quinn Sense") start to get too repetitive? (Actually, it wasn't the repetition that bothered me so much as the fact that when the character said she wanted it to come back, she was still fighting it.) I plan to read the second book in the series, though, to find out more about these sister-like cousins and their small-town bookstore. I was going to give this a 3.5 but figure, eh 4 would work too.Why hello cozy mystery with a bookshop part of its town setting. You know, with these, I'm liking more and more. And helps that the covers, bring in that bookshop theme going around. Anyway, I had started reading, taken a break then picked it up again after being in a bookshop cozy mystery read and noticed how short it was. Which isn't a bad thing but still.So, you have two cousins. Stephanie owns a bookshop called Raven's Nest, a kind of Edgar Allen Poe'ish type place, which sounds awesome. Clara moves back after living in New York and works together with her. Clara likes to keep to herself, especially the Quinn Sense, as Stephanie calls it and needs her help when a murder is involved. Especially one that happens int he bookstore. And from there, the suspense I like and moments with the whole does Clara like Rick or doesn't, is he a suspect or is he not a suspect made me go, oh boy we're in for one of those story arcs aren't we? But you know what? I still kept on reading. The writing helped, not great but not bad either.I did like that that the reveal wasn't the obvious so thanks book for surprising me there. Looking forward to seeing where Clara and Stephanie's book shop sleuthing goes next. So if you like books about books, or cozy mystery with a book theme, then you'll like this.
Do You like book Mind Over Murder (2011)?
Cute start of a series, interesting main characters, but they need to be fleshed out a bit more.
—CoffeeJumper
This a first in a new series. I enjoyed it. Will look to see the next story out.
—morganis
