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A review by mmccombs
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
The worst crime of this book is that awful cover! I almost didn’t pick this up because the cover art filled me with a deep and kind of surprising anger, but the reviews and it being Christmas made me go for it and I’m glad I did. Very light and fluffy, it was a good balance of a holiday mystery and a cozy romance. It often veered into cheesiness and unbelievable dialogue/plot points, but I had a lot of fun so I let it slide. I would love to see more novels with Maggie and Ethan solving whodunnit mysteries, their chemistry was well done and felt like a love letter to classic mystery novels. And the narration was great! I was very into it and would recommend this as a quick read to start on Christmas Eve!
Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail