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Thicker Than Water by Megan Collins

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mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Listen, I have thoughts and most of them center on the fact that Sieanna is the boy mom version of a sister/sister-in-law
Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Eggnog Murder by Lee Hollis, Leslie Meier, Barbara Ross

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

All three authors are new to me cozy mystery authors, but only the third one felt successful. 

I think the first two were too similar and there were zero likable characters.
Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
DNF @ 10% the prose is not working for me and I do not enjoy reading about people who let people cross boundaries that they set years ago. 
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

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reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The first epistolary novel to actually work for me. Can’t believe it took me so long to read it. 
Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.
Too descriptive and I’m finding myself not wanting to pick it up 
Scatterlings by Rešoketšwe Manenzhe

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challenging reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

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lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

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fast-paced

3.5

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75