Review: Wasn't for me.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2013
Reviewed for Read Your Writes Book Reviews[...]As the description explains this is the first story in the Emily Castles mystery series by Helen Smith. Three Sisters is actually a small novella which sets up and introduces Emily. Three Sisters was a hard book for me to read, even though it's only about 44 pages long. I attempted to read the book three times before I actually finished it.The story takes place in London on what I believe is the equivalent to Halloween. Emily and her neighbors go to a party located at the end of her street, put on by what appears to be a traveling performance organization similar to a carnival. In essence, it's like dinner theater, where people who come to see the show bring potluck dishes.The whole premise of the book is that Emily is the only person who sees a murder and no one believes her. More than half of the book is about the set up of the storyline and characters. For me, I didn't get into the book until about 44% of the way in and even then I wasn't totally sure I even liked the book. I didn't start to enjoy it until about 70% of the way.I'm not going to say it was easy to determine who the murderer was because there were several possibilities. I will say the murder itself and the events leading to the capture of the murderer were interesting. Could the story have been better? Most definitely.Source: Blog Tour Host