Review: Main characters not really likable.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2013
This review is from: Wedding Day of Murder (Lacy Steele Mysteries, Book 6) (Kindle Edition)I enjoyed the earlier novels. This one NOT. There is more focus on Lacy's weird behavior after her wisdom teeth surgery, than the murder, which seems to take a back seat. It's the characters that turned me off. Lacy's boyfriend (cop, naturally) is so OCD that he's practically to the right of Mr. Monk. Nor does he socially drink (which might chill him out a bit), and he believes the letter of the law is so sacred that he would never bend it even for a very worthy cause. These laws are made by fallible man, not God. Being married to him would be a nightmare. No wonder Lacy can't bring herself to tell him she loves him. Then there's Lacy. No one is that clumsy and remains living. Done for humor it doesn't compute. What made me want to turn off my Kindle, but I'd already invested enough so that I wanted to see how the tale ended, was her planning a bridesmade party for her sister and telling everyone there would be "entertainment". Naturally everyone assumed a stripper, but she had hired a clown who makes balloon animals. Really!!! Clowns are for children's parties. She doesn't understand why everyone isn't excited over this. (DUH!) The clown bit was there to lead into the solution (!??), which had a timeline hole large enough to drive an express train through. No explanation here. I'm pretty sure it will be obvious to anyone who reads to the end of the book. Now, Don't you wish you'd spent time doing something else?