I thought I’d give this series another go - ratings for books do go up as the series progresses and hopefully because the author is getting into the swing of things.

Because it’s the fifth in the series there is some recapping of previous books. I’ve only read the first in the series, and I still don’t care about the recap. Perhaps because the recap doesn’t just cover the fact that Felicity owns a bean to bar shop and Autumn is her bestie, but also that she’s solved four murders (only four, Felicity insists, as if solving one murder isn’t already remarkable enough). The opening chapters did feel like bragging. And not just where it comes to how many murders Felicity has solved: at one point she mentions the quality of Violet’s eye make-up, while seeing the woman from across the street.

Halfway through the second chapter I get the feeling that book one might have been better. As I was reading a rather pointless conversation between Felicity and her employee Carmen I started to wonder if the author was writing for word count. This is not a pleasant feeling.

Not only is Felicity constantly recounting her four previous murder investigations, it seems that also all the people and their pets she befriended during those times are showing up in this story.

I had to take this book in small dosages.

I have a feeling there is a good story in here, but the author hasn’t managed to get that out.

I read an ARC through NetGalley.