I wanted to like this a lot more than I did.

Read with my mister buddy!

This was a fun read, but for a relatively low complexity plot line it took a long time to get to the resolution and we seemed to dwell a lot on the characters backstory. The author consistently took the main character’s narrative into flashbacks or moments of reflection. Generally speaking I love a good backstory but I got more than a little bored of her’s. Also I find the Donovan Caine story less than compelling. He’s boring, boy, bye.

Some of her language and commentary feels a little... not ok by 2019 standards... but putting it in 2003 context is more forgivable. This book was funny, relatable, a little over the top, and overall a quick and easy read.

Knocked out the audio book on my road trip today. Some of my favorite quotes:

“Repent!’” Nanny Ogg went on. “Repent? Me? Cheek! I can’t start repenting at my time of life. I’d never get any work done. Anyway,” she added, “I ain’t sorry for most of it.
Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23)

“And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.” “It’s a lot more complicated than that—” “No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.” “Oh, I’m sure there are worse crimes—” “But they starts with thinking about people as things…”
Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld #23; Witches #6)

He grinned. It was the sort of grin that Agnes supposed was called infectious but, then, so was measles.
Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (Discworld #23; Witches #6)

I really enjoy this authors slightly mystical murder mysteries and the botanical flair. Fun and easy to read but very well crafted.

Sexy mystery in NOLA. Formula Nora Roberts, though pretty dark here and there. I found the end a little too weird.