Book 6, 2018
Jan. 19th, 2018 06:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeLast night, I finished the ebook Literally Dead by Eryn Scott, which is the first installment in her series about college student Pepper Brooks.
When Pepper finds the dead body of a visiting professor, she is dismayed to realize that her favorite professor is a prime suspect in the man's murder. Pepper is determined to prove that Professor Ferguson isn't a killer. She enlists the aid of her roommate, and reluctantly accepts help from the son of the lead detective on the case. When Pepper and her roomie receive a threatening note, she knows she's getting close to solving the mystery.
This was a decent enough story, if a bit trite. It's not what I expected. The blurb specifically stated: With the help of a handsome library clerk, a dog named Hamburger, and The Bard himself, this unlikely sleuth might just close the book on this case. Silly me, I thought that meant there would be a paranormal element involved, as in the ghost of Shakespeare, but such was not the case. I found that disappointing. Otherwise, the book was okay. SPaG was very good, and characterizations were done well.
Favorite line: ...he would've given Snape a run for his Galleons for the position of Potions Prof at Hogwarts...
An average read earns an average score--three stars:
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When Pepper finds the dead body of a visiting professor, she is dismayed to realize that her favorite professor is a prime suspect in the man's murder. Pepper is determined to prove that Professor Ferguson isn't a killer. She enlists the aid of her roommate, and reluctantly accepts help from the son of the lead detective on the case. When Pepper and her roomie receive a threatening note, she knows she's getting close to solving the mystery.
This was a decent enough story, if a bit trite. It's not what I expected. The blurb specifically stated: With the help of a handsome library clerk, a dog named Hamburger, and The Bard himself, this unlikely sleuth might just close the book on this case. Silly me, I thought that meant there would be a paranormal element involved, as in the ghost of Shakespeare, but such was not the case. I found that disappointing. Otherwise, the book was okay. SPaG was very good, and characterizations were done well.
Favorite line: ...he would've given Snape a run for his Galleons for the position of Potions Prof at Hogwarts...
An average read earns an average score--three stars:
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