A Death at Candlewick Castle by Emma Jameson

A Death at Candlewick Castle by Emma Jameson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is the second book in the Jemima Jago series by Emma Jameson.

In this book I got a bit bogged down by how much stuff was not about the actual mystery and was more about building the community. You don't usually that in book two in a series. Book one is usually spent doing that, setting the scene, building your character base. The bulk of this type of narration has me struggling through the text as if I had on mud boots slogging through a bog.

I don't mean to mean to make sound like it was a bad book. It wasn't bad. It was pretty decent. I am used to cozy mysteries being more straightforward. This one did what a lot of English (England) authors do, put more filler in than we are used to. I want to follow the mystery. Sometimes amidst the bulk of other stuff, I forget what the point of the book is.

Overall, a pretty good read. But if you want to finish fast, pick up something else. This is a book to take your time with. More for the turtle readers among us than the hares.be

I read this via Kindle Unlimited.

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