Shakespeare's Christmas

Overall, I would say this series fits into the "meh" category. They have disturbing and dark things happen in the crimes, but they seem to be brushed over a bit. The characters are mediocre, of course with all of the police and detectives being worse at investigating than Lily, the maid. And, the lo......more

Sometimes you don't get what you expect... you bite into what you think is a sugar cookie and find it's a jalapeno popper. I thought I'd kickoff the holiday season with a nice, cozy mystery Merry Christmas book, and met Lily Bard instead. She's a young woman who has been assaulted and left physicall......more

Warning this book has some terrible topics. There is child abduction, past rape and more awful stuff. And not much Christmas unless you include using decorations as weapons. Since Charlaine Harris came out with this series years ago I had been circling around giving them a try. So since I’m using m......more

Lily Bard is a complex character and it seems like with each book you get to find out more about her. In this book, she returns to her hometown to attend her sister's wedding. While it was nice to see Lily's interactions with family members and friends, the mystery itself was pretty flimsy. Thankful......more

Normally, I do my homework, check and see if the book is part of a series, double-check to learn what type of book it is, do some research on the author, but I didn't do any of that for this book, and I won't make that mistake again. I had been given this book, I read the back, and I plowed right in......more