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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Bookish fun and games...

My top 11 reasons for reading Til Death Do Us Part by Amanda Quick:
     *  Mystery & Murder
     *  Victorian London
     *  Humor
     *  Suspense
     *  Heroic Gentlemen
     *  Engaging Heroines
     *  Witty Banter
     *  Kissing
     *  Obsession
     *  Unexpected Twists
     *  Romance

At 26, Calista Langley is a spinster who hosts salons and arranges discreet introductions for other respectable single ladies and gentlemen in London. It's not a dangerous business. Until someone starts leaving eerie memento mori objects for Calista in her own house. She enlists the aid of Trent Hastings, an author of popular detective novels, for help in figuring out the identity of her tormentor before his obsession with her leads to murder.

I loved this book. Calista and Trent have great chemistry, both as amateur detectives working together to solve this mystery, and in their growing attraction to each other. This mystery never gets overshadowed by their romance, however, and Quick does an excellent job of building suspense and keeping everyone guessing right up to the end. I also loved how much humor there is in this book. It's a very fun read. I wish Quick would write more books about these two entertaining characters; I would read them all.

Happy Reading!

20 comments:

  1. I think I've only read one novel by Quick, Burning Lamp, but I did enjoy it. She is going on my library list, and I will look for 'Til Death Do Us Part!

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    1. This is the only book by Quick that I've read...and I think I might have gotten lucky and picked her best one. But I did really like it.

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  2. Well, this sounds delightful. And I love that cover.

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    1. It's a fun summer read...I really enjoyed it.

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  3. I love mystery and romance, and on top of it this has a historical setting. Will add this to my wishlist.

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    1. If you like romance with your mystery this is a good one to read! And it's funny, too.

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  4. I need something fun to read these days. This sounds perfect - putting it on hold now.

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  5. This sounds like a darker version of A Curious Beginning. Have you read that one??

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    1. I have read that one, and comparatively I'd say that this one is actually a little more light-hearted and humorous. (And Calista is just a little more likeable than Veronica, at least in my opinion.)

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  6. I'm on a HF kick right now, and plowing through several in a row. This one is high up on my wishlist to look for. I liked the way you wrote your review, and thanks for sharing your thoughts!

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    1. Thank you! This book was so much fun to read I had to think of an equally fun way to post about it. :)

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  7. I love the way you listed the things you love about this book!

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    1. Thanks! :) I decided to just have fun with this one.

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  8. I am glad you enjoyed this one too, Lark! Calista and Trent were so good together. I wouldn't mind reading more about them either. :-)

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    1. If only she would write another book about them! :) Have you ready any of her other books that ended up being as good as this one?

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    2. I'm afraid not. This was my first book by this author (under any of her names).

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    3. Yeah, me too. And some of her other books I really don't want to read. But I'm hopeful there might be another book like this one...maybe. :)

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  9. This one sounds like fun. I've never read anything by Quick, but this definitely sounds like something I'd like. Thanks for the review!

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    1. I hope you get a chance to read it; I've never read any of Quick's other (many) novels, but I really liked this one.

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