Publisher: Berkley
Published: January 6, 2015
ISBN: 978-0425270806
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
Reviewed by
name and email address: Gina myreviewbooks@aol.com
TWO-1/2 HEARTS
With her love of snow globes Cami has definitely found her niche
in life with her Curio Finds shop. With
the growing interest in snow globes Cami agrees to hold a snow globe making
class. An eclectic group arrives for the
class including one of the town’s police officers, several of Cami’s friends
and some out of towners. After the class
ends and she is cleaning up her shop she comes across an intriguing snow globe—a
man sitting on a park bench, apparently resting.
When she leaves to head home she opts to take a short cut
through the park. She soon realizes that
may not have been the smartest thing she’s done recently when she stumbles on a
man sitting on a park bench just like in the snow globe. But this man is not resting…he’s dead. The dead man turns out to be someone with a
pretty awful reputation and as the suspects mount Cami stumbles on some
intriguing connections to him. Especially
troubling to her is that her friends appear to be hiding something, something
that could have to do with the murder.
I loved the idea of the snow globe mystery series and the
concept of book 1, SNOW WAY OUT was really a good one. The book started off pretty solidly but then
the author seemed to have lost her footing.
There were hints of it having paranormal elements and I felt that would
have worked really well. Husom
definitely has a talent for some other worldly aspects. She tried to show diversity in characters but
the Vietnamese orphan issue felt forced to me.
Some things just didn’t add up in the story.
There is a how to make a snow globe at the end and it’s
definitely inspired me to make one. I just
need to figure out what kind of scene I’d like to do.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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