Bridget Eileen Madden

Hilarious!

Revisado: 03-05-22

This is one of the funniest Regency romances I've ever encountered. At one point I laughed so hard, I literally did a spit take. MC Beaton did a lot of things well: mystery plots, romance plots, Regency descriptions. But when she was funny—that's my favorite Marion Chesney.

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Wish there were more

Revisado: 02-12-22

Sad there's only 4 in this series. This was so fun to follow. I could see this being a great miniseries on Masterpiece! (Slash BBC, of course).

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TWs yikes! 1993...was a while ago

Revisado: 01-27-22

Good gravy. There's sexual assault, transphobia alcohol abuse and it's all dealt with in a way that makes me realize who things have changed in the past almost-30 years since the book was written. A 2020's audience should take that with a grain of salt, especially, I think, with the setting being rural remote, so it was even more old fashioned thinking being portrayed. All that aside, this is another good Hanish MacBeth story and the conclusion will put a smile on your face.

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Perfect

Revisado: 01-26-22

I have no idea what this book is about and that's exactly the point. I fall asleep about 15 minutes in. It works like such a charm. As charming as its reader was to Dita Von Teese that time she was a guest on Top Chef. (Anyone else remember that? The chemistry was intense, you felt it through the TV!)

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More of the same—and that's a good thing

Revisado: 01-26-22

Another adventure for Hanish MacBeth. How Beaton came up with so many colorful characters in her work is really remarkable. This group of murderees, murderer, and suspects were particularly effed up. So fun! I'm ready for that Priscilla & Hanish relationship to develop already though. Jeez.

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Stagnant Romance & Slander

Revisado: 01-17-22

How in the name of arse can someone get away with writing about witches and portraying them as devil worshippers in the year 2017? It's really stupid, ignorant & annoying and incredibly insulting. Like, seriously. What the heck? Witches don't even believe in the devil; that's a Christian construct. Blerg.

Also why is the Agatha/Charles romance dragged out for like 10 books. Same thing over & over. Can we develop the story already.

And also, how is that stupid global warming line still getting the books in 2017? No one even calls it that anymore; it's climate change and yeah it's here. That line is so groan inducing.

Anyway, the mystery storyline was good. Performance of Alison Larkin was good. (Penelope Keith is my fave though. She does better voices, I think.)

But truly. The kinda funny edgy lines from the 1990s are just totally silly two decades into the 21st century. And the witch ignorance and stereotyping is so insulting.

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Really Dumb Villain

Revisado: 01-13-22

What a difference a decade makes. Imagine having a witch be the villain in a contemporary novel now? You'd be laughed at for the stupid ignoramus you are. The villain is a psychopath who happens to dabble in herbal medicine. There's psychopaths in every spiritual practice, and it's not the spiritual practice that breeds the psychopathy. (For example: every other religion ever.) Disappointed in this dumb stereotyping. Otherwise it's a good ol' fun Agatha Raisin mystery. Penelope Keith is so good at voices and accents. Very enjoyable.

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The Usual Fun with a Major Story Continuity Error

Revisado: 01-12-22

This is as fun as any other Agatha Raisin story, but there's a big story continuity error. Minor subplot spoiler here, but in the introduction of the character Simon in the previous novel, he had lost both of his parents--his grief for them and Toni's grief for Sharon is how they connected. And in this novel, they're suddenly alive again, helping him out of the Army, and are very wealthy. So bizarre!

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