The Jasmine Moon Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery)
by Laura Childs
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Author: Laura ChildsEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-02
ISBN: 042519986X
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Berkley
Book Reviews of The Jasmine Moon Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery)
Book Review: Okay
Summary: 3 Stars
I had a hard time deciding how to rate this book. The interesting thing about this book is that if you take out the mystery completely, it would still be a charming little book because of all the tea talk, the quirky townspeople, and the nice folks at the Indigo Tea Shop. It just seemed like the mystery was folded into the book as an afterthought and the story didn't flow as well as I'd hoped.
Basically, it's an amusing, fluffy, easy to read cozy with great recipes and tea tips at the back of the book. If you like tea and pastries as I do, check out that section. But I gave the book three stars for these reasons:
1. The plot was pretty flimsy, even for a cozy. Ever read the Aunt Dimity series? That series is about as light and fluffy as you can get, but each book had an element of suspense that made me keep reading. Not so much with The Jasmine Moon Murder.
2. The dialogue between the characters was at times pretty generic and Disney-esque. Hayley, Drayton, and Theo are adults, but the lines they have are rather corny. In this sense, the book almost seemed geared towards a young audience.
3. Sometimes, the author gave a little too much detail for scenes or actions that didn't really require it. For example, at one point when Theo answers the phone, the author describes the phone ringing, Theo reaching for the phone, and how she held the phone as she spoke. I understand the need to set a scene, but I wish the author would have put less effort into scenes like that, and more effort into the actual mystery at hand.
4. Certain parts of the book went on too long and didn't apply to the plot. For example, when Theo and Jory go horseriding, the description of the horses and how Theo rode went on for several pages. I wish more time was spent on the incident that occured after Theo finished riding. (You'll know when you read the book) That one bit of action seemed too rushed.
I noticed one reviewer here said that the author's other books are more tightly constructed in terms of plot. I will definitely read the other books.
Summary of The Jasmine Moon Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery)
Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is catering a Charleston benefit, a "Ghost Crawl" through Jasmine Cemetery, when the organizer drops dead--and it looks like foul play. Theodosia stirs things up with her own investigation, and gets into hot water up to her neck.Literature & Fiction Books
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