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...but I just love the In Death series by J.D. Robb.

This 12 1/2 book within this series is, like the other installments, fast-paced and lots of fun to read.
"Only" three deaths, "only" two of them murders, and "only" one hot sizzling "encounter" between Roarke & Eve, but it is just a short side story, so you can't expect a lot more of all the good stuff ;-)

I just have to start #13, don't I?

...I tried, but after 50 or so pages, you (and the other characters living in Shakespeare) still didn't do it for me.

Shakespeare, Lily Bard, I bid you farewell! (I did warn you...)

I started Lily Bard series, because I loved the Aurora Teagarden series. Lovable characters all around, great stories and a good development of the characters throughout the six books the series entails.

I'm sort of disappointed however with the first book. In this genre, cozy crime that is, you really need a good protagonist, one you can love, feel with an root for. For me not the case (so far) with Lily Bard. I wanted to live through the pain that she suffered in the past (and the reason she moved to Shakespeare), but I didn't. I want to like her new 'her', but I don't. I want to like the other characters, but again, I don't (maybe Claude is the exception).

So, I'm going to give Lily Bard one more chance with the second book, you never know..., but if nothing really changes, it's goodbye from me to a little town called Shakespeare.

I really liked the interactions between Roarke and Eve in this book. Their relationship is always a source of great enjoyment, but here it excelled for me.

As ever Kaufman delivers again with a beautiful crafted and amazing story about love, family and friendship.

Where the last few books got better with Ward's story about the dangers and wars the Brotherhood were dealing with, this book took a step back, unfortunately.

Abbreviated Books are my condensed versions of books I’ve read. Please, do not take these brief descriptions too seriously. I love books, I love reading them and I always try to get the most out of them. I’m just trying to discover the possibilities to reduce plots into the absurd with the help of short dialogues, most often between characters of the mentioned books.