Reviews

Pride and Premeditation by Steffanie Holmes

emmina's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

innae's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious

4.0

I love this series.   Such a nice mix of cozy mystery and spicy romance.  Mina seems to be coming into her own on how to deal with her boys.  And we got a new fictional character,

Lydia Bennett

in this one.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Murder

lady_n_beautiful_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I enjoyed this book! I think it resembled an Agatha Christie with them confined to Cynthias house the majority of the book while solving the murder. I appreciate the continuing development of the relationships, the mystery of the bookshop itself, and the impending blindness. Holmes has a lot of elements to juggle and she seems to do a great job at keeping up their evolutions so far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Homophobia, Incest, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Misogyny, Abandonment, Ableism, Body horror, and Death of parent

_all_by_my_shelf_'s review

funny lighthearted slow-paced

2.0

Didn’t love this one! The first 40% was very slow in my opinion and I’d figured out who the killer was by then.

I do love that Mina was able to accept who she was becoming, and that the her and boys told each other they loved each other:)

indigo_ewenicorn's review

4.0

I greatly disliked the new character introduced in this book.
but still love following our main cast

ampersandcats's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

2.75

tragicwarlock's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ninanina_87's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

4.5

cjhonea16's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0