A review by underwater_reader
Fatal Frost by Karen MacInerney
5.0
When Lucy goes to pick up her new goats from Peter, they see a fire happening and rush to help. Unfortunately, it is too late for the woman inside, but the little black puppy that's also there may be okay! Turns out the woman in the fire was already dead and someone has murdered the young waitress.
I really liked this second entry into the Dewberry Farm series. Lucy is such a likable character and I really was wishing her well the whole book, but it just seemed like she hit one wall after another. There was plenty of side story going on in this one too. Lucy's parents show up as a surprise for the holidays. Lucy's friend, Molly has a daughter who runs off with her boyfriend, whose parents may have something to do with the murders but who definitely have something to do with the very un-Christian mega-church in town (the dad is the pastor), the church members are picketing the Christmas market, her two new goats are a handful, Quinn is still suffering some lingering trauma from her abusive ex, someone is mailing out poison pen letters to the women in town, someone is digging up the town looking for confederate gold (and they also hit Lucy in the head leaving her unconscious in the freezing cold!), and as if all that wasn't bad enough, her boyfriend's beautiful ex-wife is back in town looking to buy a home. Ugh.
The mystery was pretty good although I did solve it pretty early on in the book, though I couldn't figure out how that adorable little puppy played into everything. The pacing was good, but I got sick of hearing about how messed up Lucy's truck was. Also, Rooster- the world's WORST Sherrif is back and fouling things up for Buttercup, Texas. Every time he makes an appearance I just cringe. I liked this book a lot though and I like this town and these characters. I am really excited to carry on with this series and I don't know why it took me so long to get to book two! Overall a fun read and it's set at Christmas too; I love holiday-themed books. 5 stars!
I really liked this second entry into the Dewberry Farm series. Lucy is such a likable character and I really was wishing her well the whole book, but it just seemed like she hit one wall after another. There was plenty of side story going on in this one too. Lucy's parents show up as a surprise for the holidays. Lucy's friend, Molly has a daughter who runs off with her boyfriend, whose parents may have something to do with the murders but who definitely have something to do with the very un-Christian mega-church in town (the dad is the pastor), the church members are picketing the Christmas market, her two new goats are a handful, Quinn is still suffering some lingering trauma from her abusive ex, someone is mailing out poison pen letters to the women in town, someone is digging up the town looking for confederate gold (and they also hit Lucy in the head leaving her unconscious in the freezing cold!), and as if all that wasn't bad enough, her boyfriend's beautiful ex-wife is back in town looking to buy a home. Ugh.
The mystery was pretty good although I did solve it pretty early on in the book, though I couldn't figure out how that adorable little puppy played into everything. The pacing was good, but I got sick of hearing about how messed up Lucy's truck was. Also, Rooster- the world's WORST Sherrif is back and fouling things up for Buttercup, Texas. Every time he makes an appearance I just cringe. I liked this book a lot though and I like this town and these characters. I am really excited to carry on with this series and I don't know why it took me so long to get to book two! Overall a fun read and it's set at Christmas too; I love holiday-themed books. 5 stars!