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A review by nicolemm_author
The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler
4.0
So I really like these Wysteria mysteries, but I realized that Chandler's writing it sort of... detached and doesn't really flow sometimes, especially with dialogue. But I love how you think you know who's guilty and you know the whole story, and it turns out you weren't even close. That's what makes these stories great and why I keep reading them. And the little bit of romance too. Although I didn't feel like I got to know Zach as much as I wanted to. I didn't really see why she liked him besides for his body and his eyes. I guess he was nice to her and seemed to care about her, but I just didn't feel the attraction. Iris made me laugh. She may have been crazy, but when she wasn't smashing or burying things, she was a little comic relief. Overall, this was a great addition to the Wysteria chronicles and I'm hoping for more!
**SPOILERS!!**
Wasn't expecting it to be Marcy. Like I said, with Chandler you never know who it is. It's always the person you least expect, but sometimes you completely forget about the characters that don't play a big roll and then she drops the bomb that it's this random person for this reason that suddenly makes sense. Just brilliant. It was so weird that Iris was Marcy's mother. Another thing unexpected. She didn't act like it, although her attitude most of the time was crazy so it was kinda hard to tell.
I wish the ending was a little more... closure-ish. It sounds stupid because everything kind of came together at the end, but I wanted to know more about Joanna and everybody else too. It felt like only Anna and Iris and possibly Zach were developed. I wanted to know more about the relationships and secrets of the other people, and I felt like not everything was revealed.
This was still another amazing story. Now I'm waiting for that final little installment of Kissed By an Angel. Although Chandler's writing is sometimes a little boring, I find I can easily keep myself entertained with the story and get past her writing style.
**SPOILERS!!**
Wasn't expecting it to be Marcy. Like I said, with Chandler you never know who it is. It's always the person you least expect, but sometimes you completely forget about the characters that don't play a big roll and then she drops the bomb that it's this random person for this reason that suddenly makes sense. Just brilliant. It was so weird that Iris was Marcy's mother. Another thing unexpected. She didn't act like it, although her attitude most of the time was crazy so it was kinda hard to tell.
I wish the ending was a little more... closure-ish. It sounds stupid because everything kind of came together at the end, but I wanted to know more about Joanna and everybody else too. It felt like only Anna and Iris and possibly Zach were developed. I wanted to know more about the relationships and secrets of the other people, and I felt like not everything was revealed.
This was still another amazing story. Now I'm waiting for that final little installment of Kissed By an Angel. Although Chandler's writing is sometimes a little boring, I find I can easily keep myself entertained with the story and get past her writing style.