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The Expectant Detectives

The Expectant Detectives

This was a cute and at times funny debut amateur sleuth mystery.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†?

I am somebody who is all about small town drama and mysteries when Iโ€™m reading, and this cozy chick lit crime brought the drama in spades! The quirky amateur investigations everyone got up to make the mystery engaging and kept me guessing as to how everything would all play out in the end.

Oh, and Helen the dog MADE this story! Her shenanigans were the best and brought more fun humor to the story.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚?

The story itself starts with promise, but slowly becomes overly repetitive and begins meandering to unnecessary places which detracts from the plot and mystery. The women in this story also came across on the ditzy side at times and became a tad bit frustrating.

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ?

I was able to alternate between the audiobook and physical, and I feel like audio is definitely the way to go. Kitty Kellyโ€™s narration was perfect! Her comedic timing and accents brought so much more life to the story.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ:

๐Ÿ”ŽCozy Mystery

๐Ÿ”ŽPregnant Amateur Sleuths

๐Ÿ”ŽQuirky Characters

๐Ÿ”ŽA dog who steals the show

๐Ÿ”ŽSmall Town

๐Ÿ”ŽEnglish Countryside

๐Ÿ”ŽLight Read

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ?

This was a slow burn story that was more on the side of character driven.

๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ?

This was a fun debut, and I will be picking up book 2 in this series when it comes out.

Thank you, Minotaur Books, for this gifted copy in exchange for my honest opinions.

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