The Expectant Detectives

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

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆?

I am somebody who is all about small town drama and mysteries when I’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.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂?

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.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸?

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

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲:

🔎Cozy Mystery

🔎Pregnant Amateur Sleuths

🔎Quirky Characters

🔎A dog who steals the show

🔎Small Town

🔎English Countryside

🔎Light Read

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲?

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

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸?

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.