Rating: 4/5
Genre: Murder mystery,
Tangential Interests: Unitarian Church, remodeling houses
Part of a Series? YES
Review
For once I managed to read the first book in a series! It was purely by coincidence, I assure you. However, it piqued my curiosity enough to make me want more. While I am not a member of the Unitarian church, I still found the book to be a good read. I like the main character, a mother and wife of a Unitarian minister. While I can't relate to either situation in life, I liked the fact that this lady, as well as other characters, were portrayed as having both good and bad qualities. The main character's children are older so she's looking for work outside of the house while still keeping the house clean and the family fed. She faces animosity from some of the women in her husband's church, a bewildering and senseless animosity which, regardless of specific origin, we have probably all experienced at one time or another. At the end of the book, one of her friends ropes her into a new career flipping houses (remodeling them and selling them for a profit). I'm curious to read the next book and see how this new job pans out. I'd also like to keep reading to get to know the character better and see how her children grow up, especially as the older one enters her teen years (AUGHHH!!).
The only thing that kept me rating this book as a five was the level of emotional attachment (or lack thereof) that I formed for the main character and the degree to which I was able to relate to the characters and the storyline. I can see how another person could easily rate this book a "5".
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