Rating: 3/5
Genre: Murder mystery,
Tangential Interests: Chocolate/candy-making
Part of a Series? YES (Chocoholic mysteries, first book in the series is The Chocolate Mouse Trap)
Review
In order for a book to receive a score of 5/5, I must have formed an emotional attachment to a character by the end of the book. I should be left wanting to know what happens next to this character. Or in my case, since I never seem to start with the first book in any series, what happened to him/her before this.
While I didn't come away from Chocolate Bridal Bash with this sentiment, the book was satisfactory in other ways. I like chocolate, I like books, and so a book about chocolate seemed ideal. And it was!
The storyline is as solid as a solid-chocolate Easter Bunny (also made in the book, by the way). From the beginning, I was hooked on the mystery (which, incidentally, doesn't start out as a murder, but involves one along the way). I skipped paragraphs and whole pages just to find the solution to the mystery. It's a great read and keeps you interested throughout.
My other complaint is that the main character makes malapropisms in every other sentence which seem a bit over the top. Is anyone really that stupid or clumsy when it comes to words? As a word-fiend, I couldn't connect on an emotional level to a character who was always saying the wrong word. Unlike M.C. Beaton's Lady Godolphin from the Six Sisters series who provides comic relief, my reaction to this character was a groan rather than a laugh. Give me an intelligent, witty character over a bumbling malaprop any day.
Nevertheless, my love for chocolate will see me coming back for more. I'll probably start with the first book in the series this time, The Chocolate Mouse Trap,
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