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I‘m pretty excited about my December #Roll100 books—the dice were good to me! Nothing too taxing for December & all of them ones I have been wanting to read for a while

#82: A Wizard‘s Guide to Defensive Baking

#76 Since #76 was read already in Feb, I picked #77 Any Series & chose the tagged book), third in the Saffron Everleigh Mysteries

#10 Sleeping With Friends

Book 3 in the Saffron Everleigh Mystery series came out in June but I can‘t seem to get my library to buy it yet in print, ebook or audio (even though they have the first 2) 🤬
Imagine my delight to find it at the library bookstore when I ran in to drop off my due-back books. And it was 50% off, so just $1.50!

This series was one of my favorite‘s from @Laughterhp ‘s 2023 #AuldLangSpine list. The gift that keeps on giving! 🤗 #SeriesLove2024

This bracket I put the tagged book as my favorite read of June!

#bookbracker2024

Just finished the 3rd book in the Saffron series! This one has her going undercover for the government. Lots of intrigue and bad guys. And the romance deepens! 🥰🥰 Which makes me so happy because it‘s not super dragged out!

I absolutely love this series.

This is the third book l read in this series, and I'm enjoying it.
Khavari is very good with characters. She can put them in very thorny situation and let them show what stuff they are really made of.
The setting is also very good and unique.
This said, the mystery is not as strong. In this book in particular, it was so confused that even now I'm not sure what happened.
Yet, the characters kept me in there 😜

Saffron is returning from a research trip & finds that her colleague, and former love interest, needs her help to prove his brother's innocence. After the death of a scientist sharing the same train car he's their only suspect. Once she starts to learn more about the scientist she uncovers more than she expected & the unexpected dangers that come with that knowledge. The book ends perfectly with the possibility for more.

The stakes are even higher for Saffron when she is recruited to help investigate the suspicious death of a Russian scientist who was working on deadly fungi.

Such an interesting series. I love the setting of 1920s London, the side characters are all fascinating (Elizabeth💖), & a resolution on the love 🔺! But Saffron really irritates me sometimes, & I dislike the brand new plot complication in the last 3% to hook you in the next one. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

I haven't found my rhythm yet 😟
I haven't even touched Dracula. I think that, at this point, I'll try to pick up again where l left off last year.

I am slowly getting back to some semblance of reading routine, so l hope that soon I'll be able to read regularly again.

My bujo tells me that this year (so far) I've only finished two books 😶
Reviews follow.

#NewYearNewBooks

When it #InvolvesPoison (& often toxic plants & flowers), botanist Saffron Everleigh is on the case. I was introduced to this historical mystery series through @Laughterhp ‘s #AuldLangSpine list last year & it made my list this year.

I‘m excited for the newest book (tagged) to come out in June. It‘s on my #SeriesLove2024 list. Start with the first book, tagged in the comments below.