Welcome to Litsy!

A long lost treasure, engaging main characters and family secrets make for fun cozy mystery. Thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the ARC.

Ryan is an established writer who first made a name for himself in the YA world—one in which this book really should have been marketed even though it‘s billed as adult. Told from three POVs, this book is light and fluffy and lacks real tension. There are some good twists but the writing feels very simple—& having two characters go by Grandy & Dandy was…annoying. I didn‘t love it but I can see people looking for a light, cozy read enjoying this.

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This felt like a light, cozy type of mystery, but I found it to be overly complicated and keeping track of the characters was sometimes difficult and diluted each of their stories. The many POV's did not help. I also found the romance was not well written. That being said, it was still a decently fun read, with a nice twist. I also liked the Nova Scotia setting. Thanks to NetGalley for the digital advance reading copy. 3.25/5

Pub Day 15 October 2024

This was just MEH! I struggled with the different POVs of the story. They weren't signposted and I often had to re-read the beginning of the third-person POV chapters to find out whose POV I was reading, the first-person POV was, obviously, easier to follow.

I struggled to finish this book and in the end the twist wasn't as surprising as I had anticipated.

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This was an ARC which isn't the final version, so some things might change. Hopefully, some things might improve, because this book really deserves some further attention. It was hard to decide between a soft pick or a So-so+, but I think it's the latter. I didn't like how one of the twists at the end was done, which was frustrating because it's a really nice idea that could have been explored much better. 1/2

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