by Yasmine Galenorn
I don't care enough to keep reading.
Emerald O'Brien owns Chintz 'n China where visitors can get tarot readings and tea. She finds herself investigating a death when the dead woman asks her for help. She also has to deal with the fact that her son is exploring magic and has managed to complicate the issue. Along with her friends she...
★★★★☆ I liked this one quite a bit, but maybe that is because I’ve always wanted to own a tea shop. And live in a small town. Or perhaps I rated this higher than other readers because I didn’t buy it but borrowed it from the library. I also like a little romance with my mystery, so this was just ...
I liked this though I didn't love it. I liked Emerald O'Brien and her two kids, Miranda and Kipling. I even liked her best friend Harlow Rainmark. I did not, however, like the overly detailed running of the china shop or the placement of her many cats. It took quite a while to get into the story ...
Slow, Boring. Too much talk about logistics (who was taking care if the kids, who was minding the shop, where the cats were). Skimmed the last 100 pages and that still took too long.
There are really two stories in this book: one strictly paranormal and one involving the murder mystery. I really liked the paranormal one - just spooky enough to make me wonder if I shouldn't have avoided reading it right before bed. The murder mystery part, I'm not sure - it was a bit psychotic fo...
Emerald O'Brien owns Chintz 'n China where visitors can get tarot readings and tea. She finds herself investigating a death when the dead woman asks her for help. She also has to deal with the fact that her son is exploring magic and has managed to complicate the issue.Along with her friends she wor...
Interesting book about a tea shop owner who sees ghosts. Still prefer Victoria Laurie, but this series has potential.
I enjoyed this first in Galenorn's Chintz 'n China mysteries. We are introduced to Emerald O'Brien, who owns a small teashop (more like a tea room actually) in northern Washington state. In addition to selling fine china, serving tea and the occasional lunch, she also reads Tarot cards for her cus...
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