With Ms Harris starting a new series I thought it was time to go back and re-read some of her earlier works to see if they stood the test of time. Of course they did! In this, the first, of the Lily Bard Mysteries series we are introduced to Lily, a woman who a horrible past who is doing her best ...
My review of the book can be found here. Charlaine Harris' Lily Bard series is the only one of her works I really like. There's just something about Lily and her town that seems very real to me and the mysteries are all very good. It still saddens me there are only five of these. For the basics ...
It turns out that you can no more judge a book by its title than by its cover. I'd been put off reading the Lily Bard books because the combination of Lily Bard and the word "Shakespeare" in the title of each novel reminded me of the twee and sugar-coated Aurora Teagarden books, which I had not en...
I started Lily Bard series, because I loved the Aurora Teagarden series. Lovable characters all around, great stories and a good development of the characters throughout the six books the series entails. I'm sort of disappointed however with the first book. In this genre, cozy crime that is, you r...
Critically, the Mystery bookends: murder at opening, closed at ending. Nothing in between. However, Harris's thoroughly great characterisation of Lily Bard, artfully demonstrating the effects of a traumatic past - her bloody and brutal gang rape - on her present. How she was able to leave her family...
I wanted to like this book much more than I actually did. For some reason I just couldn't get into it. Although this was a relatively short read, it took longer to get through than any of the Sookie novels did. I wasn't wild about this book, but will give the second in the series a try.
interesting first book, spent a bit too much time introducing everyone. lily is an interesting character though her obsession with body n working out is rather boring after a while.
*5 Stars**The Gush* I love this series. Since my sister introduced me to it, I've read these books at least 3 times. I have to say, I prefer these to her more well known Sookie Stackhouse books; the mysteries are better and the characters and setting are not overshadowed by the supernatural plot ele...
3.5 stars. It took me a long time to warm up to Lily and her relationship with Marshall was on the verge of skanky. I had no idea until the end of the book who the actual murder was, which is a nice surprise. I've been reading mysteries for a long time and I usually have an idea. I have the pape...
I enjoyed the mystery of who killed Pardon Albee but all the time Lily Bard spent cleaning was boring as hell. The characters have the strangest names and they are all bizarre people. Though I did like the police chief, Claude Friedrich. It wouldn't surprise me if Lily and Claude had a relationsh...
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