by Deanna Raybourn
I loved this cover, that is solely why I grabbed it. Then I decided to read it cause it is the holiday season and it's a holiday mystery. Oh, how I love a mystery. I had no idea it's considered #5.5 or #6 in the series though. I didn't feel lost though. In the moments where a scene from another book...
Short and entertaining read; while it has a mystery to solve, it's left to Julia to solve it and the reader isn't included in her deductions, merely along for the visit with her crazy family and the hilarious menagerie of animals she and Brisbane have collected over the course of their very short ma...
This was a quick, fluffy read that fit in nicely with the rest of the series. The tone is a touch lighter than the novels tend to be (okay, maybe a lot lighter, now that I am reconsidering the novels.), and it felt very seasonal. It was nice to revisit old friends. I love the March family. They are ...
This was a great series!
A charming interlude in the Lady Julia books by Deanna Raybourn, with enough action to be interesting, but less angst than some of the full length novels. Characters from previous novels appear, and there are enough misbehaving animals and humans enjoying a countryside Christmas to raise a smile or ...
Light and fun - and now I have to read the other books again because I've been neglecting Brisbane.
Really sweet and light. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Boring, insipid, and nowhere near the par of her normally excellent Lady Julia novels. This is a very short Christmas novella that is lighter than light, with not much plot, and some very forgettable new characters in a supporting cast. And, lest I forget to mention, some rather annoying family memb...