I guess they technically are mysteries but I never read them for that aspect. For me they were great books to read on a park bench or in a cafe or to read passing the time until my shift started at work…a lot of people dislike them it seems but I quite liked the way the authors wrote their environments. Some scenes that stand out to me include Vera indulging in a bath sitting in the tub until the water gets too cold, countless hours spent at Joe’s Mug, and many scenes in the second book Cold Clay where she has to solve a cold case and we get to see her going through old weather beaten evidence, there was never a lot of blood or violence so they mainly functioned as cozy reads with a slight edge of murder. The sort of books best read physically with pages you can physically turn…
I just bought the whole series on kindle after having previously borrowed the physical books from my library but I don’t think the ebooks will provide quite the same experience so I might have to check out the first book again as I begin my second loop…if you know of any other sorts of books that fall along the same lines don’t hesitate to tell me.
And for what it’s worth I do understand most of the criticisms regarding this series including the extremely stereotypical characters and lack of tension, but I still have a weakness for these books. I guess you could say they’re guilty pleasures of mine…
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