Fiber and Brimstone by Laura ChildsMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I have enjoyed this whole series, and I enjoyed this book just about as much, although I was completely mistified by the murdered! I had no idea, it caught me completely off guard!
Now, I have to say that Carmela was a little, well many a bit more than a little snarky this whole book, in fact she seemed really off, maybe PMS or something, but she started out so sweet and this book she was anything but sweet.
Also, Ava was really off this book too. She is normally the height of fashion, so confident and sure of herself, and in this book, she was clingly and so afraid. It was so not like her.
Not sure what happened, don't know if this is suppose to be growth of character's but I did not like the unconfident and whiney Ava, or the snarky and mean Carmela. I'm also getting a little tired of Quigg always taking advantage of Carmela. She is a good person, does good work, but he is a little too much. Maybe Babcock calling him a sleazy slimeball is almost on target.
I loved the southern charm, the holiday spirit and the New Orleans flavor of the book, but I felt abandoned by the characters I had come to enjoy so much throughout the series, almost as if I was reading a different series altogether.
So, if you didn't like the previous books in the series, you might enjoy this one, but if you did like the previous books, be forewarned.
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