Author: Kate Lansing
Published: March 7, 2023 by Berkley
Format: Kindle, 304 Pages
Genre: Amateur Sleuth
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Colorado Wine Mystery #4
First Sentence: There are as many types of goodbyes as there are varietals of grapes.
Blurb: t's June in Boulder, Colorado, and wedding season is in full swing. Parker Valentine is excited to attend the wedding of her favorite cousin, Emma, where in addition to celebrating the happy couple, she'll also be providing the refreshments for the reception from her winery. But when the fussy wedding planner is found dead midway through the ceremony, Parker knows that to get the weekend back on track, she'll need to unveil a murderer.
Unfortunately, there's no shortage of high tension and hot tempers during a wedding, so Parker has a long list of potential suspects. Even worse, her entire family has fixated on the state of Parker's relationship with her boyfriend, Reid. If Parker can manage to impress her relatives with her wine skills and dodge unwanted pointed personal questions, solving a murder will be the icing on the cake. (GoodReads)
My Opinion: With this series, I expect Kate Lansing to give wine making and tasting lessons, but she does seem to break off into tangents of transportation, rock wall climbing, Parker’s relationship issues, Parker’s fear of driving because her aunt died in a car accident, the awesome public transportation options in Boulder, etc. Too many times, I wanted to snap my fingers in front of her face to get back on the subject at hand --that being the murder of a wedding planner.
When it came down to the actual who done it, I realized that I didn’t care. It took way too long to get there and the book lost my attention about a third of the way in. Now I must decide if any future books in this series will be worth my time.
Blurb: t's June in Boulder, Colorado, and wedding season is in full swing. Parker Valentine is excited to attend the wedding of her favorite cousin, Emma, where in addition to celebrating the happy couple, she'll also be providing the refreshments for the reception from her winery. But when the fussy wedding planner is found dead midway through the ceremony, Parker knows that to get the weekend back on track, she'll need to unveil a murderer.
Unfortunately, there's no shortage of high tension and hot tempers during a wedding, so Parker has a long list of potential suspects. Even worse, her entire family has fixated on the state of Parker's relationship with her boyfriend, Reid. If Parker can manage to impress her relatives with her wine skills and dodge unwanted pointed personal questions, solving a murder will be the icing on the cake. (GoodReads)
My Opinion: With this series, I expect Kate Lansing to give wine making and tasting lessons, but she does seem to break off into tangents of transportation, rock wall climbing, Parker’s relationship issues, Parker’s fear of driving because her aunt died in a car accident, the awesome public transportation options in Boulder, etc. Too many times, I wanted to snap my fingers in front of her face to get back on the subject at hand --that being the murder of a wedding planner.
When it came down to the actual who done it, I realized that I didn’t care. It took way too long to get there and the book lost my attention about a third of the way in. Now I must decide if any future books in this series will be worth my time.
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