Donna's Reviews > Slashing Through the Snow

GOD I love these books. I look forward to them so much all year. Book three in the series, SLASHING THROUGH THE SNOW, does not disappoint.

Holly can’t just leave well enough alone when it’s her second mom in the authority’s sights for the most recent murder, and she pays the price for it. I love how good-intentioned Holly is despite how it bites her in the ass in the end. Yeah, she’s a busybody, but she’s not completely intrusive about it if that makes any sense. It’s only to her detriment, and she doesn’t come across as someone butting into everybody’s business. She is starting to get herself a reputation, though, and people are starting to know that where Holly is, a murder isn’t far behind.

I love the layers in the mystery being told here. I’m definitely not an astute enough reader to really pick these things apart as I read. That doesn’t mean I don’t try, and I absolutely had no idea who it was until the big reveal. Total shocker. Did not see it coming. And I love it.

Other than me not really understanding how people can eat so much crap food and not be a town of diabetics, I have no complaints about this book. This is one of those rare reviews where it’s nothing but a gush, and I have nothing much constructive to say about it. It’s a wonderful Christmastime cozy mystery that encapsulates everything about the season all into one book, with a murder. It’s a little campy without being sickly sweet, it’s a solid mystery that will keep you guessing until the end, and the characters are wonderful.

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