Shakespeare’s Christmas
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Lily Bard heads home for the holidays.
Lily heads to her hometown of Bartley for her alienated sister’s Christmas Eve wedding. But there is something in the air besides holiday cheer—there’s murder. And Lily must work quick to clean up the messy case before her sister promises to like, honor, and obey a killer.
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The tale of Lilly Bard visiting her family tree for her sister’s wedding and helping solve a mystery with her detective boyfriend was pretty excellent. Not having read any of the previous titles in this series, it was hard to decipher some of the references to things that had gone on before (where exactly are persons scars, and how were they inflicted??). My main beef with this book is that the writing is full of nonsequiturs, very choppy, and generally in need of a excellent editor. It was hard for me to continue reading sometimes because I was thinking how some of the sentences and even paragraphs could have been reconstructed to read more smoothly and make more sense. Am I the only reader who feels this way? Sorry, Charlaine, but St. Martin’s Press should assign you a excellent editor in the future.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I loved this book! Then again I like anything that is written by Charlaine Harris. She is a fabulous writer, I get lost in her books.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
In the third outing featuring Lily Bard, cleaning lady extraordinaire from Shakespeare, AR, agrees to attend her sister’s wedding in their home town – a town she left when her life was ruined by a gang. Soon after arriving in town, the doctor and his nurse are killed. Then her new boyfriend arrives. And the chaos of a wedding continues around her as she investigates the murders. This series ongoing out as an brilliant, if very dark, cozy series. Lily was piecing her life back together, had become self-sufficient, and was recovering. Then, for whatever reason, the leader seemed to rethink her main character and quickly evolved her into a name less attractive – less strong, less mad, just less. The leader continues this trend in this entry, and this reader will not be reading any more Lily Bards. That’s a bring shame on because as Lily was originally drawn, she could have establish a place in the same niche as Carol O’Connell’s Mallory. Now she’s just another cleaning lady in another cozy.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
This was the only installment of the Lily Bard series I had not read because there were only two copies in my county’s entire library system (versus the half-dozen copies of the others). Now I know why it was agreed so small representation on the bookshelves. I saw this mystery coming a mile away, and midway through chapter four I lost my patience and headed straight for the end. This is not the same Lily Bard in the earlier installments — she’s overly occupied with her clothing (and ye gods, the descriptions are dreadful). I can’t judge Charlaine Harris wrote this, it’s so uninspired. Luckily, I had also checked out a copy of “Grave Sight,” her newest series, which had me hooked with the first paragraph.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
“Shakespeare’s Christmas” is not the strongest entry into the Lily Bard series. The main problem is that the tale is not set in Shakespeare, AR among all of the odd, tiny town characters we have come to know & like. Lily travels back to her hometown of Bartley, AR, so we have a new cast of characters to deal with. They just aren’t as charming or appealing. Couple the Bartley setting with a so-so mystery, and the result is dull. I recommend this book only to persons who are already fans of Charlaine Harris.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5