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This was so much fun! A locked room rom-com mystery (who knew that was a thing?). I enjoyed the interactions between the two MCs, the locked room mystery and the relationship mystery. I‘ll definitely try another Ally Carter novel.

This was tons of fun. Enemies to lovers was excellently done.

Some of the writing was a bit confusing so I had to reread some parts, but I loved both MC's and I really loved the ending. I recommend this one.

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03.15.2025

The tagged book isn‘t necessarily going to be one of my favorite books for the year, but it‘s my favorite for the month. #wrapup

This was a cozy crime mystery, that was pretty cheesy overall. The romance was cringe. The mystery itself was kind of fun though. I always want to like books like this and then just don't.

This mystery was perfectly fine. A locked room mystery with two writers as main characters, which sounds fantastic, but the writing was just clunky at times. The mystery was fun, it was just something with the characterization that didn‘t quite click. 3⭐️

Who needs Benoit Blanc when you have Maggie and Ethan? Will they find #lastinglove or … something else? #25alive

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

The tagged was my first completed book this year. I loved it and absolutely recommend it!! 💙📚💙

Loved it! I really enjoyed the format and the characters in this one. Loved how it blended the locked room mystery and forced proximity romance in a remote location, with the added bonus of being surrounded by lots of dangerous elements, hidden tunnels, and a twisty maze. Great characters, intriguing mystery, and clean but steamy romance.

#mystery #romance

#WeeklyFavorites

Loved this one!!

#12Booksof2024 Day 12

My favorite book of December was The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year, which I read with #LittensLoveRomance . @StayCurious

Thanks for hosting, @Andrew65 ! This is such a fun tradition. 😃

#12DaysofChristmas

Tagged was my favorite of December. Highly recommend this fun holiday read.

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#12booksof2024 December favorite
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Good read.

I definitely see what all the hype is about. I loved this one. I‘ve read some Ally Carter before but this one has me adding more to my TBR.

#BookSpinBingo #readyourTBR #ISpyBingo #BookChain2025

Was there even a crime? Was someone trying to kill someone? Or was it just a game? Two American authors are invited to a famous elderly author‘s estate for Christmas and she goes missing. Then someone tries to shoot Maggie, and kidnaps her to boot. Maggie, who hates the other invitee Ethan, must rely on him to help figure out what‘s going on. Until it looks like he‘s in on it too. The weather has shut down travel, phones, and finally the ⬇️

Finishing up this book this weekend! I already have quite a few books I want to try this month after this 😅📚 but I‘m actually pretty excited about reading again!

My final #WeeklyFavorites for 2024.

Fourth Wing and the tagged book were both a great way to wrap up a reading year.

@Read4life

It's past Christmas, but I really don't want to wait until next December to read this book, so I'm doing it now.🎄😉

What a fun Christmas romp! I love a locked room mystery and one with humour? Sign me up for more. I need to read Ally Carter's backlist ASAP.

My final book for #wintergames done!! Reviews to come, points to tally

#xmaschacha #wintergames @StayCurious

Absolutely adored this book! Such a great locked room mystery with the perfect enemies to lovers romance!
Glad to have read this with the #littensloveromance crew and it was also one of my #castthedie picks @StayCurious @PuddleJumper
#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#CozyChristmas

December wrap up
Lots of good reads this month, the tagged is my favorite

#WinterGames24 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks Total Pts 690

I quite enjoyed this, although I was hoping it was set more in the past (based on the fun feel of the cover, I thought it might be 1930-1950 Cary Grant/Katherine Hepburn type rom com).

I saw rave reviews, so I thought I‘d try to squeeze in this last audiobook for the year.

#letterM #Christmasatoz #xmaschacha #wintergames @StayCurious #littenlisten @aperfectmjk

I am so glad my library bought enough new copies that I was able to get this before the end of the year. It is delightful and totally worthy of the hype. It‘s the perfect locked-room mystery/rom-com combination I didn‘t know I needed but can‘t believe I‘ve lived without for so long. Entertaining, mad, and fun. I read the whole thing after work today. I simply couldn‘t put it down.

This was such a fun story — lots of classic mystery elements with two intrepid lead characters on the case. Maggie and Ethan each have their own baggage, but they work their way through it as they work their way through the mysterious circumstances that brought them together. Lots of entertaining side characters, and a sweet romance that made the story richer and more fulfilling. A great holiday read!

I forget how fun it is to get so engrossed in a story that you don‘t put it down until it is finished. Short chapters work well for me in that way too. If you‘re looking for another book to sneak in before the new year, this is a good choice. Loved the Knives Out/Rom Com with great female characters. I too would read another with this couple.

No wonder I was seeing this all over everyone's feed! What a delight! The banter of Maggie & Ethan had me smiling throughout - I could picture a Cary Grant type playing Ethan. Read this in one sitting & absolutely adored it.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#YearEnd #20in4 #OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew #ReadYourKindle @Andrew65

#LittensLoveRomance Ch.61-end: wow! I didn‘t see the twist coming - it was very craftily done. Everything was properly wrapped up in a perfect bow. The only thing I was hoping for was for Maggie to be Eleanor‘s long lost niece somehow…but sadly I was not correct about that. Still it was a great book - a lot of fun with romance and suspense. I truly enjoyed it!

This was a fun read for the holiday. I enjoyed the way the romance unfolded.

#wintergames2024 #xmaschacha @StayCurious

#The52BookClub

Thank goodness the tagged book happened to be a locked room mystery for my final spot. Feeling good that I managed to finish and am looking forward to 2025.

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An excellent pick for this month's #LitsyLoveRomance for December. #WinterGames24 #HolidayBookDragons #ISpyBingoDec #WGWordSearch gave me a lot of words @StayCurious @TheAromaofBooks

Just finished this today. I read it with #LitsyLoveRomance it was very hard not to jump ahead. # WinterGames24 #HolidayBookDragons #ReadAway24 #CozyChristmasReadathon #SugarRushReadathone @StayCurious @Andrew65 @DieAReader @peanutnine @Bookwormjillk

I loved this Christmas caper. The locked room mystery, the cast of suspects, and the clues made for a fun story. The witty banter and the backstory between Maggie and Ethan really worked for me. I'll be looking for more by this author.

Read with #littensloveromance and it was just the BEST Christmas caper, light, funny, suspenseful with a little bit of ❤️❤️ I‘d have inhaled it if life hadn‘t been so crazy

Delightful and funny with really clever banter, this was a great enemies to lovers romance with a good bit of mystery thrown in. I went into it pretty blind so I won‘t say much but so good on #audio ! Loved these characters and would enjoy seeing them again! #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#LittensLoveRomance Ch.56-60: I‘m so glad Ethan found Maggie in time and that she listened to him long enough to believe that he didn‘t try to kill anyone- at least not yet. He‘s pretty upset at what happened to Maggie (swoon). And as to what happened in Tucson? Double swoon. He‘s on my book boyfriend list for sure. There‘s not much of the book left so we‘ll finish it off tomorrow! I honestly can‘t wait any longer.

This has so many things I love - an old-fashioned manor with a maze, homage to Agatha Christie, a mystery, Christmas, witty banter, and just the right amount of romance! It totally lives up to the hype. Perfect holiday read!🎄 #wintergames #christmaschapterchasers @StayCurious

Excellent writing. Locked room, snowed in mystery with plenty of unexpected twists. Love-hate-can-they-trust-each other relationship between the two MCs. Plenty of humor. Wonderful, escapist entertainment! Couldn‘t put it down.

Fun reading with @StayCurious and #LittensLoveRomance .

This was fun. It gets extra points for the reference to Joan Wilder from the movie Romancing the Stone 😁

This was so much fun!
It was a great who-done-it Christmas book that had me engrossed from beginning to end. The audio production of this book was well done and I absolutely love the cover. 4.5 ⭐️

#BookspinBingo #WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons

I really wanted to finish this one last night but just couldn‘t stay awake so I was happy I woke up with enough time to get an hour of reading in before work.i don‘t think I would have picked up this book without all of the praise on Litsy. It was everything everyone said it was -a joyful balance of a closed door mystery and romance. I enjoyed every page.

#LittensLoveRomance Hope you all had a nice holiday yesterday! Ch.51-55: Eek, Maggie don‘t believe it! There has to be an explanation. Ethan is a good guy and he‘s the best guy for you. But who bashed her in the head and put her in the greenhouse? Are they planning on starting another fire?

I‘m not usually a whodunnit reader, but this was cute and fun! Last holiday book in the can, back to some regularly scheduled reading. 🎄📚❤️❄️

#ReadAway2024

Finished this one tonight & I quite enjoyed it. It was a fun caper & cozy rom-com with likable leads. I loved the English estate, locked room mystery setting that kept me guessing mostly throughout (I figured out the guilty party towards the end, but didn‘t quite have the ‘“why” in place.) A pretty perfect holiday read with the right amount of everything. I was also happy to see from the notes in the back of the book that the ⬇️

Book 5 read this month. I really enjoyed this rom-com mystery. I didn‘t expect to like it and not with that retro cover☺️But it has mystery, romance, and it‘s funny. This was the most perfect rom-com crime mystery of the year😂🎄Maybe my Grinch heart 💚 felt something☺️ 3.8⭐️

Merry Christmas everyone! I was happy to finish this before Christmas lunch. It was as fun as everyone has said. I loved it. This was my #BookSpin for December.

Perfect time to read this book! I‘ve never read a cozy mystery let alone a cozy mystery romance, and I can see the appeal. This was very cute and I breezed right through it which is just what I needed this week to decompress. Really don‘t love the cover, though. #botm

Since I needed torun to the store this morning, I went to the one with a restaurant & treated myself to a holiday breakfast. Mexican Street Avocado Toast with an over-easy egg, a side of Ulu-Potato Rosti & pineapple juice & camomile tea with honey for my scratchy throat & cough. I read a bit more of this fun holiday caper. Now off to grab some groceries & head back to the couch. 😉