Overall Take:
Fun and relatable read
Star Rating:
4 Stars
Genre:
Cozy Mystery
Synopsis:
Mavis isn’t a PTA mom so when the PTA head flags her down to be the new head of the DEI Committee. Mavis caves to Trish, because she does want more diversity at school and as one of the few black parents, she thinks she can do it. Things go off the rails at the first meeting when the PTA learns some unsettling news.
Later that night, Mavis witnesses the PTA president lugging black bags to her car, and the next day the principal is missing.
She sets out to determine what happened. Thankfully she has a little help along the way.
Thoughts:
This is the exact type of cozy mystery I adore. Relatable, and laugh out loud funny with a light mystery. PTA’s play an integral part of the school system, but sometimes people go too far and that is exactly what happened in this case, well along with some casual racism. This book made me feel a lot of emotions, one of them being outrage. There was plenty of that in the book too. However, just as quickly as I was outraged, I was laughing because this book had some truly hilarious moments. The banter was also a lot of fun and left me smiling. One of my favorite parts of this book was how relatable Mavis was as a working mom. Mavis as a character was perpetually in a hurry, running on fumes, sassy, and down-to-earth. I just wanted her to get ahead and figure out what had happened to the principal. She was easy to root for, and her daughter Pearl was a gem.
I didn’t really enjoy the whole romance within this book. It just wasn’t something I needed, and I love romance. This one just didn’t work well for me, and I wish it hadn’t been included. But I did still enjoy the book overall and had a lot of fun with it.
If you loved the Finlay Donovan series, then you need to check this one out, you won’t be disappointed.
Publication Date:
July 9, 2024
Author:
Elise Bryant
Page Length:
368 pages
Publisher:
Berkley Books
Thank you to:
Thank you to @berkley, the author, as well as @netgalley for e-arc. All thoughts are my own.
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