Book Review: Bridal Shower Murder (Lucy Stone, #31) by Leslie Meier

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Bridal Shower Murder (Lucy Stone, #31)  by Leslie Meier  opens with Lucy Stone rushing home to clean house for Zoe who is bringing home her boyfriend Chad. While there, Zoe and Chad announce their engagement but want to keep it a secret for a bit.  When a nosy busybody named Janice gets the best of Lucy, the mother of the bride blurts out Zoe's secret. Chaos ensues with a murder and an overdose. NetGalley, thank you for approving me to receive an Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) of Bridal Shower Murder .  I've come to love Leslie Meier's Lucy Stone cozy mystery series and know that I will automatically read any book in this series without reading the synopsis. I have to say that this was one of the best stories in the series for multiple reasons. The first reason is that Lucy's husband isn't quite so sexist, which is refreshing for a change. I dislike it when he acts like a caveman who expects Lucy to be a housewife and wait on him hand and foot. What really surprised me...
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Book Review: The Train by Diane Hoh

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The Train by Diane Hoh opens with Hannah, Kerry, Mack, and Lewis, along with other students from Parker High School, boarding a train in Chicago for a cross country school trip to San Francisco. Once on the train, they find out a deceased student from their school was being transported back to his parents, and the friends start admitting to how horribly they had treated Frog before he died. Then, horrible things started happening to them on the train, and it seems like Frog is out for revenge.

Rereading this book as an adult and having read most of Agatha Christie's books, The Train loosely reminded me of Murder on the Orient Express but in reverse. This book also has a very Stephen King vibe to it but is kid friendly. With that being said, I still am a bit jumpy from reading it as an adult.

This is a book that I originally read when I was either a tween or a teen. Usually when I reread books from my childhood, I generally remember what happens as I work my way through the book. However, I didn't recall most what happened in The Train except one or two small things, so it was like reading it for the first time again. One of the things I remembered was the small typo in the way a sentence was worded. You'll have to find it for yourself though.

What I loved about this book is that it deals with something that still goes on in schools today . . . bullying. Hopefully, if a kid reads this book today, it will resonate with them about the consequences of bullying can have. Once all the main characters revealed the nasty things they had done to Frog, it made me incredibly sad for this fictional character and really impacted me even as an adult. I know this is only a book of fiction, but people in real life can be so cruel and don't realize what their actions can do to people.

I gave The Train by Diane Hoh five out of five stars because of how well written it is and has stood the test of time. If you liked this book, I recommend April Fools by Richie Tankersly Cusick.


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