Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris

By -

Shakespeare's Champion (A Lily Bard Mystery)

Synopsis:


When Lily stumbles upon the well-built corpse of a local body builder-his neck broken by a barbell-the town's underlying racial tension begins to boil over. The white victim was somehow connected to two unsolved murders of black residents of Shakespeare-and a dogged policeman is determined to stop the killing. But it is Lily herself who may have to decide whether to stay and fight for justice, or run away one more time.

Review:

Just as I thought Shakespeare's Champion was much better than the first Lily Bard Mystery. Even though we did meet some new characters in this book there was not a ton of back story for all of them (unless they were main characters and I expect we will see more of them in the next books. In that case it was  nice to get their story and it actually fit in with this story). 

Lily once again is dragged into a murder investigation and trying to figure out who the killer or killers are. She keeps running into the mysterious black haired man, and racial tensions are running high. Of course Lily keeps being in the wrong place at the wrong time. She also figures out how she knows the black haired man and I think we shall see him again in the next books. 

I have read the Sookie Stackhouse books previously and while I enjoyed them they are light and fun. but then I grew bored with them. This series so far is a bit darker, a bit more serious and I am really enjoying it. Lily is so much fun to read. I really like her and her innocent way of going about things. She is logical and tries to think things through and I just really enjoy her. Some people thinks she comes off as cold, but since the book is from her point of view you know why she acts the way she does and it makes sense. I can't wait to read more of her. 

The plot in this one did go darker than I thought it would. I was expecting a lighter read, but about half way through things happened that I was not expecting at all and the way they were described...very dark. It just kept going and I found myself thinking the author can write more serious books, not just fluff. This still isn't the best book I have ever read, but it was really good. Entertaining and kept me wanting more. Now off to read book 3!

Rating: 4/5

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Release Day!! Love Hacked by Penny Reid

By -
Image
Today is the day!!!   Love Hacked  is out now!!! You should all go get it. Even if you don't know Penny Reid's other books, go get this one. Get the others as well, but seriously go one click this one! It is amazing and I loved every moment of it. In fact I might have read it multiple times already... I just couldn't put it down! Amazing.  Love Hacked: A reluctant romance (Knitting in the City) Synopsis: There are three things you need to know about Sandra Fielding: 1) She makes all her first dates cry, 2) She hasn't been kissed in over two years, and 3) She knows how to knit. Sandra has difficulty removing her psychotherapist hat. Of her last 30 dates, 29 have ended the same way: the man sobbing uncontrollably. After one such disaster, Sandra--near desperation and maybe a little tipsy--gives in to a seemingly harmless encounter with her hot waiter, Alex. Argumentative, secretive, and hostile Alex may be the opposite of everything Sandra knows i
Read more

Review: Landon & Shay: Part Two (L&S Duet #2) by Brittainy C. Cherry

By -
Image
Landon & Shay: Part Two, the not to be missed conclusion of the Landon and Shay duet by Brittainy C. Cherry, is available now! Get your binge on with this must- read enemies to lovers, second chance romance! Available on  Amazon.com  *  Goodreads Synopsis: Once upon a time, I fell in love with a boy. A beautiful, broken boy who had his own world of struggles. People warned me against our love, but I didn't listen. We looked weak. Young, foolish. Dangerously in love. We didn't care. In order to keep our hearts protected from the opinions of others, we became each other’s secret. We shared stolen moments. Tender touches. Secretive embraces. It was our twisted love story, and it worked for us up until our lives changed forever. The boy I loved became Hollywood’s newest golden boy. His career blossomed as mine stalled. He found massive success as I discovered multiple failures. He made something of himself, while my dreams never came tru
Read more

Best of 2019

By -
Image
If any of you are following along then you may have noticed that 2019 was not the most consistent year for me. I have been posting less and less and I finally came to the conclusion that I need a break. A break from writing reviews. A break from reading things I have to read to review. A break from being on a schedule and blogging, at least for a bit. I will still update my Goodreads with ratings for books I read, maybe a line or two about the book, but I need a break. I need to not have the stress of getting things read and posted and all of that. It has become something I don't enjoy so if I am ever going to get back on the blogging train I need a break. So I am not sure I will be posting in 2020. I will see how it goes. Life got super crazy (in a good way!) in 2019 so I also haven't had or wanted to carve out the time to blog. I am still reading books by authors I love, but this way I also can fit in more books by new to me authors. Or read what I feel like, what I am in the
Read more