5 paws Cozy mystery Review

Review – Carousels and Characters by Elizabeth Pantley

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Synopsis

This book club is whooshed right into the pages of a cozy mystery. The quirky group of brave members must solve the mystery and reach The End to get out of the book.

In each book of the series, they travel to a different world and meet paranormal characters. It could be shifters, fairies, genies, ghosts, or anything else! It’s so much fun, you’ll wish for a book club like this!

In this book journey, they travel to an enchanted amusement theme park. It’s a magical, wonderful place, but something is disturbing the park. Robberies are occurring from every ride. It began with little things, like props or costumes, but now the stakes are rising.

The book club has entered this story so that they can find out who is behind the thefts and stop the problem. Hopefully, they can do it before chaos strikes the entire theme park and closes it down, leaving hundreds of workers jobless and thousands of park visitors disappointed.

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Review

I have loved every book in this series, and this one is no different. While each book can be read on its own, I highly recommend reading the books in order to follow along with Paige, Glo, and the rest of the book club.

I had forgotten about a small detail from the last book (I have read a few books since then), so I was slightly surprised by some details at the beginning. I don’t want to spoil anything in case you aren’t to this book yet since you are reading in order, as I suggested.

This book has the club diving into a mystery at a theme park. There are no murders, just robberies, and unexplained events. This theme park is like no other, where the workers are animals. It is an interesting setup as they are chipped and cannot leave certain areas. This helps keep them from attacking their natural prey. And they can talk; you don’t see that often outside of Frank, the cat. The mystery kept me guessing, and I never did uncover the culprit.

I have some thoughts about how Paige will deal with her mother. There is a small rift at the beginning, and I have some unanswered questions about her visit. Perhaps those questions will be answered in future books.

There is a small tie-in to the author’s Destiny Fall series. I don’t know if this will be an ongoing thing with this one character, but maybe. And is there a possibility of a romance between Paige and Atticus? Only time will tell.

This is a delightful series and one I highly recommend. We give this book 5 paws up.

 

 

About the Author

Elizabeth Pantley is the international bestselling author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution and twelve other books for parents, published in over twenty languages.

She simultaneously writes well-loved cozy mysteries: The Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic book series and the Magical Mystery Book Club series.

Elizabeth lives in the Pacific Northwest, the gorgeous inspiration for the setting in many of her books.

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