Twisted Tea Christmas

For me at bedtime, when I need to relax and take it easy, I read a mystery cozy and this one is one of the best that I have read.

This is the first tea shop mystery I did not finish. The writing style, grammar, and personalities of the main characters are so drastically changed from earlier books in the series. The Theodosia in this book is infinitely more immature than previous books. It's like this once perfect tea shop is being run by a bunch of millennials using language and phrases they never would have in the past. I'm guessing the author is trying to appeal to younger readers but I am afraid she is going to lose the readers who have been with this series from the beginning. Please bring back the old Theodosia and Drayton!!!

When I started this book, I wondered if Laura Childs even wrote it. The vernacular didn’t sound like past books in the series. The story was entertaining and developed well, but ended much too quickly leaving several unanswered questions. SPOILER ALERT: I figured out the killer pretty early on and was correct, but there were so many questions at the end. If he was such a health nut, how did he have access to such a lethal drug and syringes? Why did he lie about his girlfriend’s gambling addiction? Did he steal to get her out of debt, or only for his own personal gain? What happened to the diamond rings? And there was no end reaction from the girlfriend upon his arrest. I was disappointed that it ended so abruptly and left so many loose ends remaining.

I have all of the tea shop mystery books, my sister started me on this series years ago, and i was happy to see that 2 came out this year instead of the normal 1 book a year in March, as always this is a excellent book and makes you feel like you are right there with Dayton, Theodosia and Haley, i wont say what happens in this book in case you have not read it, if you are a fan of the series you will not be disappointed

the author generally has an interesting storyline but book was slllow moving and put it down and just couldn't finish it