4 stars I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley. I realize this may be an odd thing to say, but I think my favorite part of the book is the title. It's a cozy mystery, which isn't generally my cup of tea. The mystery was certainly intriguing, and the romance between Piers and Charity was believable, but I never connected emotionally. I'm not heartless. Of course, I wanted Piers and Charity to find their way back to one another, and naturally, I hoped for a happy ending to the mystery, but I wasn't as devastated as I think I should have been by unpleasant events, which leads me to wonder if the author could have engaged my feelings a bit more. Descriptions of the scenes were vivid and made me feel I was there. I could feel the chill in the air, smell the mist over the moors. I always had the sense I knew exactly what things looked like and how they felt. The plot was very well thought out and the pacing was perfect. And to be sure, a book doesn't have to make you cry to be good. In fact, most cozy mysteries are not particularly emotionally engaging. But the heroine's emotions were so overwrought, maybe because of the Gothic aspects of the setting, I felt as if this one should. So I was disappointed when it didn't. February 27, 2021
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