Killing Bridezilla (A Jaine Austen Mystery)

I had just attended my (number too large to insert!) high school reunion when I sat down with Jaine Austen's latest caper. All those high-school feelings were very fresh so it was especially fun for me to read about Jaine's reunion experience. Thankfully I had had no Bridezilla to contend with. The series just keeps getting better and funnier! The characters are interesting and the mystery here is very well done. I suspected absolutely everyone except the killer! Also, there are a couple of lovely conversations Laura Levine has directly with the reader. Those little asides made me feel as if we were really going through this all together. And the emails from Jaine's parents are a warm, funny, exasperating touch. Laura Levine has done it again, a laugh-out-loud mystery with a heroine I can relate to. I always recommend this series to my friends and this one is no different.

It was fun watching Jaine solve another case. I didn't want to put this book down. I'm always impressed with Prozac's thoughts! I'm looking forward to another exciting time with Jaine (and of course, Prozac). Jody C.

Jaine has a lot of high school flashbacks in the latest edition of this series. Patti Marshall was the high school bully. She hires Jaine to write her wedding vows. It turns out that Patti stole a former classmate's husband at the class reunion. Jaine revisits many of her high school classmates while working for Patti. This was an excellent book. They just keep getting better and better in this series. I am looking forward to the next one!

I laughed out loud while staying interested in the basic mystery. Although some past books have overdone the email exchange with her parents, it was just right in this one. It was funny but the story line wasn't over-the-top and it wasn't intrusive to the plot. The embarrassing things that happen to Janie in this book are so funny, you can't help but laugh and feel good about your own life. Definitely buy this book!