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Tempest In The Tea Leaves (2011)

by Kari Lee Townsend(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0425242757 (ISBN13: 9780425242759)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Berkley

series

A Fortune Teller Mystery

review 1: This was such a strange read for me. It was like reading a middle school book in the guise of an adult cozy mystery. The main character, Sunny, speaks like a very young teen, making up silly names to call people and every line is a cliched joke. It reminded me very much of 12-year-olds who restate lines that they hear on television as they practice their communication skills. On 29-year-old Sunny, it just makes her sound stunted, and she never develops past that as a character. The plot is also something that might spring out of a child's imagination, as they don't yet understand adult reality and just make things up as they go. Here are some choice examples: 1.) Sunny is a murder suspect, so the police immediately make her a partner with the detective in charge of t... morehe investigation so she can prove that she didn't commit the murder (???) and the detective shares the details of the investigation with her parents so they can help clear her (???); 2.) If you are a lightweight with alcohol and get stone cold drunk on 4 whiskey double shots, just take a short nap and there's no hangover (???); 3.) House pipes freeze at 55 degrees (???); and 4.) If someone standing in front of you holds a gun up to you and starts shooting, just feint to the left and right to avoid the bullets (???). See? Middle school level magical thinking. This book was just so very weird.
review 2: This was a quick read (about two days), but there were times I put it down in disgust. The premise is interesting; psychic teams up with cop to solve mystery of dead librarian (predicted by psychic). There are some incredibly funny sections and the interaction between the two main characters (trying to solve a mystery while denying the physical attraction between them) keeps things very interesting. But some details don't make sense, like falling snow in the light of the moon. The premise behind the original pairing of the psychic and the cop is extremely weak, esepecially since the psychic is a suspect in the murder. The book seems to be a hodge-podge of genres - chick-lit, mystery/suspense, psychic/magic, ghost story, with the mystery seeming like a sub-plot until about halfway through the book. I liked the characters enough that I will probably give the series another try with the hope that the next story is better less

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