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The Diva Haunts The House (2011)

by Krista Davis(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0425243788 (ISBN13: 9780425243787)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Berkley

series

A Domestic Diva Mystery

review 1: This is the fifth book in the Domestic Diva Mystery series. It is Halloween time and Sophie is running the town's haunted house. Adding to the scary season is the belief that the town is home to a vampire. At Natasha's party, one of her guests is found murdered with two red marks on his neck and the vampire hysteria is complete. It was a fun read with lots of Halloween suggestions including recipes. It was an easy fast read.
review 2: Synopsis (from bn.com):Domestic diva Sophie Winston is getting into the Halloween spirit- her decorations for a community haunted house are so good, it’s scary. Not to be outdone, rival domestic diva Natasha is throwing a spooktacular Halloween party at her house. But when Sophie arrives, she discovers one of Natasha’s guests ... moredead in a Halloween display, and a pale, fanged partygoer fleeing the scene.Could the killer be a real vampire-the same one rumored to have lived in Sophie’s haunted house back when it was a boardinghouse? Good thing a domestic diva never runs out of garlic.My thoughts: Well “The Diva Haunts the House” brings us to the 5th installment in the Dometic Diva Mystery series. Overall, I like this book in the series, but it wasn’t my favorite. I just can’t point to exactly what in this series makes it not as engaging to me as other cozy mystery stories. I just can’t put my finger on it. I have a love/hate relationship with this series – love one, the next is only ok, love the next one, then the next one falls flat.This is one that fell a bit flat for me. It just seemed a bit slow and I found myself dragging it out – maybe because it was a story set at Halloween and I was trying to read it as spring is struggling to come out in the Chicago area The characters are good, yet not great. The plot is good, yet not great. I think you get where I am going with this. I wish the author would focus more on the caddy, yet funny relationship between Sophie and Natasha. It is still there, but in this book and a couple of others Natasha seems to really have taken a back seat, and let’s be real she is the character we all love to hate!Overall, an ok read. I have one book left to finish up this series before a new one come out . . . but I think it is time for me to take a break from the Diva for a while!And remember,Books Are Life,Heather less

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