Book Review: Mischief in Mudbug

Hey fellow Cuppajoes!

'Tis almost the most wonderful season of the year. You guessed it. Christmas! Now, I don't know 'bout you, but Christmas is pretty much my most favorite season of the year. Not because it's cold and boy do I love to read and drink because of the cold, but because there's a sense of just pure happines around that time. I also love looking at the snow. Mind you, just looking at it. Like at pictures or on TV or the internet, that's cause we don'e have snow here in the Philippines. Just plain cold weather, sunny weather and a little bit of thunderstorms here and there. Anyway, back to the post.

Now, before Christmas there is one event that highlights my year too. My most favorite celebration is Halloween!! That's  when all the ghouls and ghosts and vampires and all the other supernatural creatures get to be in the limelight for the year. Just a few more days till that special day arrives and in lieu to  that event, I'm reviewing Mischief in Mudbug by Jana Deleon. It's not a horror story, mind you. But it's got elements of the supernatural (like a ghost) and a little bit of a thrilling side (there's murder!) to it. So there ya go.

Now, I've already written a small review about this book on Goodreads.com which can be read here.
But on this post I'm gonna give out a more detailed review.

Mischief in Mudbug is the second book in the Ghost-in-law series. I haven't read the first book yet, which is: Trouble in Mudbug. There are 8 books in the whole series if you'd like to read em all. I should seriously start collecting series books, cause so far I've always been reading books as stand alone ones, if ya know what I mean. So anyway, I read this book on its own, not knowing of its background and what not. And I was entertained. It could go for a stand alone book by itself. I mean, I haven't read any of the other books in the series, so I really can't compare. But all in all I really liked the book. And because of it, If I could find any of the other books in the series I would definitely buy them.

Alright, so on with the review. The story of MIM focuses on one Sabine LeVeche. The bestfriend of
Maryse Robicheaux, who was the protagonist of the first book. Now, Sabine just found out that she has leukemia and that she needs a donor fast! Also, she's starting to see the ghost of Helena Henry who is Maryse's late mother-in-law, whom she believes means that she doesn't have much time left. Quick back story: In the first book, Sabine has this theory that whenever you saw helena henry then death is coming for you. Pretty grim eh? Alright, so back to her present predicament of having this very fatal disease, she needed to find her family so she could get a donor. And she hires this really good looking detective, Beau Velenueve, a former FBI agent whom she is immediately attracted to. And so on her quest to find her family. It soon becomes apparent that someone has it out for her. Her shop gets burgled into in the middle of the day; she gets shot at; car chases ensue and all the hijinks galore! Eventually, she finds her family, but soon regrets that. Not to mention she hooks up with the detective in the process. I wouldn't wanna spoil the ending, so I'm just gonna say it was a very nice twist at the end. Seemed like it was a bit rushed, and that all of a sudden the focus shifts, but the climax gets you going and the ending pretty much gave it closure at least.


Okay, So that's it for my review! writing any more than that would spoil the fun. I always think people should read for themselves first to try and see if they would like it rather than read the reviews first. Who knows, their cup of tea might be different from yours, eh? So, enjoy the cold breeze in the air that comes with the ber months and savour that warm cup of joe and Happy Halloween folks!