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Review: A Tale of Two Biddies by Kylie Logan 

Received for review.

I recently finished the first book in this series so I was intrigued to read this second one.

I admit that I wasn't particularly in love with Bea, Kate, and Chandra's incessant bickering in the first book so I was hesitant that it would continue into this book as well.  Thankfully the bickering seems to have run its course and the three are now all friends, along with Luella who was already everyone's friend in the first book.  This decrease in infighting certainly improved the story this time around.

I haven't read A Tale of Two Cities since high school so I'm not exactly up on the details as I was with Murder on the Orient Express, and I'm not a huge Dickens fan anyway, but this worked reasonably well even if you haven't read the original.  It is, of course, much better if you have read it so you can get all the in jokes but I so was not going to give myself an additional reading assignment just to get the in jokes in a cozy mystery.

Overall I was quite pleased with this and found it an enjoyable story with an intriguing mystery.  It was nice, light, fluffy cozy mystery goodness.  The series is growing on me and I am looking forward to the next in the series.

★★★☆☆ = Liked It Labels: 9780425257760, A Tale of Two Biddies, Kylie Logan, Penguin Book Group, Penguin Books, Penguin Cozies, Penguin Group, review Carl Scott said...

Sometimes these title crack me up, this is one of those times. Today I'm reading The Voice is All by Joyce Johnson. Thanks.

January 25, 2014 at 10:43 AM 
I am so glad the ladies have returned!
Just started reading Maggie Barbieri's Once Upon a Lie.

January 25, 2014 at 12:34 PM 
This book sounds really good to me.

January 27, 2014 at 1:39 PM Linda Rima said...

Read Tale of Two Cities as English class assignment.. Our teacher the story come alive for us. It remains one of my all-time favorites. I read Mayhem at the Orient Express and enjoyed it. I've Ms Logan's other 2 series and enjoyed them, too. Thank you for the review and giveaway chance!

January 27, 2014 at 10:51 PM Mark Baker said...

Maybe if the series continues long enough, I'll catch a book that I am familiar with that is the basis of the mystery. Maybe A Christmas Carol for a Christmas entry?

February 1, 2014 at 2:39 AM