by Vivien Chien
Narrated by Cheryl May
2 stars
A fine cozy mystery.
I enjoyed this well enough and appreciated the spin on the genre. I do think it kind of dragged by the end but it works fine as a relatively quick, low-stakes read.
I listened to the audiobook though and the narrator did not work for me. The reading was awkward at times with unnecessary pauses that interrupted the flow of the story. It also seemed like an odd choice to have a non-Asian (as far as I can tell) narrator put on fake vaguely-Asian accents for different characters.
Story was interesting enough. The protagonist’s love connections felt forced, but the writing was fine.
May try reading another one in the series, but I’ll likely get the physical book rather than listen to the audio.