Book Review: I Scream, You Scream

Book: I Scream, You Scream (A Mystery a La Mode book #1) Wendy Lyn Watson

Description:

Tallulah Jones, proprietor of Dalliance, Texas's old-fashioned ice-cream parlor, dishes up luscious ice cream that is simply to die for....

Unfortunately, Remember the A-la-mode's profits are melting faster than a snow cone in July  — and Tally's stuck scooping sundaes for her two-timing ex-husband and his bodacious new girlfriend, Brittanie, at his company luau. To make matters worse, twenty years after she dumped him in the Tasty-Swirl parking lot, Tally's high school beau, Finn Harper, comes back to town  — looking every bit as delicious as a double-dip raspberry mascarpone waffle cone.

The cherry on top? Brittanie drops dead, and Tally's suddenly the prime suspect in her murder investigation. To catch a killer, Tally will have to churn up Dalliance's darkest secrets and dip deep into the past. But can tally freeze out the real culprit before a murder charge puts her dreams on ice for good?




Rating: 3 stars

Review:

I enjoyed reading this. It was fast paced and had an interesting plot not to mention being quite funny. The mystery focused on the murder of Brittanie Brinkman, the girlfriend of main character Tally Jones' ex-husband. Tally in her attempt to help her ex, decided to investigate the murder. Unfortunately, while she was looking into the murder the police were starting to focus on her as the likely suspect. Tally stumbled along the way as she conducted her investigation which wasn't a bad thing because it showed that she didn't have a real clue how to solve a mystery. She just wanted to help find the killer.

The story was good I just felt like it took a while for the actual mystery solving to get started. I also, started to get a little annoyed with Tally's lack of self-esteem. She was also kind of a door mat but she did start to get better near the end.

I will read the second book to see how the series develops, hopefully it will be a good read as well.