The Magician's Angel

Of course I didn't read the synopsis before reading the book (I do that quite often), I just saw the collection and thought why not reading the books during the holiday's month, so when the story took a murder-mystery turn I was surprised and delighted. I like mystery books a lot, and having that paired with a blooming love story... What else could one want?

So far so good, I liked the main characters, they were pretty great, compatible, definitely on the same wavelength and that was all good. Where I feel the story lacked is regarding the angel. In the first two books (Christmas Angel by Eli Easton and Summerfield's Angel by Kim Fielding) the angel was quite a presence and even here I was expecting at some point for the beautiful winged lady to at least utter a few words, but there was nothing apart from some smiles and a frown. It didn't feel quite as magical. However, I did like the mention of how Christopher came in the possession of the wooden figure, that was a nice touch.

While the romance bit of the story flew quite nicely with instant attraction developing into feelings of affection, the mystery was not as thrilling as I would have liked it to be. It was on point, though, so I declare myself mildly satisfied. I kind of hope the deputy got some sort of reprimand at least for incompetence. There was no mention of police investigating around the theatre, the hotel or anywhere else. Overall, the third instalment of the series was pretty good, nice quick read, just fit to indulge on a December evening.