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Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came (Agatha Raisin, #12)
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Oh, Agatha.
I have mixed feelings about this book. Maybe that's how I'm supposed to feel, though?
The shock of those first few pages!
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And Agatha is still pining over James Lacey. <--that's fair. as he did leave her to join a monastery in France at the end of the last book.
So, of course, Agatha takes a trip to parts unknown in order to not have to deal with living across from his cottage.
While abroad, she makes friends with a family on holiday AND sees a couple on their honeymoon that strikes her as...odd. She later learns (from the woman she made friends with) that the man killed his young bride for money.
Back at home, she sees another couple that reminds her of the ill-fated couple from her trip.
So when the bride-to-be is found floating in the river in her wedding dress after a major flood, Agatha takes up the case.
She also meets her new handsome neighbor, who happens to be a famous mystery writer.
Ooooh. Ok, Aggie. Cool, cool, cool.
But (and here's the part where I have mixed feelings) she starts fantasizing again about this man as something that he hasn't shown himself to be yet, AND dreaming of their relationship being the thing that makes James regret leaving her.
She also completely disregards all the good advice from her friend, Mrs. Bloxby, the vicar's wife.
And perhaps that's what I have such a hard time with?
Because of course she's going to secretly pine for James, and of course she's going to fantasize about her hot new neighbor, and of course she wants James to rue the day he left her.
We all do that sort of thing, right?
It's more that she angrily dismisses Mrs. Bloxby as someone who couldn't possibly understand, and then proceeds to plunge headlong into one embarrassing encounter after another.
There's a really good chance that I keep reading these to see if Agatha ever decides to grow up.
But for whatever reason, I am going to keep reading them.
Recommended for Raisinets. <--we are calling ourselves this now, btw
I have mixed feelings about this book. Maybe that's how I'm supposed to feel, though?
The shock of those first few pages!
(view spoiler)
And Agatha is still pining over James Lacey. <--that's fair. as he did leave her to join a monastery in France at the end of the last book.
So, of course, Agatha takes a trip to parts unknown in order to not have to deal with living across from his cottage.
While abroad, she makes friends with a family on holiday AND sees a couple on their honeymoon that strikes her as...odd. She later learns (from the woman she made friends with) that the man killed his young bride for money.
Back at home, she sees another couple that reminds her of the ill-fated couple from her trip.
So when the bride-to-be is found floating in the river in her wedding dress after a major flood, Agatha takes up the case.
She also meets her new handsome neighbor, who happens to be a famous mystery writer.
Ooooh. Ok, Aggie. Cool, cool, cool.
But (and here's the part where I have mixed feelings) she starts fantasizing again about this man as something that he hasn't shown himself to be yet, AND dreaming of their relationship being the thing that makes James regret leaving her.
She also completely disregards all the good advice from her friend, Mrs. Bloxby, the vicar's wife.
And perhaps that's what I have such a hard time with?
Because of course she's going to secretly pine for James, and of course she's going to fantasize about her hot new neighbor, and of course she wants James to rue the day he left her.
We all do that sort of thing, right?
It's more that she angrily dismisses Mrs. Bloxby as someone who couldn't possibly understand, and then proceeds to plunge headlong into one embarrassing encounter after another.
There's a really good chance that I keep reading these to see if Agatha ever decides to grow up.
But for whatever reason, I am going to keep reading them.
Recommended for Raisinets. <--we are calling ourselves this now, btw
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Jul 02, 2024 02:39PM
The Raisinets…ahahaha 🤣 You must continue the series! I think your Agatha reviews are top tier!
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Thanks, Amy! I just finished the next one and I still want to strangle her. And yet.
I downloaded the next book. lol
