THE READAHOLICS AND THE GOTHIC GALA by Laura DiSilverio
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a fun cozy mystery starring amateur sleuth Amy-Faye Johnson and the members of her Readaholics book club. Amy-Faye is an event planner, and she’s organized the Celebration of Gothic Novels for the local bookstore. It appears to be a smashing success, until one of the guests is murdered. Who was he? Why was he there? The book club has their work cut out for them to solve the complex mystery.

I enjoyed the characters and murder mystery, though once again we have the protagonist in a relationship with the police detective. Not my favorite cozy element, after reading so many. At least they had a good relationship, and Amy-Faye never stepped over the line in her investigation.

Of course, one of my favorite things about the book was all the Gothic novel talk. If only the Celebration of Gothic Novels was real! I’d be there, for sure. This is the third book in the Book Club Mystery series, and I’d love to take a look at the first two.

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.