Rating: 4.5🌈
Seb & Ailin: Case of the Murderous Mistletoe By Michele Notaro is a wonderfully entertaining, well written holiday story in the author’s Ellwood/Brinnswick universe.
Full of characters and couples from Notaro’s multi-series world, it is helpful if the reader is familiar with the universe and its inhabitants so that the story isn’t overwhelming with its numerous elements and characters that just have small roles or mentions but are very important in the series/world. With a well-packed magical storyline of 194 pages , there’s only so much background for the author to provide while also fully laying out the mysteries behind the murderous toys and Holiday trimmings that’s at the center of the story.
Notaro does a great job of folding in the amusing aspects of the story, along with the absurdity and the horror of the toys going terrifyingly bad. As the narrative ramps up each element of the storyline, pulling the reader effortlessly into the drama and the mystery, it centers on this one couple and their relationship so perfectly that it makes this reader want to revisit their story all over again.
Seb & Ailin: Case of the Murderous Mistletoe By Michele Notaro is a great addition to the Ellwood/Brinnswick universe stories and my holiday reading list.
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From the author’s website:
The Ellwood/Brinnswick Chronicles Reading Order:
You can read them in the order they were published, which is in chronological order:
The Ellwood Chronicles Bonus Scenes
Seb & Ailin: Case of the Murderous Mistletoe
OR
Follow each series in their order.
THE BRINNSWICK CHRONICLES SERIES
BRINNSWICK: TALES FROM GAUHALA SERIES
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Blurb
What in the world has my soulmate gotten us into this time?
All I want to do is get ready to have our family over for Winter Solstice, but like all things involving Ailin Ellwood, we get pulled into another wild BCA case. The Brinnswick Central Agency tends to pull us in for the really… let’s say difficult—and weird, let’s not forget weird—magical cases, so I have no doubt this one will be a doozy.
Even knowing that, I never really expected to be attacked by kids’ toys and Christmas decorations. But when my viramore—soulmate—is involved, well, things get all kinds of whacky.
Join Seb and Ailin as they try to figure out who’s behind the murderous mistletoe while they get ready for the Ellwood family holiday celebrations.
*This story takes place in the Ellwood/Brinnswick world. Reading the other books might enhance your reading experience, but it’s not necessary to read them first. If you want to, you can find the Brinnswick/Ellwood reading order on the author’s website.
- Publication date: December 5, 2024
- Language: English
- Print length: 194 pages
From the author’s website:
The Ellwood/Brinnswick Chronicles Reading Order:
You can read them in the order they were published, which is in chronological order:
The Ellwood Chronicles Bonus Scenes
Seb & Ailin: Case of the Murderous Mistletoe
OR
Follow each series in their order.
THE BRINNSWICK CHRONICLES SERIES
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 