Review: Adventures of a Graveyard Girl (Funeral Crashing #2) by Milda Harris

Title: Review: Adventures of a Graveyard Girl

Series: Funeral Crashing #2

Previous books in this series: Adventures in Funeral Crashing (#1) | Adventures in Double Dating (#1.1)

Author: Milda Harris

Genre: YA, cozy mystery

Publication date: April 2012

Published by: Milda Harris

Source: Own e-book

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Synopsis:

Kait Lenox is back! It's Homecoming Dance time and Kait is excited. It's her first dance with a date and that date is none other than one of the hottest, most popular guys in her school, Ethan Ripley! For once Kait doesn't feel like a funeral crashing weird girl and it's the most perfect romantic evening ever...at least until a girl gets murdered in the high school bathroom. Rumors fly, panic ensues, and Kait can't help herself, she assigns herself to the case!

My rating: ★★★★★
This was another fun mystery with Kait, the Funeral Crashing Graveyard Girl, in this series that is definitely starting to become one of my favorites! This time, girls at her school are being murdered and it’s up to Kait (and Ethan!) to figure out what’s going on before someone close to her is targeted too.

Review: Loyalist to a Fault (The Dead Kid Detective Agency #3) by Evan Munday

Title: Loyalist to a Fault

Series: The Dead Kid Detective Agency #3

Previous books in this series: The Dead Kid Detective Agency (#1) | Dial "M" for Morna (#2)

Author: Evan Munday

Genre: Middle Grade, paranormal, mystery

Publication date: September 2015

Published by: ECW Press

Source: For review from publishers via Netgalley

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Synopsis:

October Schwartz and her five deadest pals are back.

When October Schwartz raises her five dead friends to investigate the cause of Cyril Cooper’s death way back in 1783, she expects a dull research-based journey into the lives of Canada’s earliest British settlers, the United Empire Loyalists. You’d think our favourite teen detective would have the hang of this solving-mysteries thing by now, but when a ghost pirate appears on the scene, October may be in over her head.

The ghost pirate — or someone in a very convincing costume — is thieving key evidence at every turn, beating October to the goods time and again. Worst of all, Valentine’s Day is looming, and October’s friends seem more concerned about secret admirers than secret conspiracies. As October digs deeper into the mystery, she starts to suspect the pirate may be someone very close to her, just as she uncovers facts regarding her long-missing mom and the meaning behind a cryptic message from a past case.

The Dead Kid Detective Agency’s third quest is a veritable bouquet of misadventures that weaves the American Revolution, a beyond-chaotic school dance, a historic sea vessel, and a boatload of supernatural shenanigans into one unforgettable madcap adventure.

My rating: ★★★★☆
So, I’ve never really been a huge fan of history, which is unfortunate because there was a lot of that in this book. It made it kind of bleh for me. But all of that was balanced out with the fact that this is such a fun read with an amazing voice! It also has a great mystery, by the way. You know I always love that ;)

Review: Adventures in Double Dating (Funeral Crashing #1.1) by Milda Harris

Title: Adventures in Double Dating

Series: Funeral Crashing #1.1

Previous book in this series: Adventures in Funeral Crashing

Author: Milda Harris

Genre: YA, cozy mystery

Publication date: July 2015

Published by: Milda Harris

Source: Gift from author

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Synopsis:

For Funeral Crashing Mystery fans here is an alternate POV short story! Ethan Ripley tells the Adventures in Funeral Crashing Double Date scene. This is an Ethan Tells All Short Story.

My rating: ★★★★★
Adventures in Double Dating is a scene from Adventures in Funeral Crashing told in Ethan’s POV! Basically, Ethan and Kait are trying to figure out what really happened to Ethan’s sister, whether she was murdered and who did it. The scene was, as the title suggests (lol), the one where Ethan and Kait go on a double date in order to get some info from a suspect.

Review: Adventures in Funeral Crashing (Funeral Crashing #1) by Milda Harris

Title: Adventures in Funeral Crashing

Series: Funeral Crashing #1

Author: Milda Harris

Genre: YA, cozy mystery

Publication date: July 2011

Published by: Milda Harris

Source: Own e-book

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Synopsis:

Kait Lenox has a reputation as the weird girl in her high school, mostly because of her ex-best friend turned mean popular girl, Ariel, but maybe it has a little to do with the fact that Kait has a hobby crashing funerals. At one of these, Kait is outted by the most popular guy in school, Ethan Ripley. Yet, instead of humiliating her for all the world to see, he asks for her help, and Kait finds herself entangled in a murder mystery. Not only is the thrill of the mystery exciting, but more importantly Ethan knows her name! A little sleuthing is well worth that!

My rating: ★★★★★
This book, you guys. At first, it sounded kind of weird--I mean, a girl who likes to go funeral crashing? What?? But I gotta admit, this book was fantastic! The quirkiness is actually what called to me (that and the fact that is was an Amazon freebie!) and I am so glad I decided to pick it up!

Review: Paxton Private Investigations by Juli Alexander

Title: Paxton Private Investigations

Series: Paxton Private Investigations #1

Author: Juli Alexander

Genre: YA, contemporary, mystery

Publication date: July 2015

Published by: CrushStar Multimedia LLC

Source: For review from publishers via Netgalley

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Townsey Paxton loves to solve mysteries. It's in her blood. After her older brother leaves vet school to manage the agency and care for her, his sacrifices start to take their toll. With the aid of her diverse group of friends, Townsey decides to help. When she learns a woman is in danger, she can't look the other way. She risks her safety to do what she knows is right, but things suddenly go terribly wrong.

My rating: ★★★★★
I cannot begin to tell you how much I loved this book! But then again, I seem to love anything Juli Alexander writes--I love her! She is definitely one of my favorite authors! She writes really fun stories with lovable characters and this one was no different.