Stars: 5 out of 5
Pros: Fun short story
Cons: Only if you expect a full novel
The Bottom Line:
Giulia's wedding
Comes with mystery and laughs
Fun transition tale
Transitional Short Story
When Alice Loweecey's series featuring nun Giulia
transitioned publishers, it also featured a bit of a few cosmetic changes. To help smooth over that transition, Alice
released the short story "Changing Habits."
It's a week before Giulia Falcone's wedding to Frank
Driscoll, her former boss and soon to be partner in Driscoll Investigations,
and she has a few last-minute things to take care of. You know, typical details for the week before
the wedding like getting the wedding favors together, finding a wedding dress,
and figure out who is switching the valuable items in various churches in the
area for cheap fakes. Nothing major,
right? When the latest theft hits close
to home, Giulia is determined to find the guilty party. Can she handle everything?
You'll remember I said short story. Yes, this really is a short story; I read it
in under an hour. With everything
crammed into the story, it moves quickly and there might not be the twists and
turns you'd expect in a novel, but I found the story satisfying.
Likewise, there isn't a lot of time to get to know new facets
of the characters. However, as a fan of
the main cast, it was great to pop in for a quick visit. There are only one or two new characters in
the story, and they serve their purpose well.
And we get a few chances to laugh along with Giulia and the
gang. It's one thing I love in this
series, and we get a nice dose of it here.
Giulia's fans will be thankful they stopped in for a quick
visit for "Changing Habits."
If you aren't yet a fan, this will whet your appetite for the full-length
meal that are the novels.
Looking for more of Giulia's cases? Here are the rest of the stories in order.
Sounds like fun.
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