A review by tangleroot_eli
Fatally Frosted by Jessica Beck

mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
Okay, first off: People on this site really need to step up their spoiler tag use. Someone literally names the killer in their review, no tags!!! đŸ˜” 

Now, on to the book. Bleh.

“Jessica Beck” is the pen name of a dude named Tim Myers. This explains why so many of the female characters are weight-obsessed, mean-spirited, man-mad dimwits. 

The book has so many small but hugely annoying inconsistencies, including:
  • Someone the main character calls knows who’s calling before the MC IDs herself! What is this witchcraft? A needlessly long explanation of personalized ringtones ensues. In the next chapter, we see the MC check her caller ID—meaning she should already be well aware of how you’d know who’s calling before they ID themselves.
  • The MC decides she’ll  talk to the victim’s neighbors after she’s had a night’s sleep. One page later, as she’s falling asleep, she “suddenly remembers” that she forgot to talk to the victim’s neighbors.
  • Frank’s son Martin said, “Dad, this isn’t exactly what we had planned for today.” [Frank] put an arm around his son. “Thomas, sometimes the world laughs at our plans.” ‘Nuff said.

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a dozen times: I know cozies aren’t “great literature.” But is it too much to ask that they have protagonists I can give half a crap about and that they’ve gone through a competent copyediting process?
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