Mrs. Saint and the Defectives by Julie Lawson Timmer

Mrs. Saint and the Defectives by Julie Lawson Timmer
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I got this book as a free Kindle edition from Amazon Prime's Kindle Firsts. Check out all my book reviews at www.myliterary2cents.blogspot.com

My star rating system:
1 star – Awful! I couldn’t even read it.
2 stars – I only read part of it, couldn’t finish it.
3 stars – I read it all, and it was okay – not one of my favorites.
4 stars – I read it all and loved it!
5 stars – I read it all, loved it, and I would read it again!

I enjoyed the first part of the book a lot. I felt extremely sorry for the mother in this story whose husband cheated on her and left her alone with a 14 yr old boy. When we meet Mrs. Saint, she was delightfully quirky and her French accent really gave her character. However, after about 1/2 through the book, there was too much mundane day to day business. It didn't seem like the book or characters were progressing. I skipped to the end of the book to see what happened, but didn't really feel like I missed anything by not reading most of the 2nd half of the book.

One interesting thing is that when I chose this book from the Kindle Firsts list, I thought the title was called "Mrs. Saint and the Detectives". I thought the people who worked for Mrs. Saint (the "defectives") were actually going to solve a mystery. It was several chapters into the book when I realized I had the title wrong in my mind!

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