I listened to the audiobook on a long roadtrip. The narrator was very expressive but sometimes her distinct voices for the characters faltered slightly which then hindered rather than helped comprehension. I would also heavily keep in mind the date this was published when listening / reading. Overall the story was engaging although the resolution felt less satisfying than I’d hoped - it was slightly more convoluted in conclusion with Miss. Marple doing some heavy lifting. The characters were interesting and yet I sit here a wee bit frustrated about (almost) everyone’s seemingly lack of empathy to the loss of two young women.

I was really looking forward to Madden and Theo’s book and yet I feel underwhelmed! Spoiler free but two things stuck out to me. One was similar ‘mistakes’ made by past couples occurred again getting us trapped in the same drama. Did we not learn already? Two was we had the addition of the Penny Play. It felt like it had been created just for this book which is fine and normal BUT with Phoenix seemingly very passionate about it I would’ve expected a mention in his book at least (perhaps I missed this?)

Did I learn my lesson after the first book? No but I adore a yearner so gave it a shot and yes, our pining Seb had the yearn in him. Plus Larkin and his family were surprisingly wholesome. This book was still just an A to Z journey with nothing much happening but cute and I liked it better than the first.