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The Daughter of Montague series has been dependably fun. Romeo and Juliet’s oldest daughter, Rosaline (aka Rosie), is such an entertaining narrator. These books are murder mysteries, on the face, but a lot more is going on to amuse and delight.
In this latest installment of the series, we have the long-awaited wedding of Rosie, 20-year-old spinster. Yep, there are some murders, but Rosie gets help solving them from a number of old and some new characters. After all, she’s the bride … and she’s organizing everything because that is one of her great talents.
Just gathering the entire family for this wedding is asking for trouble, with the Montagues and the Capulets having mostly made peace but still not best of friends, by any means. One relative no one is looking forward to having at the event is Great-Uncle Magno, a particular wine snob in a family of winemakers. He’s as obnoxious as he can be. So of course he ends up being a target of someone’s murderous ire, more than once. It makes Rosie pretty mad, though, when her dear father Romeo gets a sip of poisoned wine as well and barely makes it. No one messes with her papà!
Great houses are jam-packed full of people, and the whole city-state of Verona is eager to witness this blessed union. How much is going to happen before it finally takes place?
I thought Teach the Torches to Burn might end up being the conclusion to the series, but to my great satisfaction, there will be more books to continue to make me grin. Salute!
Rated: High. Profanity includes around 5 instances of moderate profanity, about 15 uses of mild language, and roughly 20 instances of the name of Deity in vain. Sexual content includes a scene of premarital touching, involving a few paragraphs, and a postmarital consummation scene with some detailed lead-up. There are also a lot of bawdy references throughout, and much talk about Romeo and Juliet’s famed passion. Violence includes some poisoning deaths and near-deaths.
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