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The Diva Haunts the House
Автор: Krista Davis
Текст читает Hillary Huber
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Domestic diva Sophie Winston is getting into the Halloween spirit; her decorations for a community haunted house are so good, it's scary. Not to be outdone, rival domestic diva Natasha is throwing a spooktacular Halloween party at her house. But when Sophie arrives, she discovers one of Natasha's guests dead in a Halloween display, and a pale, fanged partygoer fleeing the scene.
Could the killer be a real vampire—the same one rumored to have lived in Sophie's haunted house back when it was a boardinghouse? Good thing a domestic diva never runs out of garlic.
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The Diva Haunts the House
Автор: Krista Davis
Текст читает Hillary Huber
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Domestic diva Sophie Winston is getting into the Halloween spirit; her decorations for a community haunted house are so good, it's scary. Not to be outdone, rival domestic diva Natasha is throwing a spooktacular Halloween party at her house. But when Sophie arrives, she discovers one of Natasha's guests dead in a Halloween display, and a pale, fanged partygoer fleeing the scene.
Could the killer be a real vampire—the same one rumored to have lived in Sophie's haunted house back when it was a boardinghouse? Good thing a domestic diva never runs out of garlic.
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This fifth installment of the Domestic Diva series, has, in my eyes, proven to be very fresh still and still to have enough life to last for long. The heroine, Sophie Winston, has changed her clique thoroughly. Even her arch nemesis, Natasha, is almost out of picture. There is no mention of many previous acquaintances. Her own parents, her siblings and in-laws? All gone. Other changes include the much reduced(no pun) spotlight on her cooking. Prior books almost had a revolving door in her oven. The book was a breeze to read, which is always good, no matter what the snooty hardcore, elitist crowd says. The ending clinch that fourth star for me. It was short. Nobody was harmed and nobody had to indulge in a chase scene or feature in a sort of duel. Here's to hoping there'll be an 8th book.
This was the first I'd read in the series. Overall good pace and flow. Never a dull moment. The one critique I would say i couldn't take anymore description of food. The amount of food eaten over the course of the book, the main characters should have weighed 500#s. It became overkill.
This was a great book - lots of fun! I only wish I had waited to read it closer to Halloween as it totally got me in the mood for the holiday. I'm not a fan of Natasha, as she seems just TSTL, but the author has done a good job, I think, of making her so ridiculous as to be entertaining. Looking forward to this series continuing.
This was a lot of fun to read the week before Halloween as Sophie and co are manning the haunted house. This is the fifth Diva book and I heartily enjoy the series overall, however, this probably wouldn't be the place to start the series.
I wanted a book to put me in the Halloween mood for decorating and handling out candy. 'The Diva Haunts the House'. does exactly that. It is filled to the brim with useful decorating tips and great easy to make recipes for Halloween. I like the 'Breakfast Monster Fingers' the best. What could be easier than cutting a banana in two, adding an almond half that has been slit lengthwise, and adding some red jam to the end! There were only two flaws in this book, a little two many characters and it does drag once in a while. But the menu of characters in the front of the book helps and the chatter of the student volunteers make up for the slower parts of the book. I loved the dog, Daisy and the cat, Mochi and hope that they appear more in the other Diva books. When reading this book, I felt that I was on very long round of Halloween parties, sleep overs for kids, wonderful eats and good Halloween fun. I scare easy so this book is just right for me, being on the lower end of the scary scale. There were plenty of twists and turns and I did not guess the identity of the killer until all the cards were revealed. I love to learn and that I did learn a lot about the killer's weapon. The problems with this book were very minor so I heartidly recommend this book to all cozy readers and people who just want to enjoy Halloween more!
With the help of her niece, Jen, and other volunteers, Sophie is in charge of the local haunted house for Halloween. When a body turns up at a Halloween party, stories of a vampire who used to live in the site of haunted house threaten to close the event. As vampire hysteria hits the town, Sophie is determined to discover the killer and have the best haunted house ever.I love Sophie. She is just so level-headed and fun. While everyone else is going nuts around her, she is baking and cooking up the best Halloween ever. This story was particularly good, but then I am a fan of Halloween. Some fun recipes and decorating ideas are included as always.
n the latest book of the Domestic Diva mysteries, Sophie Winston is in charge of decorating a community haunted house. But her volunteers are resigning, complaining of seeing or hearing weird things. Sophie thinks they're letting their imaginations run a little too freely.Meanwhile, Natasha Smith, rival diva, is again attempting to outdo Sophie by throwing her own Hallowe'en bash. The decorations in front of Natasha's house so realistic even the teenagers are frightened, but when Sophie pokes a dead pirate to prove to her niece that it's fake, she finds that the figure is a real human. The pirate is Patrick Starski, one of the guests at Natasha's party, and he's not just injured, but dead.The police find two bloody marks on his neck, as though Patrick had been bitten by a vampire. Sophie knows this is not the case, but she's surprised by how many otherwise rational adults appear to believe that Patrick's death was caused by an erstwhile resident of Alexandria who claimed he was a vampire.Sophie is truly a domestic diva. While morning coffee is brewing, she's whipping up a chicken marinade for her planned evening meal. When people drop by unexpectedly (which seems to happen on a regular basis) Sophie has frozen homemade baked goods she can pop in the microwave. Despite all this, Davis has managed to make her a likeable character who is enjoyable to read about.Although this is already the fifth book in the series, the characters and plots have not grown stale. We are introduced to a new female police officer whose role might grow in future books. And, we still love to hate Natasha.
Sophie is in charge of the local haunted house for the Halloween season, but when she discovers a dead pirate with bite marks on his neck and a "vampire" standing over him, she's determine to find out who and what really killed him.This book would be sensational any time, but at Halloween a bulls-eye. The characters are quirky enough to make you laugh, and the mystery sensational for season depicted. I'm reading the next one very soon!
Digital audiobook narrated by Hilary HuberBook five in the cozy series featuring Domestic Diva Sophie Winston and her rival Natasha. As the title implies, this one focuses on Halloween. Sophie is in charge of the community’s fund-raiser Haunted House, which Natasha takes as a personal affront to her own “fabulous” costume party. The rivalry escalates when one of the displays in front of Natasha’s house turns out to be an actual body, and, of course, it’s Sophie who discovers the grisly scene. There’s no lack of suspects, and plenty of costumed vampires around to confuse everyone from the police to the amateur sleuths. Add a gaggle of teen-age girls (and the teen boys they’re interested in), a séance, a riled parent, and the drama of both an ex-husband and a police detective who are quick to come to Sophie’s aid and you have a formula for a successful cozy. I like the decorating tips at the beginning of each chapter. While I don’t ever throw a Halloween party, I certainly liked some of the suggestions. And the recipes at the end were a nice addition. Hilary Huber does a fine job narrating the audiobook. She has a good pace and handles the many characters easily.