Book Review + Random Giveaway: Clobbered by Camembert by Avery Aames

Cheese store owner Charlotte Bessette is setting up for the town's Winter Wonderland fair. Then, when an old friend is found dead in the cottage of Charlotte's assistant Rebecca, a suspicion falls on Rebecca's boyfriend, a honeybee farmer. While the town buzzes with gossip, can Charlotte catch the culprit without getting stung herself?

• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (February 7, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 042524587X
• ISBN-13: 978-0425245873

 I think this a good mystery, I actually didn’t really guessed right who the murderer is, not until the same time Charlotte realized who’s the murder. But unfortunately, this was more on conflicting love story about a denying heroine, a remorseful ex and the boyfriend who has lots of secrets to spill.

The writing is good, the story flowed smoothly, although I expect more action and plot development and not talking and internal conflict. There are the interesting suspects, tension, conflicts, a vivid description of winter, fair and county life.

I love so much that there are recipes and descriptions of cheeses in the book. It makes me hungry for food and revelations all the more..:D I liked the idea and it’s refreshing to have a book set up in a county, much more a county fair with cheese as the main theme.

I believe the author has great potential, this book isn’t perfect, but it also has good attributes. CLOBBERED IN CAMBERT is a fast, clean read, has a good mystery coupled with love conflicts, drama, intrigue and murder. Would love to read more mystery from this author.

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THIS IS A NEW ADULT NOVEL AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. SOME CONTENT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNG READERS.

Meena has a secret guarded closely by her family—a secret as dangerous as the sea, and buried just as deep. When court appointed community service workers are assigned to Flukes, the family-owned animal sanctuary, everyone is on high alert. It doesn’t help that Meena finds herself attracted to sexy-as-sin Blake Weathering, one of the new workers. If he wasn’t so distracting, she might be able to land Flukes a much-needed cruise line contract.

Blake Weathering, the first in his family to attend public school, has developed a tough image. Unfortunately it lands him in trouble. Now banned from his high school graduation ceremony, getting his diploma is dependent upon a community service gig cleaning fish crap. No diploma, no trust fund fortune—and no way to escape his overbearing father. The last thing he needs is the distraction of a mysterious girl with teal eyes who pulls at his heart strings.

When Blake discovers Meena’s secret, they are both thrown into a desperate search for information about her past. Two worlds pull them in opposite directions, and they will have to fight to hold onto all that really matters.