BOOK REVIEW: A Geek Girl's Guide to Justice by Julie Anne Lindsey

Do you like mystery? A little romance, perhaps? Then I have the book for you!

I am a book series girl. There's something to be said about investing your time and energy into a well-written character. One of my favorite characters over the past year has been Mia Connors from Julie Anne Lindsey's Geek Girl Mysteries. Additionally, Julie Anne Lindsey wrote the Patience Price series, which I also read and enjoyed--yes, that's a grand total of six Julie Anne Lindsey books in 2016.

I flew through the first book, A Geek Girl's Guide to Murder, and then immediately bought the second book, A Geek Girl's Guide to Arsenic. The main reason for my obsession with these books? The relatable every-geeky-girl characters.

Mia Connors is a geek girl to the extreme, and her reluctance to be around other people intrigued me, since I am much the same. Admittedly, her male romantic partner, Jake, was a hunk-a-hunk of burnin' love, too.

I don't want to give too much away, in case you haven't read the first two books, but I will try to convey the story line as best as possible. NO SPOILERS! I promise!

WHAT I LIKED: Mia and Jake, duh! No, I liked the plot as well. Each of these stories has a murder intrigue to it in order for Jake (a Deputy Marshal) and Jake's brother Dan (a homicide detective) to keep showing up in Mia's life. But the best part is that Mia likes to stir up trouble with her insatiable curiosity. She's everything that I wish I could be, but real life gets in the way.

What I DISLIKED: Mia's twin sister, Bree, annoyed the crap out of me. I suppose she was supposed to, as she is a definite foil for Mia, but as a girl who has never had a sister, I couldn't understand Bree's desire to have Mia do everything with her.

RATED: 5 Stars

If the author were to continue the series, even with minor characters taking over the helm as narrator, I would be first in line to read the book. In fact, I intend to go back and read some of Julie Anne Lindsey's other work as well.

NOTE: This is also posted on Goodreads. Additionally, I bought and paid for the book on my own, and did not receive any compensation for this review.