Oh, how I wish I was kidding about this.) (There is literally even a “If it wasn’t for you meddling kids” scene at the end when the main bad guy is abruptly revealed. The characters are especially flat, which is terribly unfortunate since the plot reads like a lost episode of “Scooby Doo”. So I tagged it for reading under my #MandarayReads hashtag, thinking that at the very least it would be short, light, and have a consistent sense of humor to help keep the livetweeting interesting.ĭespite its cute cover and snazzy synopsis, “Trouble in Mudbug” is an experience which I would describe largely as “tepid”. It advertises itself as a fun, lighthearted adventure with a mixture of ghosts, psychics and romance that I thought sounded interesting. I never expected “Trouble in Mudbug” to wow me. Overall, this was a swing and a miss for me.Final Rating: cups of leopard-print tea which tasted very strongly of fat-shaming and boredom. And Luc was a cardboard cutout of a romance hero. Maybe she gets better in later books but I’m in no hurry to find out. I think the problem was that I found Maryse tiresome. The premise was good, I liked some of the characters, I loved the wackiness. I thought this book would be perfect for me but I actually forgot I read this. Maryse, Helena, and friends have to find the killer before the killer finds Maryse. Just when Maryse thinks things can’t get any worse, someone tries to murder her. Then sexy zoologist Luc Lejeune shows up at her office saying the state has assigned him to her station. When Helena drops dead, Maryse thinks one of her problems is solved, until Helena’s ghost appears and tells Maryse she has to help her find the murderer.

The marriage ended quickly, with Hank running off before Maryse could divorce him, leaving her stuck with his debts and his awful mother Helena. Then she made the mistake of marrying rich, bad boy Hank Henry.

She lost her parents at a young age, which made her an oddity and a subject of pity in the small town of Mudbug. I quickly got tired of waiting for my library to purchase a copy, so I picked up Trouble in Mudbug, the first in the Ghost-in-Law series by Jana Deleon, in hopes that it would tide me over.īotanist Maryse Robicheaux spends her days in the bayou hunting down plants and trying to avoid other humans. A few weeks ago, I got a notice from amazon that the latest book has come out. I love the Miss Fortune series by Jana Deleon.

Trouble in mudbug