Different

I'm not sure what to think about this book. There were quite a few errors by the narrator - pronunciations, and at one point repeating a few lines, but the plot of the book itself wasn't bad. Prosperity Spartanburg is a intern forensic specialist for the Martha's Vineyard Police Department as she finishes up her studies at the local college/university. She's called on to help solve a case involving Ophelia Rump heiress to a bubblegum fortune.

I think one of the problems I had with the story was the repetitiveness - everyone is singing the bubble gum jingle for example. I know that character development is needed, but I wasn't impressed with the patronizing volunteer firefighter who kept begging Prosperity to go out with him, and her own interest in her co-worker at the police force, not to mention the vapid, friend who thinks her best reason for getting anything is to offer sex, or promise sex. I'm not sure if this was a deliberate ploy by the author, and it was meant to be over the top, or what, but I have to say it was getting irritating. Add to that a subplot of missing food from the police department lunch room that the police couldn't solve. I have to say the book was quirky.

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