The Cure for What Ales You review

This is the fifth book in the Sloan Krause series by Ellie Alexander who’s also the author of the Bakeshop series. Under her pen name of Kate Dyer-Seeley, she’s written some equally awesome cozy mysteries.

The way the Sloan Krause series played out with the side mystery thread that was progressing a little in each book made me think of her Pacific Northwest series that ended after six books. I’m hoping she doesn’t have any plans to end Sloan soon, but as I said in my GR review, the ending was really awesome and if it was the last book, it’d be a perfect ending (maybe not THE perfect ending). But as a reader, I definitely would love to read more about Sloan and her friends. 

My Goodreads review:

The Cure for What Ales You (Sloan Krause, #5)The Cure for What Ales You by Ellie Alexander
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow, this was an awesome and suspense-filled book that pretty much brought all the other books together as far as answers Sloan had been looking for. I don’t want to say too much or take a chance spoiling something, so all I’ll say is, don’t miss this one! But do read the other books first! I feel like that’s really imperative with a series like this because each book builds a little on the one before it even though the main murders were always solved. I really, really hope this isn’t the last book, but if it was, I think the ending was perfect.

The search for an elusive killer was what most of the book was spent doing along with a short search for someone else close to Sloan. And this was all happening in the middle of a super busy Maifest. The comic relief of course, was always April, the hugely-overboard cheerleader for the town that no one really wanted to claim as its official representative, lol. But anyone would admit she did have the town’s best interests at heart however extreme or weird her requests were! There was a scene before the parade that just cracked me up! And it was only where April was mentioned.

You might need a tissue for the last few pages of the book, but it’s the happy kind of eye leakage. Whatever happens next and if there’s another book, I’m always eager to read it!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book provided by the publisher via NetGalley, and my opinions are my own.

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Without a Brew review

This is the fourth book in the Sloan Krause series by Ellie Alexander who also writes the long running Bakeshop series as well as books under the name of Kate Dyer-Seeley. I’ve enjoyed that the Sloan Krause series has an ongoing personal mystery for Sloan much like the mystery that ran through the Pacific Northwest series she wrote as Kate. Sloan got hit with quite a bit of information lately about her past, so the next book is going to be interesting to see what she does with it or uncovers.

My Goodreads review:

Without a Brew (Sloan Krause #4)Without a Brew by Ellie Alexander
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It was great to get back to Leavenworth and the Nitro pub for another visit with Sloan, Garrett, Kat and crew. They sure had a disagreeable guest this time while they were only doing a soft opening of their B&B part of the pub, but with the IceFest coming up, they were the only place in town that had any rooms at all. There were actually two mysteries, but they eventually connected. I would never have guessed part of the one or the why of the killer. I had a feeling about who the killer was and who I wanted it to be lol.

Sloan’s own side mystery was really coming together with a visit from Sally who’d already dropped some disturbing news to her last time. This time she had some concrete notes talking about this subject, something that was very devastating to Sloan. I’m not sure what I would have done in her place, because the news was pretty wild. It didn’t leave with a mini cliffhanger as it’s been doing, although we’re still left to wonder what the truth really is about her past and the people involved in it. It’ll be an interesting ride, since the Sloan we all know and love isn’t going to stop until she’s got the answers she’s looking for.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book provided by the publisher via NetGalley, and my opinions are my own.

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