Book Review: Sugar And Spice And Not So Nice

Title - Sugar And Spice And Not So Nice

Author - Janet Mcnulty

Genre - Young Adult/Paranormal

Series - 1st in the Mellow Summer Series 

Published - January 26th 2012

Pages - 117

Synopsis:

Mellow Summers just wanted to go to college and get her film degree. She moved into a furnished apartment with her friend Jackie only to find that it already had a tenant: the ghost of a girl who was murdered a year earlier. Now it is up to mellow to not only discover who the murderer is, but to prove it as well. 

With the help of the ghost Rachel, Mellow sets out to solve the year old mystery. She soon finds out that she may have taken on more then she can handle. Pursued by someone who wants the identity of the killer to remain a secret, Mellow will have to use all her resources to outwit him and help the spirit of Rachel move on. 

Quick and Dirty: Mellow Summer to Vermont to attend college but never expected to met the ghost of the dead girl who used to live in her apartment. Who wants to bring her killer to justice and enlists Mellow to help her.

Opening Sentence: 

My name is Mellow Summers and I am twenty-six years old. 

Review:

I received this book for a honest review from the author Janet McNulty. It's the story of Mellow aka Mel Summers who moves to Vermont with her friend to attend college for a film degree. I gather both girls are on a budget so when Jackie finds a cheap apartment for rent they jump on it. Just happens that the apartment is haunted by the prior tenant Rachel who can't move on till her killer is found and her fiance cleared of her murder. At first Mel is the only one who can see Rachel and it doesn't take long before she promises to help solve the murder.

Between juggling school, a job at the candle store, the sexy guy across the hall and a band of biker guys Mel has her hands full. It's a quick read only 117 pages but it goes really fast because the book sucks you in. The characters are well written for such a short book. Since it is a quick read this book kept me on my toes and kept me craving more from the start. It may be short but what it lacks in pages it makes up for in story. Janet McNulty does a great job of leaving you happy in the end which is something I enjoy in a book.  A very entertaining short story. Highly recommend if your looking for a entertaining mystery that won't take you all day.  

 Scene:

"I think I'm a bad influence on you." said Rachel

She smacked Reiss in the back of the head. 

"Well, you know what they say." I began. "Sugar and spice-"

"And not so nice." finished Rachel

We high fived each other. At this point I didn't care if people thought I was crazy or not as I slapped thin air.