Review of Bless Your Heart

[Sarah Deming]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Bless Your Heart" by Susann Camus.]

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4 out of 5 stars

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Bless Your Heart by Susann Camus is a Jeannie Johal thriller and the sequel to See Me by the same author, which I did not realize when I accepted this book for review. I decided to read it anyway, even though I like to read in publication date order. This book stood alone and was still an enjoyable read; I didn’t feel like I was missing anything. The author hinted at the events of the prequel without being heavy-handed or giving anything away, so I had enough introductory information to enjoy this book and am still very much looking forward to reading the first one.
In Bless Your Heart, Jeannie Johal is asked by her boss’s superior at a moment’s notice to spend a month in a completely new culture reviewing a study’s data, or more precisely, to analyze and fix the issues that threaten the study‘s veracity. The current employees don’t take kindly to an outsider questioning their methods. When the head of the study is murdered, everyone seems to be a suspect.
The two detectives who come on the scene are an oddball couple that add a layer of complexity to the story that lends to its warmth and humanness, but my favorite character was Tanisha, the data entry clerk. I loved the feel-good ending, but I do have one bone to pick: almost every character had double initials, like Jeannie Johal. While it’s not a huge issue, as someone who reads into character names, it was noticeable enough to take me out of the story a bit.
The few errors I found were mostly minor issues with quotation marks, and it was an overall well-written, interesting story. Therefore, I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. Again, I look forward to reading the first Jeannie Johal thriller by Susann Camus.

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