The Cure for What Ales You by Elle Alexander review

Title:  The Cure for What Ales You

Author:  Elle Alexander

Ch: 29

Pg:  276

Series: A Sloan Krause Mystery book 5

Genre:  Cozy Mystery

Rating: 4 stars

Publisher: St. Martin’s press

The Cure for What Ales You by Elle Alexander is the 5th book in the A Sloan Krause mystery series and I have to say that it is my favorite of the series so far. I think do in part since it's the 5th book the characters and the setting are fully established and they feel like old friends. I also loved that the mystery aspect kept me guessing. The fact that an underlying thread through the previous books has tied itself up nicely. 

Though I think I would have loved this one in even more if I had read it during late spring early summer as that is when the novel instead of reading as I did in the fall. I do like the direction that the relationship between Sloan and Garrett is going. And as always, I look forward to the next book in the series. 

 

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

 

 

 

Without a Brew review

 Title:  Without a Brew

Author:  Ellie Alexander

Ch: 30

Pg:  304

Series: Sloan Krause mystery book 4

Genre:  Cozy Mystery

Rating: 4 stars

Publisher: Minotaur books

 

Without a Brew by Ellie Alexander is the fourth book in the Sloan Krause mystery series. Sloan’s starting to into her own and learning more about her past. And since this is the fourth book in the series it’s hard to say much without giving away the plot of the previous books. But I do have to say that I like the direction and the pace that Sloan’s and Garrett’s relationship is going and I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.

 

 

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

Review of A Pint of No Return

Title:  The Pint of No Return

Author: Ellie Alexander

Series:  A Sloan Krause Mystery book 2

 

Chapters: 27

Pages: 296

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Rating: 4 stars

The Pint of No Return is the second book in the A Sloan Krause Mystery series by Ellie Alexander. We return to the town of Leavenworth, Washington for the town's Oktoberfest which despite its name actually happens in September not October.  As the very first Oktoberfest was in celebration of a German Barron's wedding. Leavenworth Washington is an actual real town in the US that does indeed look like a German village.  

Brewmster Sloan is enjoying working and brewing beers for Nitro. All the while dealing with family issues when she stumbles across another dead body. This time a movie star, Mitchell Morgan who was filming a documentary about microbreweries and beer festivals.  It's up to Sloan to find the murder and save the festival. 

I enjoyed this book more than the first one in the series. I love the German village feel of Leavenworth as well as Sloan as a female brewer in a man's world.  This is a page turning cozy that's different from other cozy's I've read.   I believe this series is the only cozy series that focuses on the world of mircobrewing with a female brewer. But this one is great for people who know the community and enjoy a good food cozy.  I look forward to more books in this series.