Review: An Interactive Read with A Most Puzzling Murder by Bianca Marais

A Most Puzzling Murder by Bianca Marais is an excellent mystery full of magic, twists, and audience participation!

Audience Participation, you ask? Yes! You get to solve puzzles, and choose a path you want the characters to take at certain points in the story. Get ready to be an active participant! If you love puzzles, this story will make you incredibly happy! Can you figure out the puzzles?

For those who don’t want the audience participation component: This is still a must read! Just choose paths at random (or read both), and don’t solve the puzzles. You’ll still get a great story experience.

The magic in this story is so cleverly done, as well as the plotting. Character development is top notch. The multi POV is insightful, and created to engage the reader while also creating intrigue and more mystery. And the main character is brilliant! Not just because she’s brilliant, but because Bianca crafted an amazing MC.

I listened to the audiobook version of this story, which was incredibly well done by a single narrator. Typically I like different narrators for different POVs, but this story didn’t need it. The narrator nailed it, and I didn’t feel at all like the audio was missing something. I listened to his audiobook at 1.5x speed (my normal audiobook speed is 1.75x, but I didn’t want to miss any of the clues).

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin Audio for this advanced listening copy.

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