Welcome to the North Pole, the town where Christmas is everyone’s job.Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost’s daughter, Santa Claus’s niece, heir to the Winter Throne and soon to be newlywed.Now that she and fiancé Sinclair (and their cats, Spider and Sugar) have moved back to the North Pole, they’re firmly entrenched in planning their wedding. With Jayne’s royal heritage, it’s a … royal heritage, it’s a major undertaking.
And while Jayne is trying to organize the myriad details, Sinclair is taking the necessary classes to learn how to be a royal and adjust to his impending new life as Prince Consort. But with too much assistance from her well-meaning mother and aunt, Jayne quickly gets overwhelmed.
Sinclair suggests calling a friend to help, the ever-resourceful Birdie Caruthers. Jayne does, and Birdie is thrilled to pitch in. Not long after she arrives, however, the trio discovers the most terrible thing in the wedding carriage.
Will this dreadful discovery derail the wedding? Or can they solve the problem in time to make it to the altar unscathed? Make no bones about it, this is some serious trouble.
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Another great addition to the series. The mystery was very well-plotted and as usual the world building was spectacular. We even got to meet Sin’s parents who are VERY interesting, and toward the end we were treated to one of the most adorable scenes I’ve ever read.
I adore Jayne and Sinclair and hope to see them again, but if this is the end of the series now that they are married and moved in to the North Pole it’s a good, satisfying ending with no loose ends.
(I still want to see them again! 😉 )
In this final novel of the Jayne Frost series, Ms. Painter brings her heroine to her fairy tale wedding, with one last mystery to solve along the way. The mystery itself quickly becomes transparent, but I think that it was never really more than a subplot for the author. This is a book about wedding dresses and dreams and how much her heroine and her boyfriend really care about each other. For good measure, she throws in a lot of cutesy cat stuff as well.
There isn’t much of substance in this last book, but I think that Painter can be forgiven for putting so many pages into the preparation for the wedding. After all, she’s spent seven books and a short story getting to this point and it certainly sounds like she’s planning to end the series with this happily ever after.
I’ve spent so many books with Jayne Frost now that each one feels like coming back to chat with an old friend. In book seven, Jayne is getting married to Sinclair up in the North Pole. There are disastrous dress fittings. Her mom and aunt want to be a bit too involved (because of course) and when Bertie Caruthers come up to help with the planning and they go to inspect the royal coach, they find… duh duh duh… a skeleton. So now we have a bit of wedding planning, a bit of mystery. And wherever Jayne goes, tons of food. That winter elf likes her sugar! The story turned away from wedding plans for a while as the mystery was investigated. There was a mysterious disease similar to Black Lung in miners, but for snow elves, a mother and son, old equipment that hasn’t been used in decades… the mystery gradually unfolded! And of course, lots of time with cats! I liked how this mystery had plenty of surprises. We finally got to meet Sinclair’s family, and the wedding was sweet. This was a great (maybe?) conclusion to the series, though I confess I wouldn’t mind seeing more cozy mysteries. This series and the Nocturne Falls books are my favorites.
Decent story, interesting mystery that had an unpredictable ending. Nice wrap up to this series.
5 stars – I loved it!
Jayne and Sinclair have moved to the North Pole and are deep into planning their wedding. Jayne is trying to figure out the details of the wedding and her mother and her aunt are making things worse. In desperate need of help, she calls Birdie Caruthers to help wrangle her family and figure out the rest of the wedding. But will a cold case derail the wedding.
I loved this one! Jayne and Sinclair are a perfect couple and detective duo. They lean on each other when they are overwhelmed and know they can rely on each other for anything. Their wedding, and all the hullabaloo leading up to it, just strengthened the bond between these two and made their love stronger. Also their cats are just adorable and I loved their addition in the wedding.
Also we get more Birdie content finally! Birdie is the perfect person to help Jayne plan her wedding and she is also very helpful during the case. Birdie is one of my favorite characters in the Nocturne Falls series and I love that she is also in this series. I really wish she had her own series or book.
Overall, this was an amazing ending to this series. Jayne and Sinclair have had quite a few adventures in this series and I know this won’t be their last adventure.