Reviews for Broken Dishes (Benni Harper Series #11)

The average rating for Broken Dishes (Benni Harper Series #11) based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-03-28 00:00:00 Dalton Kingsbauer I think I liked this book better the second time around. The mystery is pretty tame with no immediate danger to anyone (well aside from the fire I guess) and we get to see Hud again which was nice. I liked seeing him and Gabe butt heads at the dinner table. I really liked the ending when Benni imagines what could have happened had she met Hud first... This is also the first book after their marriage where Benni and Gabe don't do it...at all...for the entire book. In fact I think there are only two kisses that happen and that was it. Does this mean they're getting to be a boring old married couple that they didn't sneak off somewhere for a quickie at some point? I did like how Gabe came to the ranch the very next day after hearing Hud was there. I also think Benni must take that old axiom "idle hands are the devil's playthings" to heart. She is ALWAYS busy. She wasn't busy enough helping and trying to solve an old murder but she also had to volunteer quite unsolicited to make a scrap book for the ranch? I mean that's very nice, but does she ever just relax? Again this makes me picture how completely different her life would be if she were able to have children. Maybe she's trying to find something to fill the void? As a mother myself I know I wouldn't have time to do even a quarter of the things she does, committees, festivals, quilting groups, volunteer organizations, plus crime fighting on top of all that. I really love these books. I think I like them even better reading them back to back now then waiting the year or more in between novels when I first read them. They have the mystery of the murder or whatever is happening, the ever changing and growing romance between Benni and her husband, her interaction with family and friends and her ever present faith in God. I like the religious overtones of the novels, whereas that often annoys me in other books I've read. These were written in such a way that the scripture and reference to prayer and sermons learned in Sunday school fits right into the story without sounding too preachy. Of course I go to Sunday school and pray too, so maybe that's just me.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-09-28 00:00:00 Dreama Hartley Colouful balance of personal intrigues and an unexpected discovery of a mystery from the past. Audio version added to character personalities.