Review – Fate Interrupted (Moonstone Cove, Book 3) by Elizabeth Hunter (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult
Genre: Paranormal/Mystery
Length: 224 pages
Publisher: Recurve Press, LLC
Release Date: June 8, 2021
ASIN : B092X58YGT
Stand Alone or Series: 3rd book in the Moonstone Cove series
Source: Borrowed ebook from Kindle Unlimited
Rating: 4/5 stars
“How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?
Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day.
She’s working her way back to the business world and starting her own event planning business, but fate keeps throwing her curveballs. Her ex has an unexpected new girlfriend, her telekinetic powers keep short-circuiting, and her self-control—at least when it comes to her boss, Nico Dusi—is slipping.
Thank goodness she has the two best friends in the world. With Katherine and Toni at her side, Megan is determined to keep her plans on track, even when at unexpected theft at the winery threatens the new business she’s building.
When Nico asks Megan, Toni, and Katherine for help finding the thief, life in Moonstone Cove gets even more mind-bending. Experimental grape clones, industrial espionage, and bizarre blood stains. Even for three psychic friends, this mystery may be more than they can handle on their own.”
Series Info/Source: This is the third (and final) book in the Moonstone Cover series. I borrowed this book for my Kindle through Kindle Unlimited.
Story (4/5): This book features the third of the psychic Moonstone Cove trio, Megan Carpenter. Megan has just gone through a messy divorce and is trying to rebuild her business after selling her original business to support her now-ex-husband’s move to the area for his career…To make things worse Megan is having trouble controlling her newly obtained telekinetic powers. When some precious vines go missing from Nico’s winery, he asks Megan, Toni, and Katherine to help solve the crime. Then when the escape vehicle shows up covered in blood, they worry that now a murder is involved.
This was a well done mystery and I continue to enjoy glimpsing into these women’s lives. It’s a story that’s engaging, easy to read, has some fun psychic elements to it and some very well done day-to-day life elements as well (like dealing with teenagers, juggling work and personal, starting and growing a new business). I loved how a lot of elements from this book wrap into events that happened in the first two books.
Characters (4/5): I really enjoy the characters in this story and loved that we got to meet Megan’s kids in this book and see more of Nico and his family. Megan and Nico are hilarious together and I enjoyed them a lot. I always love how the characters support each other so well in this book. A bonus in this story is that some of the characters from the Glimmer Lake trilogy join in on the action again.
Setting (4/5): I love the town of Moonstone Cove. It is a small college town that thrives on wineries and kind of off the grid tourism for support. Most of this story took place in Nico’s winery again. I enjoyed learning about the winemaking process and love the small town rural vibe to the whole series.
Writing Style (4/5): Hunter’s books are entertaining and easy to read. I enjoyed the first book in this series the most, but all of them were very well done. Hunter does a great job balancing characterization, romance, mystery, psychic elements and a unique small town setting. The characters and setting is easy to love. I also enjoy the humor in here and the glimpse into how these lady’s balance their busy lives.
My Summary (4/5): Overall I really enjoyed this final book in the Moonstone Cover series. It does an excellent job wrapping up the overall mystery and leaves our characters in a great spot. The whole series is well written, engaging and easy to read. I definitely plan on checking out more of Hunter’s series in the future.
