Review: A Hard Day for a Hangover

A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Amazon-December 6, 2022

Well, everyone finally decided on a date, and I'm happy to say that the wait was worthwhile. Unfortunately, this is not going to be a series as I had hoped. It seems only to be a trilogy. That is unfortunate because there is so much more that this family can do. From the publishers' synopsis: "The blockbuster conclusion to the bestselling Sunshine Vicram trilogy, A Hard Day for a Hangover will have readers laughing and cheering to the very last page."

For those lucky enough to have KindleUnlimited, the first book in this series is available.

This was a great ending to this trilogy (although I do wish that the author would turn this into a series). I see so much more happening in the town of Del Sol, with Auri and the Dangerous Daughters.

This book starts within days of the last books ending. Kind of odd that, since the last book ended on a cliffhanger. But there you have it.

If there is one problem I have is that  Auri is always sticking her nose where it doesn't belong and her mother and grandparents think it is also cute. But that is all on me and has nothing to do with A Hard Day For a Hangover!  I got a few giggles, although not as many as I had gotten from the first book. This book seems more serious, bloody, violent, and explicit than the first two books.

At times this book seemed to 'rush' a bit as far as the plots go, but with this not being a series, I can see why the author did have to rush a bit. There were just too many threads to tie up.

This book was well worth the wait, and I am going to keep my fingers crossed that Ms. Jones publisher understands that this should be a series! Well, at least, in my opinion, it should be!

*ARC was supplied by the publisher St. Martin's Press/Macmillan, the author, and Net

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Book Details

A Hard Day for a Hangover is another humorous installment in Darynda Jones's wine mystery series deemed: "Laugh-out-loud funny, intensely suspenseful, page-turning fun." —New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan

Some people greet the day with open arms. Sheriff Sunshine Vicram would rather give it a hearty shove and get back into bed, because there’s just too much going on right now. There’s a series of women going missing, and Sunny feels powerless to stop it. There’s her persistent and awesomely-rebellious daughter Auri, who’s out to singlehandedly become Del Sol’s youngest and fiercest investigator. And then there’s drama with Levi Ravinder—the guy she’s loved and lusted after for years. The guy who might just be her one and only. The guy who comes from a family of disingenuous vipers looking to oust him—and Sunshine—for good.

Like we said, the new day can take a hike.

The blockbuster conclusion to the bestselling Sunshine Vicram trilogy, A Hard Day for a Hangover will have readers laughing and cheering to the very last page.