Blog Tour Review: Premeditated Myrtle

Hi, everyone! Today's post is part of the blog tour for the Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries. I am so happy to present my review of book #1, Premeditated Myrtle!

Review: Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce

Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. Armed with her father’s law books and her mum’s microscope, Myrtle studies toxicology, keeps abreast of the latest developments in crime scene analysis, and Observes her neighbors in the quiet village of Swinburne, England.

When her next-door neighbor, a wealthy spinster and eccentric breeder of rare flowers, dies under Mysterious Circumstances, Myrtle seizes her chance. With her unflappable governess, Miss Ada Judson, by her side, Myrtle takes it upon herself to prove Miss Wodehouse was murdered and find the killer, even if nobody else believes her — not even her father, the town prosecutor. 

-summary and cover via Goodreads

Plot: The mystery in this was good! The backstory was unique, and I quite enjoyed the setting for this book. I'm happy that I guessed the culprit! I don't want to write too much about the plot, for fear of spoiling the mystery.

Characters: All of the characters were well written! I liked how your opinion of a character could change, based on how Myrtle viewed them. And her governess was an excellent character! 

The Cover: I like it! And I really love how there are nods to parts of the story on the cover, which after having read the book, are very obvious, which is fun!

Overall: I very much enjoyed reading this Middle Grade book, and I will definitely be reading the sequel! (Which according to the summary, takes place on a train, which I always love!) As an adult I found this to be very good, and I know I would have also loved it when I was a middle grader. I would definitely recommend this book! :)

I received an e-ARC of this book from the publisher.