I came to the books through the Aurora Teagarden series on Hallmark. I started the books out of order, which may account for why I was slow to warm, but after finishing Dead Over Heels, Real Murders, and now Three Bedrooms (in that order), I can say confidently that I’m a fan. The books do differ rather markedly from the movies, but I’m finding the books much more enjoyable. Mostly because I’m in love with Martin, but also because the books are just a tad edgier than the sanitized treatment that Hallmark gives the movies. Although I love cozy mysteries, sometimes Hallmark really pushes the limits of how much corniness I can tolerate.
However, I will say that the one element of the movies that I do prefer over the books are Roe’s friendships with other women, namely Sally. There are times in the books (not many, but enough to notice) that I’m struck by how Roe is not a girl’s girl. Put it frankly, she’s sort of a hater. Which is the family-friendly version of the word that I actually wanted to use. The Roe in the books is sharply critical of other women - if any other female in the book is smarter than she is, then she’s immediately described in the next sentence as unattractive, desperate, old, etc. If any female is more attractive, then she is IMMEDIATELY described as stupid. It’s...weirdly immature. I’m a pretty avid consumer of both cozy mysteries AND romances of all kinds, so I’ve run into this sort of thing before, but usually only from freshman authors. It was a bit shocking going from the bubbly and friendly Roe of the movies to the occasional ice princess of the book. It’s not so bad that it’ll sour the whole experience, but it’s worth warning you about. I noticed a milder form of this in Harris’ other books, the Harper Connelly series, but I assumed she intentionally wrote that character to be unlikeable and vaguely creepy. I see now that it’s just...kind of her thing.
Also, in case I wasn’t clear, Martin is hot. The relationship they have in the books is also way different from the movies, which I like. I deducted one star from my five star rating for the weird hating pretty much all other women thing, but added it back because of Martin. He deserves a friendlier wife (uh, spoiler).
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