This likeable mystery has a fun setting- a fantasy, Dungeons and dragons type game store called Ten Again. I was never sure if that was some gaming reference or if you were supposed to feel ten years old again when you went into the store!

The book opens with a bang on a busy Friday night at the store- an eagerly anticipated new edition of a tournament card game is being released, and the vampire LARP ( live action role-playing) group is gathering to start their adventure. Soon enough, a
sweet geek is dead, and the female owner of Ten Again, her two employees, and her cop best friend are on the case.

I never played any games like DnD, but I was able to understand everything and thoroughly enjoyed the references to Buffy, Veronica Mars, and other pop culture icons. This is an enjoyable read that doesn't follow all the usual tropes. I hope this is the beginning of a series.

I was given a copy of this book by Netgalley and chose to review it of my own free will. All opinions are my own.

A very good cozy! I enjoyed the unusual setting, the cast of characters and the plot.
The book is well written, the character fleshed out and the mystery keep you guessing till the end.
I look forward to reading other books by this author.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

I was looking forward to this new series being a Tabletop Board gamer myself. But, when I started reading, I was highly disappointed.
The writing was off, no character development. I didn’t care for any of the characters. The reason why the killer killed someone made no sense.
I wish the author took more time with character development and did more research on nerds in the gaming community.
Thank you goes out to Netgalley and Diversion Books for providing me with an advanced digital read. The opinions expressed on this review are my own.

This was a really fun hobby cozy. I was attracted to reading it because it featured a different kind of hobby that I normally don’t see a mystery written about. It’s everything you want a cozy mystery to be!

This book was not quite as expected. It felt every much like a YA novel, and will definitely interest a particular group of readers, as opposed to a wider group.

I'm not sure what the title has to do with the story but I enjoyed the story. It's different than most cozy mysteries in the settings and the characters and that definitely made it a pleasure to read . #NoSavingThrow #NetGalley

In this new release, Autumn owns a gaming store. This store is located in an indoor mall. During a game night sponsored by the store, one of the young people is found dead. The police arrest some of the store employees and Autumn sets out to prove that they didn't do it. We then taken through several days of sneaking around and searching for proof. I found this book very interesting. I think I am older than most people who LARP for fun. I did, however catch every TV or movie geeky reference to sci-fi or fantasy. There were many. If you aren't into that, then these references will mean nothing to you. I liked the action in the book and how it incorporated so many characters. At times, though, I would have liked to have a bit more description of the setting or of people, as some of my assumptions were later changed. Perhaps a few more details at the beginning would help to understand them. I thought the ending was well crafted, with a bit of a surprise. I would be on the look out for a second book if this is a series.

Autumn's tabletop gaming store is doing well, until one of her LARPers is murder, his friends are suspected and a rival wants to see her thrown out of a grant competition and the mall.
So many nerd culture references. I enjoyed almost everything about this book. The mystery is well plotted, the characters are people I would (mostly) like to get to know better. Highly recommended for anyone interested in gaming and roleplay.

Autumn has found herself in the middle of a murder. if she cannot find out who is involved she just might lose her business, her dreams,, her life. With the help of her gamer friends they try and find out who and why negative things are happening. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this book.

Autumn owns a tabletop gaming store, and hosts a lot of LARP groups as well. During one event, one of the gamers gets murdered, and fingers are pointing at some of her customers. What is a girl to do? Naturally she steps up to play Nancy Drew. Overall the book was fun to read, although a lot of people that I mixed up now and then. Also felt it was a little long, and tended to skim a bit in the middle. Still though, kept my interest throughout and one I would recommend. Would give it 3.5.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley for an honest review.

I’m a huge nerd. Let’s just put that out there first. I’ve LARPed, I do tabletop, I do video games, and I play consoles. That doesn’t include my deep knowledge of all things sci fi and fantasy either. So, when I say I know this culture, I really do. I loved this story. The small business aspect of owning a local game store was great, the mystery was wonderful, and the references were fun without being too obscure. I would be interested in the next one, and to see where the new friendships grow, and if that changes the dynamics.

Hilarious ~ Compelling ~ Charming

tl; dr: Gaming store own gets herself in a game she didn't want to play, one that's about life and death.

This mystery novel is for the game nerd in all of us (well, maybe just me). Autumn is an irreverent game shop owner with quirky friends and some surprising problems. As the problems get worse, she has to get solving. This book winks at many, many nerd franchises, like D & D and Veronica Mars. The storyline is fast-paced, and any nerd/ nerd-adjacent person will connect with the characters from the very start. It is worth noting this is not laugh out loud funny like the Dahlia Moss series, but it is also not absurdist like that. In some ways, the strength of this mystery is that it has wide appeal, beyond nerds. Super enjoyable, fast-paced, short mystery for all the sleuths out there.


Thanks to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review