WOLF

I thought this was a interesting mystery, it's not your typical cozy mystery. I really liked the characters, they were well done, the heroines to cheer on, the villians to boo. It addresses some serious subjects and I think handles them well. Will definitely be looking for the next book in the series.

I received a free copy of Wolf (Book 1 of the Jessica James Mysteries) by Kelly Oliver in exchange for an honest review. Jessica James is a hard-drinking, dope-smoking philosophy graduate student. When Jessica finds out her thesis advisor intends to have her dismissed from school, she’s shocked and not sure what to do. When her friends show up and suggest having a “party” in the graduate advisor’s office, they break in, and find his corpse. Jessica and her friends end up investigating the death, tracking down stolen paintings, breaking up a drug ring, and visiting vengeance upon a fraternity drugging and raping co-eds. There’s a lot going on in this book, including many, many, many bad decisions.

The story was entertaining. The rampant drug and alcohol use turned me off.

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This is the first Jessica James Mystery by Oliver. Just don't think that a murder is all our gutsy college student has on her plate. Humorous telling of a poor girl trying to keep her friends close, stay out of jail, dodging the mob, and mostly staying on her feet. SHE FALLS A LOT - FUNNY!! Cast of unique characters make up what I consider Jessica's gang. Bit hard to get the pages turning but worthwhile as the story moves along. "A copy of this book was provided by KAOS Press via Netgalley with no requirements for a review. Comments here are my honest opinion."

Jessica is from a ranch in Montana. She never met something she couldn't fall over. She is a philosophy graduate student. Jessica finds out her thesis advisor, Wolf wants her out of school. What's a girl to do? One of her friends gets her to come out of her room and smoke some pot with him and his girlfriend, Her friend decides that smoking in Wolf's office is the thing to do. After breaking in, they find his body. This is really not good. Jessica and her friends start investigating his murder. The Russian Mafia are after her when she finds out they are supplying date rape drugs to the college. Priceless stolen paintings, the Russian Mafia, drug dealing and a stolen thesis are all part of Jessica's misadventures. Now if someone doesn't poison her, she might make it thru school with her degree. I thought this book was fun. I loved the characters, especially Jessica. Full of adventure and action. I received this book from Net Galley and the publisher for a honest review and no compensation otherwise.

An entertaining and fun to read mystery. It's not the typical cozy as the cast of characters is very original.
The plot is interesting and the characters are likeable.
Recommended!
Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC.