Shamefully, the protagonist Maryse is the blandest of the bunch. Pretty much the only unique thing she has going for her is that she’s a scientist but instead focusing on this, the story makes her social life the central point of her character. I would much rather have read about the adventures of a brilliant, introverted botanist who is fulfilled by her work and just happens to have an adventure…rather than watching a flat, 2D form get shuffled around from conflict to conflict to constantly keep her toeing the line of being a “Damsel in Distress”. Oh, how I wish I was kidding about this.) (There is literally even a “If it wasn’t for you meddling kids” scene at the end when the main bad guy is abruptly revealed. The characters are especially flat, which is terribly unfortunate since the plot reads like a lost episode of “Scooby Doo”. So I tagged it for reading under my #MandarayReads hashtag, thinking that at the very least it would be short, light, and have a consistent sense of humor to help keep the livetweeting interesting.ĭespite its cute cover and snazzy synopsis, “Trouble in Mudbug” is an experience which I would describe largely as “tepid”. It advertises itself as a fun, lighthearted adventure with a mixture of ghosts, psychics and romance that I thought sounded interesting. I never expected “Trouble in Mudbug” to wow me. Final Rating: cups of leopard-print tea which tasted very strongly of fat-shaming and boredom.
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