Fun House

This is an outtake from a blog post discussing John Ceepak Mysteries 6-8 over at The Irresponsible Reader. It probably works better in the context of the whole, but, you never know.
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A competitive version of The Jersey Shore comes to Sea Haven, and with it comes chaos, attention, and gobs of money. Oh, and because this is Sea Haven – murder.

We're treated to a nice bit of social satire/cultural commentary along with our usual Ceepak/Boyle antics. Sure, it's at the admittedly easy targets of The Jersey Shore/”Reality TV” in general. Still, it was fun, like this little bit about the host of just before a commercial break:

...teases Chip, because they like to do that a lot on these shows: hint that something good is coming. In fact, they do more hinting and teasing than actual entertaining.

Grabenstein has fun ridiculing MTV's Jersey Shore in this book, but I was a little disappointed at the outright copying of characters from the tv show. I'm sure everyone would have gotten the joke even if Grabenstein was more creative with names & personalities. Still, a good addition to the series