Thank you Netgalley and Kensington Books for a copy in exchange for an honest review.

It took me some time to get into the story and feel like I could separate the characters properly in my head, but when I got it I had a great time reading. The environment is cozy in a b&b during a wine tour. We follow Poppy in her journey to find the killer and also have a look into her love life and her struggles surrounding that.

The murder story was set up well. All characters had their suspicious traits and I was led from one to another by the author. I was pleased by the outcome and think the author managed to point the reader in the right direction not to figure things out immediately and get bored.

There's also more than enough playing outside of the crime that's committed. Poppy is involved in a love triangle and needs to navigate around that. I did notice these parts were larger than I normally find in cozy mysteries, but I didn't mind that much. The only thing is that it sometimes distracted me from the whole detective game and I had to recall where we were in the detective story.

Overall I think it's a nice story to read on a cozy night when it's raining outside. I haven't read any of the other books in the series, which also might explain the slow start for me, but the relationships get clear throughout the book and I don't think you need to have read previous books to understand what's going on.