Another cute cozy mystery! This was a very fun read full of lots of coffee drinks that was everything my lil coffee lover heart could ask for.

I read this as a buddy read with the lovely @rosebudreading! We decided we would read lots more cozy mysteries together and we stumbled across this coffee themed one! With both of us being coffee lovers, we could not resist this one.

From the very first chapter there are tons of different coffee recipes and references that shows that the author truly knows her stuff when it comes to coffee. This made it so much more enjoyable and made me love it instantly. I was so excited to see her describe making drinks and the differences in light/dark coffee roasts. Barista Mea definitely approves!

I also enjoyed most of the characters in this story, they all had pretty good character development and were enjoyable to read about. However, there were some moments I felt her best friend, Harley, was a tad bit annoying.

The other thing that seemed a little out of place for me with this one was the amount of background info we got on Sage’s family, yet it seemed to not be expanded or resolved by the end of the book. With this being the first book in the series though, I am hoping to learn more about it in future installments of this series.

Overall, I had a lot of fun reading this book and I will definitely be continuing the series when the next installment comes out! I rate this novel 4/5 stars!