mystereity's reviews
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Good story, the plot was well done and kept me guessing. Kathleen seems to have a lot of desserts on hand at all times and it's pretty much the only thing she eats. Weird.

Best one of the series so far

Started this a week or so ago and it didn't hold my interest. Came back to it tonight and got as far as chapter 3 and nope. Not for me. Uninteresting, stereotypical characters and the setting didn't impress.

Not bad for a first in a series. The location was charming and I liked the colorful characters and the vintage kitchen is a cute idea. The plot was a little Jessica Fletcher-y. I more or less figured it out early on in the book. There was a little too much internal dialogue going on (the endless mooning over her ex left me flipping through pages an pages) and the foreshadowing could've been more subtle to the same effect.

There was one thing that irritated me: Baking SODA does NOT fizz in water. Ever. Baking POWDER does. If you mix up the two, you will have major baking problems.

3.5 stars. I liked it, but didn't love it. The characters and the setting were rich in details and the plot had a lot of twists and turns. So why didn't I love it? It got bogged down with a lot of dialogue between characters that detracted from the flow of the book. I also didn't like switching between 2 characters. Overall, not a bad book for the first in a series, but could use some editing.

Not bad. Too much filler but I like crabby old Agatha. But not good enough to muster a full review, so I'll just say it didn't thrill me but it didn't kill me either.

:)

Not as good as the first book. I would've given this 4 stars but the whole bumbling romance part of the plot really put me off. I think it's because she went from being an assertive, confident woman in the first book to slowly sliding down the maudlin damsel-in-distress stereotype that I despise. Overall, the plot wasn't that well-rounded either. The whodunit took a back seat to all of Agatha's mooning, and I couldn't keep the suspects straight. The plot resolution was not so much solved as explained by the killer.

A fun read, but I don't see the series going anywhere. This will probably be the last book I read from this series.

I enjoy catching up with Tricia and the crew, and the latest in the Booktown series even added a few details to the history of the Miles sisters. The plot had a lot of twists and turns and although I guessed the who in whodunit early on in the book, I didn't foresee the why. A fun, quick read, but I fear this is heading towards the dreaded love triangle that has ruined a few series for me (Hello? Joanne Fluke?)I really hope some fantastic non-stalking not-busy prince on a horse gallops up in the next one to put a stop to any long drawn-out battle for the fair Tricia's affections. She's got enough to deal with.