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jbarr5's review against another edition
5.0
Buried in Buttercream A Savannah Reid Mystery by G.A. McKevett
Something about the title made me want to read this book.
From the first page it's action packed and a mystery all in one. She won't just stand there
and let things happen. She is a policewoman and on her wedding day, just an hour before it
was to happen the community hall where it was to take place burns and with all her wedding
apparel and that of the bridesmaids. She looks at the crowd and figures out who it is and goes
after them. She then goes home to where her whole family and extended family are staying overnight
in the tiny house with her and her grandmother. They've eaten most of the wedding meal and cake
also. All I can think is: oh man, what next...
3 attempts and they are still not married but are trying to track down a killer. Leads them to
investigate at the local strip club and travel to Las Vegas and the islands off the coast.
Other catastrophes occur and other mysteries that I don't think they will ever get to get
married in this book, maybe the next one.
Something about the title made me want to read this book.
From the first page it's action packed and a mystery all in one. She won't just stand there
and let things happen. She is a policewoman and on her wedding day, just an hour before it
was to happen the community hall where it was to take place burns and with all her wedding
apparel and that of the bridesmaids. She looks at the crowd and figures out who it is and goes
after them. She then goes home to where her whole family and extended family are staying overnight
in the tiny house with her and her grandmother. They've eaten most of the wedding meal and cake
also. All I can think is: oh man, what next...
3 attempts and they are still not married but are trying to track down a killer. Leads them to
investigate at the local strip club and travel to Las Vegas and the islands off the coast.
Other catastrophes occur and other mysteries that I don't think they will ever get to get
married in this book, maybe the next one.
trayceebee's review against another edition
2.0
This is the second food/mystery book I've read. I'm not really impressed. I guess I think, if they put food on the cover, maybe they'll include recipes or something? Or at least be interesting? Okay, to be totally honest, I didn't have great expectations for this book. I grabbed it because I knew I was going to need a piece of fluff to read after the one I read before it. Despite the fact that this was a murder mystery, it was, indeed, fluff. I didn't hate it. It's just that I was only mildly entertained by it.... enough to not quit reading it....
raemelle's review against another edition
2.0
Simple book. Simple writing. Unwitty banter trying to play like it's smarter than it is. Predictable scenes. Cheesy, unrealistic happy endings (the sixteen year old prostitute who just needed to be driven to the bus stop, given some cash, and told to go home to her pretty bedroom and loving brother - and suddenly she's all better).
All of the characters around the main one seem to be these extreme stereotypes. Nothing subtle about them.
And I'm distinctly tired of how the character of Tammy is portrayed. The woman has got to be in her mid thirties by this point, but she's written like a fourteen year old. Saying things like Poo Poo Head and talking in general like a child.
I shouldn't complain. Books in this style are notorious for poor character development and simple dialogue. It's what makes them quick reads.
All of the characters around the main one seem to be these extreme stereotypes. Nothing subtle about them.
And I'm distinctly tired of how the character of Tammy is portrayed. The woman has got to be in her mid thirties by this point, but she's written like a fourteen year old. Saying things like Poo Poo Head and talking in general like a child.
I shouldn't complain. Books in this style are notorious for poor character development and simple dialogue. It's what makes them quick reads.
lraven13's review against another edition
4.0
In the preceding book 'A Decadent Way to Die', the ending was both sad and shocking. Buried in Buttercream picks up three months later into a moment where things are better but disaster seems to following Savannah Reid, PI extraordinaire and her long time best friend who finally tying the knot.
One wedding results in the venue being burned down and the second ends with a murder, leaving Savannah, sadly unwed, forced to put up with her spoiled siblings and their bratty kids in her tiny house much longer than anticipated.
Who killed the wedding plan is the name of the game and unfortunately the suspect list is growing by the minute. Will Savannah ever get to say 'I do' to her man? Will Dirk be able to weed through the suspect and find the killer? Will Granny be forced to smack someone down with a skillet? Will Tammy forgive herself for the past and find a new love?
Get ready for a fun ride to the alter!*
*If you haven't read the previous book, you will want to. There are many allusions to it, though none of the characters really talk about it. If you haven't read it, do so!
One wedding results in the venue being burned down and the second ends with a murder, leaving Savannah, sadly unwed, forced to put up with her spoiled siblings and their bratty kids in her tiny house much longer than anticipated.
Who killed the wedding plan is the name of the game and unfortunately the suspect list is growing by the minute. Will Savannah ever get to say 'I do' to her man? Will Dirk be able to weed through the suspect and find the killer? Will Granny be forced to smack someone down with a skillet? Will Tammy forgive herself for the past and find a new love?
Get ready for a fun ride to the alter!*
*If you haven't read the previous book, you will want to. There are many allusions to it, though none of the characters really talk about it. If you haven't read it, do so!
teaandbooklover's review against another edition
4.0
Love the way she writes!
I'm not much of a mystery reader, but I really liked this. I admit the cover got me! What I enjoyed was the family all being together, crazy as they were, how in love Dirk and Savannah were and treated each other so well and the morals in the family. I liked the flow of the story and all the other characters. She had me guessing till the end "who done it", and the ending was beautiful.
I'm not much of a mystery reader, but I really liked this. I admit the cover got me! What I enjoyed was the family all being together, crazy as they were, how in love Dirk and Savannah were and treated each other so well and the morals in the family. I liked the flow of the story and all the other characters. She had me guessing till the end "who done it", and the ending was beautiful.
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