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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
no matter how much a person might want to get revenge on a person, I cannot imagine a diabetic using insulin to kill a person...
I didn’t like the narrator and the dual perspectives were confusing from chapter to chapter.
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Why do I read cozy mysteries when so much time is spent on admiring the love interest, backing off, thinking of their body, wishing for more, etc. And why are books so poorly edited that characters’ names are misspelled, e.g Vance/Lance, and a memorable phrase like ‘heart shaped ass’ repeats multiple times.
mysterious
medium-paced
You can't help but like Danielle Sloan from paragraph one on the first page. She's the 30-something-year-old woman who quit her job when she saw it was going nowhere, and she has befriended Ivy Drake, a college student who lives across the hall. The two act as much like sisters as friends, and the arrangement works well.
Dani is delightfully approachable. She's not a super model ice princess type. She refers, sometimes ruefully, to her ample hips, and she's been through tough times. But those tough times haven't hardened her or turned her into a bitter cynic.
She isn't jobless for long. She learns that she has inherited an old Victorian mansion near the university in the small midwestern town where the book occurs. In that house, she can fulfill her dream of creating a Chef-to-Go business that feeds college kids healthy sack lunches and allows Dani to do some catering in town as well.
The business is going well, and Dani has even taken in three college students as renters who help out with the catering business. One of them is Ivy Drake. Ivy's uncle, Spencer, is head of security at the university, and before it's over Dani and Spencer, a former FBI undercover guy, will come to know one another pretty well.
The new business is a hit until the fateful day after Dani caters a party for a wealthy and troubled college student. There's a bit of a kerfuffle at the party, and the next day, the rich bitch college girl is dead. Naturally, Dani and her friend, Ivy, are immediate suspects.
There is no dearth of suspects here, and the author is talented enough to keep hidden until the end the actual killer. This was a quick one-day read, and I'd read additional books in this series without hesitation. Incidentally, if you like your mysteries real cozy, this one maynot quite get there. There's some profanity in here and reference to BDSM, but no graphical details.
Dani is delightfully approachable. She's not a super model ice princess type. She refers, sometimes ruefully, to her ample hips, and she's been through tough times. But those tough times haven't hardened her or turned her into a bitter cynic.
She isn't jobless for long. She learns that she has inherited an old Victorian mansion near the university in the small midwestern town where the book occurs. In that house, she can fulfill her dream of creating a Chef-to-Go business that feeds college kids healthy sack lunches and allows Dani to do some catering in town as well.
The business is going well, and Dani has even taken in three college students as renters who help out with the catering business. One of them is Ivy Drake. Ivy's uncle, Spencer, is head of security at the university, and before it's over Dani and Spencer, a former FBI undercover guy, will come to know one another pretty well.
The new business is a hit until the fateful day after Dani caters a party for a wealthy and troubled college student. There's a bit of a kerfuffle at the party, and the next day, the rich bitch college girl is dead. Naturally, Dani and her friend, Ivy, are immediate suspects.
There is no dearth of suspects here, and the author is talented enough to keep hidden until the end the actual killer. This was a quick one-day read, and I'd read additional books in this series without hesitation. Incidentally, if you like your mysteries real cozy, this one maynot quite get there. There's some profanity in here and reference to BDSM, but no graphical details.
Problematic. Predictable. In other words, it met my expectations exactly. Listened to this one on audiobook and it was a nice 'in the background' audiobook for me to have on while I completed my work.
Given some of the tropes, I was surprised to find that this book was only published in 2018 - too recent for it to sit right with me.
And how come everyone in their 30s in this book is acting like they're in their 50s?! Unless I'm just especially on point for being in my 30s and don't relate....? (... I'm deluded, aren't I?)
The mystery element was fairly solid, and what you'd expect from a cozy mystery. Though the one surprise was (not an unpleasant surprise) was
A resounding 'what I expected'.
Given some of the tropes, I was surprised to find that this book was only published in 2018 - too recent for it to sit right with me.
And how come everyone in their 30s in this book is acting like they're in their 50s?! Unless I'm just especially on point for being in my 30s and don't relate....? (... I'm deluded, aren't I?)
The mystery element was fairly solid, and what you'd expect from a cozy mystery. Though the one surprise was (not an unpleasant surprise) was
Spoiler
the explicitly sexual thoughts - again, not unpleasant, but super cheesy and had me laughing at the ridiculousness of it several times. I was just of the belief that cozy mysteries skirted around the very existence of sex!A resounding 'what I expected'.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
cute cozy mystery. i’d imagine a grandma reading this with a cup of tea and her ancient cat on her lap while sitting on the recliner
It required more suspension of belief than most of the books I read, but it wasn't the worst thing. I'd give it a solid 'meh'.