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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
Baking competition...and murder!!!
I think I enjoyed this one more than the first one but my "problem" with it is that I'm not sure how well done the foreshadowing was. I'd have to read it again to see if I could track the killer through it. But after having finished it, I enjoyed it. I like the extra complication, which I pegged as soon as the thing happened. The motive and everything are good.
And I genuinely like Norman. Mike is occasionally a tool but he can't help it and I feel fondness for him anyway.
Hannah is super nosy. Like wow. I mean, it pays off but also wow.
And I like that she and Andrea are repairing their relationship.
Moishe steals every scene he's in.
I think I enjoyed this one more than the first one but my "problem" with it is that I'm not sure how well done the foreshadowing was. I'd have to read it again to see if I could track the killer through it. But after having finished it, I enjoyed it. I like the extra complication, which I pegged as soon as the thing happened. The motive and everything are good.
And I genuinely like Norman. Mike is occasionally a tool but he can't help it and I feel fondness for him anyway.
Hannah is super nosy. Like wow. I mean, it pays off but also wow.
And I like that she and Andrea are repairing their relationship.
Moishe steals every scene he's in.
My gluten for punishment series. This book was really good. Think I enjoyed it better than the first book which is rare for me. #TeamMike
This book was so forgettable that this review is serving more of a reminder to me about what it's roughly about. Hannah investigates against the wishes of his suitor Mike the cop, about the murder of the school coach Boyd. She and her sister Andrea, who collaborates quite extensively with her until a sudden final exit from the case, find out from Norman that Lucy the reporter is a blackmailer. I was wondering if Norman's sins for which he himself was being extorted were going to come out in the open but it didn't come out.
There is one part right at the end where Hannah wished that Norman and Mike were combined to become the best groom or boyfriend. I know that many women wish that in their lives. But it just seemed wrong here because Mike is nearly the complete package. The author simply wanted us to believe that the two guys are neck to neck in their toe to toe contest for Hannah's favors. Anyway that riled me. Hannah shouldn't merely think of Norman as a comforting teddy bear, as he displayed more humor than Mike. But who cares. The only certainty about the series is that Hannah's cookies get more and more sought after and Hannah herself gets slightly more and more fatter.
There is one part right at the end where Hannah wished that Norman and Mike were combined to become the best groom or boyfriend. I know that many women wish that in their lives. But it just seemed wrong here because Mike is nearly the complete package. The author simply wanted us to believe that the two guys are neck to neck in their toe to toe contest for Hannah's favors. Anyway that riled me. Hannah shouldn't merely think of Norman as a comforting teddy bear, as he displayed more humor than Mike. But who cares. The only certainty about the series is that Hannah's cookies get more and more sought after and Hannah herself gets slightly more and more fatter.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-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:
Complicated
I have read several of the Hannah Swensen books, but not trying to read them in order. I had seen the Hallmark movie based of the book previously, so i knew "who done it" but it was intersting to read this version. I kinda liked the suspense a lot better in the book than the movie.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Eh, well. Pretty much like you'd expect. Full of cliches that would literally make me cringe and set the book down, one-dimensional caricatures of characters, and a plot I really couldn't get invested in. You don't read these books for the literary merit, though; you read them because you want dessert but are too dang lazy to make yourself some dessert and so you settle on a book about dessert instead. And I guess it fulfilled on that front. That said, there were WAY too many anorexia jokes--I counted five, and one was the last sentence of the book (!). Even in a little inconsequential mystery series geared toward menopausal and/or hungry women, that is VERY not okay.
This is the second in the Hannah Swensen series. Lake Eden is hosting a cooking competition and one of the judges is murdered. The victim's wife is accused of the murder and Hannah sets out to find out who the real murderer is. A quick read with lots of great characters.
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced