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Christmas Cookie Murder by Leslie Meier

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mschrock8's review against another edition

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2.0

A little better than the last one I read (Tippy Toe #2), working to fill in this series.

trisha_thomas's review against another edition

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2.0

"making a little vow to herself. Tucker's murderer would be found and punished."

I am a huge fan of cozy mysteries - and although I typically like them as audio books, they are good books to read quickly and enjoy as well. But I don't know if it was the fact that I started the book in the middle of a series or if it was something else, but I did not enjoy this one.

I found Lucy Stone to be a little unbelievable. She just seemed so laid back and easy about somethings - like her son eating the cake she made for the party! I didn't find the plot terribly engaging and wasn't even guessing on the who done it - I just wasn't interested enough.

I wish this one had grabbed me but instead I struggled to even finish this small one.

esabel's review against another edition

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3.0

This was a fun, quick read. It was surprisingly well written (especially compared to some of the cozy mysteries I've read recently!) but also a bit boring. The mystery was pretty lack luster and she didn't do a lot of real investigating. There was a surprising lack of Christmas vibes, which is too bad. This has nothing to do with the plot, but I also found it a bit weird that the chapters were counting down till Christmas day, but then the storyline skipped right over Christmas and went straight to New Years.

My only other complaint was that I had a bit of trouble keeping all the characters straight. This was the first book I read in the series so perhaps if I'd read them in order that would be less of an issue.

rebeccasreadingrambles's review against another edition

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4.0

I am starting to really love this series. Lucy is a great character and I love reading about her cozy home and town surrounded by friends. She is nosy, but not annoyingly so and she gets a lot of information through her job with the local newspaper. I didn't see the ending coming at all and was surprised when all the pieces came together. There is a heavy emphasis on underage drinking and drugs in this one, and it was interesting to see everyone's different POVs about that. This is just a cozy place where I'd like to live and love to relax and read about.