rebeccasreadingrambles 's review for:

Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku

4.5

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I loved this book! It was high drama and delicious and a lot of fun. It was a mystery with a cozier side, but I would not describe it as the genre "cozy mystery".  There is an amateur sleuth, but other than that it was definitely only the edgier side which I loved.  It was on the slower side, but there was also a lot going to parse through. The descriptions of the soul food made me hungry and I loved Savvy's passion for her cafe and her desire to keep innovating.  There are a bunch of different threads here and I am so impressed Savvy was able to muddle through, because there were so many secrets and people with sketchy intent, that I kept changing my mind about my suspicions. I love how she had no problem looking into things and how everything came together in the end was so well done (loved the tai chi).  Mostly I loved getting to know Savvy and her cafe and hope we get to see more of her!

Note: I listened to the audiobook and the narration was great; she did an amazing job bringing this interesting group of characters to life and expressing all the drama.

Thanks to the publisher for an ALC and eARC; my thoughts and review are my own.