A review by kaleyamo
Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay

4.0

This was my first cozy mystery, and I think it's safe to say I've found a new genre.

Overall, it was a quick, cute little read. I've already borrowed the next in the series from my library.

The downside — there were a few things that confused me in the writing that I think were just little mistakes not caught in editing -- I couldn't figure out Mel's size for the life of me which isn't a big deal, but distracted me from the story while I tried to riddle it out (mentioned her being both curvy as a child/teen/young adult but also said she grew up lanky). There was also a confusing part with a dad/brother named Charlie. Either they were both named Charlie, or one was a typo, but it would mention Charlie brother then Charlie dad without any sort of clarification on which we were really talking about -- no Sr./Jr., no "other" Charlie, no "brother, also Charlie," or anything. Again, not a huge deal, but added a little level of confusion that was a turn off.

Some of the characters were also a little ludicrous.

Spoiler

Mel's mom jumping right into believing her daughter was a murderer was a little weird.

But overall, a good story.