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A review by whewtaewoon
Dead to the Last Drop by Cleo Coyle
2.0
Clare Cosi: barista, coffeehouse manager, mother, ex-wife, girlfriend, White House caterer?
The first book I read in this series was Espresso Shot, the seventh book; I then skipped ahead to book fifteen with Dead to the Last Drop, and what a skip it was! Suddenly Matt is divorced (?) I guess. It's actually unclear if he's (SPOILER) already divorced in this book or if he's just being a hoe. What is clear is he's annoying, and thankfully not super important in this book, yay!
However, this book serves up more coffee copaganda but this time in DC, where Detective Quinn is stationed on a special job. Clare decides that she wants to move to DC to follow her beloved while he's working in DC and while she's there she opens up a second location for the Village Blend - but with a jazz club upstairs. This comes with a whole slew of problems from a scummy chef to the president's daughter performing at the club. The whole thing is a very wild ride.
I do think certain aspects of the story are funny because it's like okay that would never work in real life - although whoever accused mysteries of any subgenre of being realistic. They're much more interesting if they're not.
Anyway, this installment of Coffeehouse Mysteries had less annoying characters which was cool. However, I still feel like I forced myself to finish this book.
The first book I read in this series was Espresso Shot, the seventh book; I then skipped ahead to book fifteen with Dead to the Last Drop, and what a skip it was! Suddenly Matt is divorced (?) I guess. It's actually unclear if he's (SPOILER) already divorced in this book or if he's just being a hoe. What is clear is he's annoying, and thankfully not super important in this book, yay!
However, this book serves up more coffee copaganda but this time in DC, where Detective Quinn is stationed on a special job. Clare decides that she wants to move to DC to follow her beloved while he's working in DC and while she's there she opens up a second location for the Village Blend - but with a jazz club upstairs. This comes with a whole slew of problems from a scummy chef to the president's daughter performing at the club. The whole thing is a very wild ride.
I do think certain aspects of the story are funny because it's like okay that would never work in real life - although whoever accused mysteries of any subgenre of being realistic. They're much more interesting if they're not.
Anyway, this installment of Coffeehouse Mysteries had less annoying characters which was cool. However, I still feel like I forced myself to finish this book.