Helpful Score: 8
This is a cute cozy with a spunky new character, Suzanne Hart (owner of Donut Hearts). I found myself really rooting for her as she tries to solve the mystery of who dumped a body in front of her donut shop, despite all the warnings for her not to do so.
I do wish that the author had gone a little further with her new love interest, as it would have added a little something to this story, but from the looks of it (from the excerpt), she'll be developing that relationship more in her next book (Fatally Frosted).
I did have an idea of who the murderer was by about the fourth chapter, but I enjoyed seeing how the story played out. I loved the antics of Suzanne's best friend Grace!
Warning: Don't read this book on an empty stomach... you'll be on your way to the nearest donut shop in a hurry! :)
(The recipes in it look really yummy too! I may have to copy them and try making a few!)
I do wish that the author had gone a little further with her new love interest, as it would have added a little something to this story, but from the looks of it (from the excerpt), she'll be developing that relationship more in her next book (Fatally Frosted).
I did have an idea of who the murderer was by about the fourth chapter, but I enjoyed seeing how the story played out. I loved the antics of Suzanne's best friend Grace!
Warning: Don't read this book on an empty stomach... you'll be on your way to the nearest donut shop in a hurry! :)
(The recipes in it look really yummy too! I may have to copy them and try making a few!)
Helpful Score: 7
UGH!
If Jessica Beck isn't another pseudonym for Tim Myers, then they're sharing a brain! Cozy mystery. Small town in North Carolina. Hysterical female who reacts all out-of-proportion. Goofy explanation that defies reality.
I read a lot of cozies, and some of them are really great. This wasn't one of them.
The heroine states on page 33:
"This mess wasn't going to just go away, no matter how much I hoped it would. I was going to have to do something myself about my friend's murder, or keep looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life ..."
Mind you, this is LESS THAN 10 HOURS after the murder!! She then proceeds to point out, ad nauseum, how SHE has to solve the crime, and then complain about how the police weren't sharing their information with her ...
Her friends all assume she'll "investigate" the murder ... why?
She asks her friends to help, and then tells them they can't because they'll be at risk?
No. I'm glad I'm on a diet ... I know I won't be missing anything when I skip the rest of this series!
If Jessica Beck isn't another pseudonym for Tim Myers, then they're sharing a brain! Cozy mystery. Small town in North Carolina. Hysterical female who reacts all out-of-proportion. Goofy explanation that defies reality.
I read a lot of cozies, and some of them are really great. This wasn't one of them.
The heroine states on page 33:
"This mess wasn't going to just go away, no matter how much I hoped it would. I was going to have to do something myself about my friend's murder, or keep looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life ..."
Mind you, this is LESS THAN 10 HOURS after the murder!! She then proceeds to point out, ad nauseum, how SHE has to solve the crime, and then complain about how the police weren't sharing their information with her ...
Her friends all assume she'll "investigate" the murder ... why?
She asks her friends to help, and then tells them they can't because they'll be at risk?
No. I'm glad I'm on a diet ... I know I won't be missing anything when I skip the rest of this series!
Helpful Score: 7
I was excited to start this book, I love cozies and thought it had a great premise. I barely made it through the first chapter, too many loose ends already. First snag for me, she is experimenting with pumpkin donuts, she serves them to her first customer/friend/retired police officer and makes a point of saying that if he comments on them she'll know if she has them right, well...........nada, nothing else about them. Second snag, the "large" bank deposit, comments on how it was a "bigger" day/deposit than others, almost leaves it behind at the second hand shop she visits on the way to the bank, goes back to the donut shop to talk "privately" about nothing......and the deposit? I gave up on it. I guess I like a little more follow through on the small details. I am usually easily amused so I really hated to give up on this book. Maybe the next book will be better.
Helpful Score: 5
This book was terrible! I read TONS of cozy mysteries and this is the ONLY one I have ever read that I couldn't finish. I kept trying and trying, hoping it would get better. Nope. The story is all over the place, the writing is terribly choppy and the main character is completely unlikable. Actually, I couldn't stand any of the characters. I just removed all the other books in the series from my wish list. Skip this one folks! I honestly don't even know how this book got published.
Helpful Score: 3
cute cozy set in a small North Carolina town. Suzanne Hart opened Donut Hearts after her divorce. She investigates a murder after the body is dumped on her front steps. Cute, easy read.
Helpful Score: 1
Reasonably good start to a new series. While I liked the main character, I have to say she falls into the category of TSTL for me,(too stupid to live), with all the chances she takes. I mean, who decides to take a walk, alone, at night in a park? I also was a bit put off at the great urgency she felt practically before the poor man was killed to solve this mystery herself or else. I will read the next book, I'm sure there will be more character development and a stronger who-done-it story line.
Helpful Score: 1
A donut shop owner turned crime investigator--good for a few laughs and a light-hearted read. Always a good combination when you need a lift.
Helpful Score: 1
This was a cozy little read that is pretty much kind of "run of the mill chick fluff"
It did make me want to make a quick trip to the bakery. There are some recipes that sound pretty easy. Murder is the frosting on this fluffy read and the the book pretty much went as you'd expect it to. I'd read it again just cuz i like foodie reads, but i was hoping there would be a little more of some kind of different substance to this new series.
It did make me want to make a quick trip to the bakery. There are some recipes that sound pretty easy. Murder is the frosting on this fluffy read and the the book pretty much went as you'd expect it to. I'd read it again just cuz i like foodie reads, but i was hoping there would be a little more of some kind of different substance to this new series.
Helpful Score: 1
This is a great series! Small town dynamics, believable characters, good plots & romance thrown in for good measure. Plus plenty of donut recipes!! Everything a person wants in a cozy!
Helpful Score: 1
This is a great series! Small town dynamics, believable characters, good plots & romance thrown in for good measure. Plus plenty of donut recipes!! Everything a person wants in a cozy!
This book is the type of cozy that "what you see, is what you get" a cartoon colorful cover, and a sweet bunch of who done what's. But that's okay. sometimes that is what we want, and I actually liked this enough to continue on with the story. The main Character is believable, and fun, the donut theme is good fun food for us foodie mystery lovers, and it moves along nicely. Yeah, it's not CSI, or Criminal Minds worthy, but it is an entertaining, fun, fast cutesy.
This was a fun read What I believe is called a "beach read". The characters are interesting and the plot was not predictable.
so far the bppk is rivioting I can't put it down, 2 more chapters to go and Suzanne is unbelieveqable.
