am enjoying this series by Josi Kilpack and looking forward to reading more, I have read them out of order though, so I have some catching up to do! This is bookand it will be helpful to start from the beginning.
There arebooks in the series in case you are wondering, While the books can stand on their own, you have more understanding of the characters if you start from the beginning, But I must admit this Sadie definitely has a pension for trouble, . . MISSING!
Name: Megan Burton
Age:
Description: dark hair, blue eyes no identifiable scars wearing a diamond tennis bracelet
Last seen three years ago in Key West, Florida
If you have any information, please contact the police immediately.
When Sadie Hoffmiller's new friend, Eric Burton, receives word that his missing daughter's body may have been found in Florida, he immediately packs his bags, but Sadie is determined to stay home and prove to everyone that she is not a busybody.
But when she senses Eric is hiding something, Sadie is compelled to take action, Before she knows it, she's in the heart of Miami, trying to piece together a trail littered with broken relationships, mysterious strangers, and forged documents that might just provide Eric the answers he's been desperately searching for or reveal a truth he may not be ready to face.
Sadie must also face a difficult question: Where is her heart leading her Onward into Eric's adventurous arms Or back home to the stable and steady Pete Cunningham If only love was as easy as following a recipe.
Once again, Sadie finds herself in the company of some colorful characters and on the hunt for some good oldfashioned Southern cooking, But despite the drama and intrigue, all Sadie really wants is to go home, . . as soon as she does just one more thing,
Includes eight new mouthwatering recipes, tested and approved by the official bakers of Sadie's Test Kitchen, Este mistério aconteceu no Miami! Gostei, aqui são meus critiques,
. Sinto como a autor aproveitou de nossas desejos para uma pessoa, especialmente uma pessoa negra, ser retratado, com o plot twist, Porque não tem representação de pessoas negras em este serie, queriamos este ser um personagem positiva e eramos tão tristes e sorprendido quando não foi de verdade.
Acho que eu estaria menos molestada se tem outras pessoas negras no serie e não parecia como uma declaração sobre eles, Quando o único pessoa negra no serie é um villanico que representada esterotipos, é triste, Sei que, talvez Shawn é negro, A gente não sabe com certeza, Mas, em fim, não pensando em raça, o princípio com o traição de Monty foi um plot twist, E eu gosto de isso, :
. Tive uma escanaria onde diz “The words for tomorrow, problema and iron sound similar, ” “Tomorrow” é “mañana” “problem” é “problema” e “iron” e “plancha” ou “hierro,” não sei o contexto, Não me parece similar!
, Eu não entendi o fim completamente, E no gosto disso! É Megan casou com Alex e onde fica Hugo ou Monty Ainda tô uma pouca confundida, que talvez é um produto de speed reading as vezes, Prazer culpado, sim.
Oh e também! Eric parecia tão diferente neste livro, No “Devils Food Cake,” ele foi tão legal, mas isto é um lado novo dele, : It was definitely better than the lemon tart book, I still can't stand the main character, I tried to read this slowly so I could savor another Sadie Hoffmiller adventure, but before I knew it, I had devoured the entire thing.
I can't wait for the next one! Hot dog! The Sadie Hofmiller we grew to love in Lemon Tart is back, after a descent into obnoxious rudeness in English Trifle and a complete departure from common sense in Devil's Food Cake.
Sadie is still an impulsive busybody, but Kilpack takes the time to allow her protagonist to explain herself to herselfshe knows she could be perceived as taking terrible chances and meddling where she has no businessbut that allows the reader a glimpse of Sadie's inner life that explains her to the reader, not just to herself, and that makes a huge difference.
The phrase "inner life" is not one you're going to see in many reviews of this type of formulaic fiction, and there's not too much of it, but it makes the difference between careening inexplicably from one foolish choice to another as in Devil's Food Cake and enjoying the ride with Sadie while looking on with fondness instead of irritation.
This time Sadie needs to choose between Ericwith whom she feels a definite chemistryand her steady police detective, Pete, In the process she gets caught up in Eric's search for his missing daughter, Kilpack takes the time not only to explore Sadie's motivations, but also to create some really interesting characters: the inscrutable Layla, the dependable and unusually loyal Monty, the devoted Tia whose nature is unresolvedis she a good person involved in criminal behavior or does she think she'd doing the right thing, and the reluctant criminal, Joe.
She alse develops Eric's character further, so that Sadie gains insights that help her decide about her relationships with Eric and Pete,
Meanwhile, it's a fun ride as Sadie can't help but try to tie up an entire mystery into a package complete for presentation to the police, even though they insist that she give them what she has and let them take care of things.
Not Sadieshe wants closure, and could get killed in the process, That packagewithabow approach may have worked for Nancy Drew, but Sadie, honey, we aren'tanymore and you're playing in a bigger, potentially more deadly league! Key Lime Pie is fun and worth readingand the recipes look great! More slow cooker recipes, please Thanks, Josi Kilpack, for bringing back the original Sadie.
I look forward to Blackberry or is it Blueberry Crumble, the next in the series,
Ok. Finally Sadie is the normal person we met in Lemon Tart, She finally is in the investigation because she wanted to help a friend, not just solve every problem and murder!
Thankfully the main focus if this one wasn't murder.
It was an excellent change of pace, There was murder in it, but that wasn't the main focus, Sadie is always getting into finding out what happened and into the policeman's way, She is good at helping, but does some really dumb things that put her life in danger, That was a bit annoying while I read the book, Sadie just cant catch a break, can she Or shes just so nosy that she wouldnt want one anyway,
With all the mystery and crosscountry travel involved in this story, my next comment will seem odd: Can I just say how glad I am that Pete FINALLY stopped acting like a dork I mean, I know he and Sadie end up together in the end looked through all the series synopses, but he hadnt been very impressive so far.
But I think he turned a corner in this one, Bravo, good sir!
Yeah, my priorities,
Anyway, the mystery was good, if a teenybit farfetched, The draw of these books is Sadies antics, though, These sweet, neighborly woman caught up in serious crises with all kinds of dangerous characters its a fun premise, Definitely great for a light, fun read, Nothing wrong with that at all, Okay, since all my friends on Goodreads liked this one really well, they must have "caught on" to things that just didn't make sense to me.
Maybe my book was missing the last chapter, This book was great until the end, . . when it didn't. I guess it was important to find out how Sadie's love life was going to turn out, and get that last recipe in, but I wanted to know what was going to happen to several of the main characters that were just left "hanging" at the end! I had some real unanswered questions that I can't believe are going to be entertained in future books, since they are pertinent to this particular mystery.
If I say any more I will give things away, but I want to know what is going to happen to all those people we were introduced to in Florida that have now just dropped off the face of the earth! I really do enjoy reading these Culinary Mysteries by Josi S.
Kilpack. They are easy to read and clean, Sadie is such a busy body, and gets herself wrapped up into things she shouldn't, However, she is a fantastic cook and I adore the recipes that are included in the books, I CANNOT WAIT to try the Cajun Coleslaw from this one! I'm also excited to read the next book, Blackberry Crumble, Sounds Yummy!!
read more of my review here:
sitelink blogspot This book took me a while to get into it, and Im not sure if that was because of the book or because of me.
But it resolves the question of Sadie choosing which man she wanted to date, And once I got into it I didnt want to put it down, just like with the others, Also, there is a good variety of recipes, and most of them look really good, I appreciate that theyre not all for cookies and sweets, Age:
Swearing: None.
Sexual Content: None.
Rating: PG
"None of us can choose our past, but we do have the future ahead of us every day, "
I love how EVERY character is so tightly intertwined into the story, This has been my favorite in the series so far, I liked that Sadie wasnt actively trying to solve this case and wanted to do the right thing, I think it was getting annoying in the others that she was being so involved, Sadie goes to Florida to help her friend Eric, Eric has no clue she is on her way to help him, When she gets there she finds herself in a situation she never wanted to be in, The plot twists in this book were insane! I was excited for every chapter, I was worried that there wouldnt be a book that captured me as much as Lemon Tart, I am glad that I kept giving the series a chance because I really enjoyed this book.
My only issue is how Josi referred to people with brain injuries as slow several times throughout the book, I understand that when this was published people werent as knowledgeable of the correct terms but as someone who works with individuals with brain injuries this kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
I read this book for thebooks inweeks reading challenge, I used the March mini challenge prompt read a book with pi or pie, The main character annoyed me, The storyline was ok though, I just got frustrated with the way the main character always seemed to make the exact wrong choice, Some of her problems were definatly self created, This would have been a much better story with a main character who was a little less blonde, I think this might be my favorite book yet, in this "guilty pleasure" mystery series, Yes, there were eye rolling moments and things that were a stretch to believe, but I can't help loving and relating to the heroine Sadie Hoffmiller.
. . a bit more than I care to admit, The action and suspense in this book, were quite intense and I found myself sneaking back for just one more chapter, then one more chapter, when I should have been folding laundry or doing dishes : The recipes in this book didn't speak to me like the ones in the last book, but maybe I just wasn't as hungry.
Now on to some more serious books, but I'll be back when I need some escapist reading, I liked this book very much, Josi is good at working the plot so you can't figure out who did what or who the victim or victims will be,
I do not like the way Sadie gets hurt though, The older she gets, the harder it will be for her to heal :
I do love the way the reader reads these books.
She has very good accents and is also very expressive, I did not understand the attraction to Eric unless they were going for an extreme opposites attract angle, I'm a commitment kind of girl, so I was rubbed the wrong way with Sadie's actions or lack
of actions in the opening scenes,
I didn't understand how Gail could be her best friend and yet Sadie couldn't be honest with her and tell her it was too soon.
Or how Gail wouldn't know that, Small bit, but it bugged me, I don't have time for that nonsense now and I'm significantly younger, Actually I never have. I prefer a straight shooter,
Anyway. The subject matter is bleak Missing persons specifically ayear old girl on spring break, which made me nervous, Eric bothers me from beginning to end, From inappropriately asking Sadie to get personally involved in something while refusing to answer basic questions about it, to all of the information that eventually comes out about him and his history.
Low respect. Really, really low.
SPOILERS HERE
I was shocked at Sadie's loose lips, ADD when it came to the police and relaying important info, and complete trust of yet another stranger.
Monty was nice, sure, but didn't act normal and my guard would have been WAY up for example, if I saw someone appear to be abducted, I would call the police and report it, not follow them and sneak up on the abductor with a billy club.
And I couldn't believe she texted him to come in for help/rescue when there were guns involved! She should have texted him to call!
The story feels really slow moving.
We don't get motives and therefore suspects until the end, Sadie is getting herself in the middle of her most dangerous situations yet without a care in the world and it gave me so much anxiety.
However, there was so little explanation or back story until the end that I was invested I wanted to know what happened to Layla and what happened to Megan and that was enough to keep me going.
By the end, I was glad Sadie came to her senses and learned to appreciate quality in her personal relationships and I was finally impressed with how she handled herself in her very last pickle.
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Based on warnings from my mom and sister, I had low expectations for this book, They told me if I didn't like Devil's Food Cake which I didn't then I definitely would not like this one, I guess you can see how much I trust their recommendations! No, the truth is, for me these are just fun books to read, Sadie and her relationships with food, Pete, and crime just crack me up, I like seeing the story unfold, and even if I hate the ending which seems to be the norm with this series, being in the middle of the book is so fun that I've decided it's worth the poor endings.
So did I hate the ending Not as much as I thought I would, But that's probably because I was warned that the plot had some similarities to Devil's Food Cake, which I took to mean that the plot would look like it was winding down and resolving itself only to have a major plot twist which reveals the real murderer the least of the suspects, of course.
So I immediately pegged Monty as the bad guy because he was the one I liked best, and so when he turned menacing and wicked, I was still disappointed, but not surprised.
And that helped.
The ending was still frustrating though because I was able to figure out the murderer not because I pieced together the clues but because I know the author likes big, surprise endings.
I read on her blog that she usually starts writing at the beginning, not knowing what the ending will be, So I have to wonder: Did she plan all along that Monty would be the murderer Because to me, it seemed like she probably cast him as a good character, but then as she neared the end thought, "Now who would be the biggest shock Monty!" and so she had him fill in all the details of his evil plot once it looked like Sadie's fate was sealed.
The mystery itself was one of my favorites because it had less to do with actual murder and more with Megan's disappearance, Also, I'm planning on trying out at least half the recipes,
I've decided that these books fit just the right niche if I read them at the right time, .
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