There are a slew of cupcake fiction books across various genres coming out, and we'll be covering them all. The cupcake murder mystery Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay is officially out today. The publisher sent me a copy and I loved it! I'm a big cozy mystery fan so I had a feeling I'd dig it. For anyone who works at a cupcake bakery, you'll like the little behind-the-scenes details, and cozy mystery fans will enjoy the story of a bridezilla who gets killed while holding a cupcake in her hand.
My official review is below, and we'll have an interview with author Jenn McKinlay (and perhaps a contest) soon! Oh, and we get a shoutout in the acknowledgments...thanks! See the author's website for more information.
Sprinkle with Murder is the first in a cupcake bakery mystery series...and today is the last day to enter to get your name in book 2, Buttercream Bump Off! Click for details.
Book review, Sprinkle with Murder, by Rachel Kramer Bussel:
Who knew cupcakes were so dangerous? This fun, well-plotted mystery centers around two best friends, Melanie and Angie, who've just started a cupcake business, and are set to cater the wedding of their longtime male friend, Tate, whose fiance, fashion designer Christie, is, to put it mildly, not well-liked by almost anyone save for her fiance and one fawning assistant. When she insists on owning control over the original cupcake flavors that Fairy Tale Cupcakes is making, they almost balk, but agree...until she winds up dead, with a cupcake in her hand. This wreaks havoc on their business and Mel decides she's going to find out who the culprit is to save her business, and her reputation since rumors are swirling that she was the one with the fatal cupcake.
This is a page turner that certainly kept me guessing, and the horrors of Christie's manipulation are related with an almost gleeful detail. The author's done her homework on what it takes to run a cupcake bakery, and there's an entertaining rivalry with another shop (complete with frosting splattering!) as well as cupcake recipes at the end. A very promising start to this mystery series; I look forward to reading the rest!
My official review is below, and we'll have an interview with author Jenn McKinlay (and perhaps a contest) soon! Oh, and we get a shoutout in the acknowledgments...thanks! See the author's website for more information.
Sprinkle with Murder is the first in a cupcake bakery mystery series...and today is the last day to enter to get your name in book 2, Buttercream Bump Off! Click for details.
Book review, Sprinkle with Murder, by Rachel Kramer Bussel:
Who knew cupcakes were so dangerous? This fun, well-plotted mystery centers around two best friends, Melanie and Angie, who've just started a cupcake business, and are set to cater the wedding of their longtime male friend, Tate, whose fiance, fashion designer Christie, is, to put it mildly, not well-liked by almost anyone save for her fiance and one fawning assistant. When she insists on owning control over the original cupcake flavors that Fairy Tale Cupcakes is making, they almost balk, but agree...until she winds up dead, with a cupcake in her hand. This wreaks havoc on their business and Mel decides she's going to find out who the culprit is to save her business, and her reputation since rumors are swirling that she was the one with the fatal cupcake.
This is a page turner that certainly kept me guessing, and the horrors of Christie's manipulation are related with an almost gleeful detail. The author's done her homework on what it takes to run a cupcake bakery, and there's an entertaining rivalry with another shop (complete with frosting splattering!) as well as cupcake recipes at the end. A very promising start to this mystery series; I look forward to reading the rest!
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