Monday, April 28, 2014
Book Review - Killer Cupcakes - Leighann Dobbs
Title: Killer Cupcakes
Author: Leighann Dobbs
Review: Lexy Barker has finally opened her dream bakery, gotten rid of her cheating boyfriend, has a hot cop, Jack Portillo who lives next door and settled down in her grandmothers house. Life seemed perfect until her ex boyfriend is found murdered by Lexy's cupcakes.
Lexy's grandmother and her iPad friends try to solve the case so Lexy can reopen her bakery.
This book is as cute, predictable sweet as the cupcake recipes at the back of the book. The romance is obvious from the first chapter which kind of took away from the build up as I like to call it 'Will They? Won't They?' moment.
The second the murder enters the picture it’s so obvious that I wasn't sure I wanted to keep reading.
If a book has fun and interesting characters with lots of humor it can make up for the weak and predictable plot but this novel had none. Lexy was too sweet, Jack was too flat and grandma and her "detective club" were lacking something.
I love Nancy Drew when I was a kid and sometimes pull them out for fun but as an adult I want mysteries to be exciting, intriguing not predictable and flat.
I found several grammar and spelling errors though the book and that is the reason I gave it two stars instead of three.
Thank you Heidi for this review.
Pages:
Kindle Edition, 146 pages
Published:
November 2012
ISBN:
ASINB00A0NOF7G
Quick Rating:
2 out of 5 stars
Why I read this title:
Free on Kindle
Synopsis:
Things are going great for Lexy Baker. She's finally opened her dream
bakery, gotten rid of her cheating boyfriend and settled into her grandmothers
house with her perky dog Sprinkles at her side.
But her blissful life doesn't last
long. When her ex boyfriend is found poisoned with cupcakes from her bakery,
Lexy finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation headed up by her
hunky neighbor detective Jack Perillo.
With the help of a gang of iPad
toting, would-be detective grandmothers, Lexy decides to take it upon herself
to find the real murderer in order to clear her name and get her bakery back in
business.
As things heat up on the murder
trail, in the kitchen and between Lexy and the hunky detective, it's a race
against time to put the real murderer behind bars and get back to baking.
Will Lexy get her man?
Author Information:
Leighann Dobbs is the pen name of a not so famous author who lives in
New Hampshire with her husband, her trusty Chihuahua mix Mojo and her beautiful
rescue cat, Kitty. She likes to write romance and cozy mystery short stories
and novelettes perfect for the busy person on the go. These stories are great
for someone who doesn't have a lot of time for reading a full novel. Why not pick
one up and escape to another place the next time you are waiting for an
appointment, enjoying a bath or waiting to pick up the kids at soccer?
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