I really enjoyed this cozy mystery. I voluntarily chose to review this. Between the heroine's being accident prone and her reaction to it, I laughed so hard, there were tears and I could almost see it happening. Of course there were sad moments too. I will be reading a lot more of this author. I just wanted to cheer her on. We all can use a little more humor now. ( )

Challenge 14 of the 2019 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge is "A cozy mystery." Now I'll admit that cozy mysteries are one of my guilty pleasures, and have been for long before I'd ever heard of the genre. Mary Daheim, Diane Mott Davidson, Tamar Myers all have multiple works on my personal library shelves, and I'd even suggest that Rita Mae Brown's Sneaky Pie books fit the mold as well. While there isn't exactly a formula involved, cozy mysteries often revolve around a woman who inadvertently gets mixed up in a murder investigation. Quite often, our protagonist is the suspect, or perhaps a close friend or relative of the primary suspect, and acts to clear her own or her acquaintance's name. Often, as in this book, the protagonist is a cook or baker, and often there are recipes included in the text. Addison Moore doesn't include recipes, but I wish she would. Some of the desserts Lottie Lemon creates sound scruptious and I'd love to try them out. As in many of these cozy mysteries, several people could well be the killer, and Lottie puts her own life in danger as she attempts to solve the case. And again as is often the case, there is a handsome hunk of a man who tries in vain to keep Lottie out of trouble. In fact, in this book there are three men who seem to be drawn to Lottie's flame. The victim is perhaps the least likeable character in the story, and the actual killer was, to me at least, a complete surprise. But in fairness, I never try to figure out whodunit. I prefer to let the text carry me along for the ride, and in this case I thoroughly enjoyed the outing. Highly recommended to my cozy mystery reading friends. I look forward to reading more by Addison Moore. ( )

Actual rating: it's hovering there

*I don't know what to make of Lottie Lemon
*It reads like one of those Hallmark mystery movies
*Things I want more that just got put into there for shucks: her ability. If you take it out, nothing will change.
*Is it classified as instalove? ( )