Wedding Cake Crumble by Jenn McKinlay

Wedding Cake Crumble by Jenn McKinlay ISBN-13: 9780399583834 Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Released: April 3, 2018

Source: Review copy from the publisher.

Book Description from Goodreads:
With Angie and Tate's wedding just around the corner, it's a happy--but very busy--time for Mel. Not only is she doing double duty as both the maid of honor and best man, but her bakery, Fairy Tale Cupcakes, has just been hired to provide cupcakes for a famous author's book signing. But when the author turns up dead, it's just the start of a murder mystery that Mel must solve.


My Review:
Wedding Cake Crumble is a cozy mystery. It is the tenth book in a series, but you don't need to read the previous books to understand this one. This book did not spoil the mysteries in the previous books. However, the main focus of this book was the wedding between Angie and Tate and the romantic relationships of the other workers at the cupcake shop. I suspect that people who have read the previous books will find that content more interesting.

There were not very many clues in the mystery. Whodunit was on my suspect list from early on simply because we were not offered very many suspects. Mel figured out whodunit (and the motive) due to an inspiration at the end and was able to save the next victim on whodunit's list. Yay! But we never really learn how whodunit managed to successfully overpower and kill so many people, just the motive.

There was no sex. There was a fair amount of bad language. And, author, using a little "g" when the characters say, "Oh my god!" doesn't make the phrase less problematic...especially when it turned out that at least some of the characters saying it attend a Christian church and actually do believe in God. Overall, I liked the characters enough that I enjoyed the story, but I'd mainly recommend it to the series fans.


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