Housekeepers who spend their entire life with a family & talk like Scarlet O'Hara? Check. Characters with names like Ella Mae and Loralyn? Check. Second, if you are going to set your story in NW Georgia, how about actually getting to know people from there? Instead, the author overdosed on cramming together every outdated stereotype & cliché possible. However, so disappointing to start the actual reading! First of all, if your main character is going to specialize in making pies & you are going to describe the process, maybe you should learn how to actually do it? And don't create revolting pies involving tomatoes with mayonnaise. Yes, the trope of food with magical qualities has been done A LOT, magical pies specifically are certainly not new, but I enjoy it & could always have more. Cozy mystery, a little magic, a little romance - I was really looking forward to it. The idea of this book is right up my alley. Yet another example of how bad a book can be when an author writes what they do NOT know.
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