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The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams

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bel017's review against another edition

Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Loved the focus on positive female friendship, and the comfort scones sound amazing. Sign me up for both of those.

Didn't like Nora's relationship with Jed. He's the perfect book boyfriend: handsome, considerate, thoughtful, rearranged his life to take care of her, always turns up to save her in the nick of time; you know the type. She thinks he's hot and leads him on to get information out of him. Not cool Nora.

It's a cosy murder mystery. The goodies are good, the baddies are bad, the books are quotable and the scones are still warm.

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planreadrepeat's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This cozy mystery has a quartet of ladies who each have their own mysterious past. They form a friendship when they resolve to find the cause of death from a recent acquaintance.

The characters are complex and intriguing. The town sounds adorable and serene. Who wouldn’t like a place with a spa, bakery, book shop and a good hair dresser. The story was good and nice and twisty.

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gkaltam's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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lady_of_the_labyrinth's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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lydsquids's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I found this book very enjoyable. I was expecting a typical cozy(nothing wrong with that) but found a lot more complexity then I looked for. The story has a tinge of magical realism in that the main character can start to fix you by recommending books that will heal you, she works with a baker in town who bakes a special scone just for you that starts the process. These two aren’t friends they just share the same talent- that changes when someone they intended to help ends up being killed. Foul play is suspected by them and a few others but the sheriff wants to call it an accident or S**icide so they have to band together to figure out what really happened.The main character is not used to letting people into her life at this point and there’s a great arc about her letting people in little by little. Besides all of that this book is written by a lover of books, that comes through with all of the book quotes and references. I found myself smiling when I recognized a book reference and jotting down books I want to read in the future when I didn’t.There’s also a love interest and a hint of spice which was plenty for me and I really hope the other books in the series don’t add too much. I plan on reading more from this author soon.

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heather667's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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vanesst's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

2.0

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missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition

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3.0

I read this for APL’s April book club. The mystery pulled me in, but the writing style left a lot to be desired. It is unrealistic and pulled me out of the narrative when characters often used flowery language and spoke in long, poetic passages about things ranging from dramatic to even mundane. I am definitely not the target audience, I will admit; all of the characters are over 35. I still enjoyed this book but I am not incentivized to read the sequel.

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tangleroot_eli's review

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

First, a couple things I appreciate about this book:

Our Heroes are pretty bad at sleuthing, and they admit it. A nice choice in a subgenre full of amateur detectives who’ve never investigated so much as a checkbook register but can suddenly solve a murder
A group of women! Who are friends! And support each other! Rather than constantly tearing each other down!
Adams has attempted to give the Society members “tragic pasts” and really seems to have considered the ramifications of that for their interpersonal relationships

So those things are good! And then there’s… the rest of the book.

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espressoreader's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I would love a group of friends like this.

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