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A review by scarlettletters
A Tine to Live, A Tine to Die by Edith Maxwell
2.0
Ok this would really be a 2.5, but I rounded down just to make the distinction from other cozies I've read that I rated a 3.
First, the good things:
I liked the general premise here. The main character is a young computer programmer-turned-organic farmer. There are some fun supporting characters and relationships that I could see being fleshed out in subsequent titles. I read this book quickly and enjoyed my time reading it.
The not so good things:
There are a few sort of weird transitions, where time skips a bit and the author basically just tells what the main character did/said during that time. It didn't really feel natural; sometimes I would make sure I hadn't skipped a page. There were also some kind of cartoony/straw man antagonists, and I'm not sure it would have been possible to "solve the case" just from the information in the book. I also feel like if you're going to write a cozy mystery about food, include the recipes! There was some tasty sounding stuff in here that I wish I could make.
I would describe this as a promising debut that was worth the 2 bucks or whatever it was I paid for it.
First, the good things:
I liked the general premise here. The main character is a young computer programmer-turned-organic farmer. There are some fun supporting characters and relationships that I could see being fleshed out in subsequent titles. I read this book quickly and enjoyed my time reading it.
The not so good things:
There are a few sort of weird transitions, where time skips a bit and the author basically just tells what the main character did/said during that time. It didn't really feel natural; sometimes I would make sure I hadn't skipped a page. There were also some kind of cartoony/straw man antagonists, and I'm not sure it would have been possible to "solve the case" just from the information in the book. I also feel like if you're going to write a cozy mystery about food, include the recipes! There was some tasty sounding stuff in here that I wish I could make.
I would describe this as a promising debut that was worth the 2 bucks or whatever it was I paid for it.