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AMAZING, June 29, 2011
I absolutely loved this book! I read it in about two days... I was even reading it during class. I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone. It was unpredictable and riveting. I'm looking forward to reading a lot of other books by these authors.
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A delectable treat, December 22, 2009
A Kid's Review
Chloe has a very busy summer during her break from school. Not only is she planning her best friends wedding (and showers), but she's also working for her parents and helping out her boyfriend Josh as he competes for a TV food show of his own. When one of the contestants drops dead (as well as Chloe, Josh and the film crew getting sick) everyone assumes it was food poisoning. Unfortunately it's never that easy when Chloe is around. When Chloe finds out that the woman was in fact murdered, she sets out to find out just who is responsible. While dealing with Josh's weird behavior, the bride's whacked out mother and a very hot carpenter Chloe is determined to find out what happened. The wedding of Owen & Ade is sweet, funny and surprising all at the same time. Naomi (her mentor from last semester) helps brings calm and reason when it's needed most. And the cliffhanger will leave you begging for the authors to write book 5 just as fast as they can! Another delectable treat you won't want to miss!!!!
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How she spent her summer vacation, April 11, 2009
If "how I spent my summer vacation" is an essay topic for soon-to-be second-year social work graduate student Chloe Carter, she's going to go right over the word limit. She has quite a summer to tell about.
In the fourth offering of the "Gourmet Girl Mysteries" by mother-daughter team Jessica Conant-Park and Susan Conant Fed Up, Chloe has lots of adventures--and problems on her hands. She planned to spend the summer selling environmentally-sound rain barrels in and around Boston for her somewhat zany parents' landscaping business. She expected to use her extra hours helping her best friend plan her wedding, and to enjoy her boyfriend Chef Josh's company and cooking. Plenty to fill a summer.
Then while Josh is the featured chef on a reality cooking show, the woman diner takes a bite of his scrumptious lamb chop and shrieks. She doesn't shriek for long. In a few minutes, she is dead--poisoned with digitalis. Chloe, who sees herself as a latter-day Nancy Drew, tackles the mystery and manages to solve it, but not without excitement and some rather comic scrapes.
While the story has a light-hearted approach and some interesting subplots about wedding planning and flowers; especially foxglove; there are also serious moments--especially those dealing with the relationships between mothers and daughters. This is a cozy series with lots of appeal. Who knows where and when Chloe will confront her next mystery? I'm sure she will.
I face a dilemma about what to do with the book now that I've read it. Do I slip it into the bookcase with my collection of mysteries? Or does it join the ranks of cookbooks on the kitchen shelf? It's hard to decide, for a bonus lies within its pages, a collection of great recipes. (Yes, even one for lamb.) I can't wait for pumpkin season to try the wedding reception highlight "Pumpkin Stew in a Pumpkin."
by Patricia Nordyke Pando
for Story Circle Book Reviews
reviewing books by, for, and about women
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