Like the dessert that it is centered around, it was sweet and cute read. It's a cozy so it's not to heavy handed on anything, not even the mystery. It as one of those that the victim was so disliked it really could have been anyone that we got introduced to. Even knowing that the who and especially the why, which we really don't know until the very last page, were done well enough here I didn't feel it was a twist that we didn't see coming or too predictable.

One thing that was well done was the point of view we had. Since a majority of her family members didn't tell Win anything about the victim or his relationship to her family, we didn't know either. We got feed the same information when she did so the mystery really unfolded with her. I feel the author did this well without making it seem hokey or obvious.

I loved the relationship Win had with her family as well. I felt that those were the best relationships in the book and that there was a strong bond with all her family members. The closest of course was her grandfather but the others cared about her just as much. I feel that if this series continues the author would do well to focus on that rather than any other relationship. Which leads to some of the criticisms I had about the book.

We're introduced to Win's two BFFs and....I'll just get this out of the way; I did not like Maisie. At all. At first it was cute but as the story developed and her impulsiveness lead to situations where they were in legitimate danger, or let specific people around them know information ahead of time....it got a bit much. There were more than a few points where I was like “Why are you still her friend?” We didn't know much about Riya except she had a temper and that when she went all rage-y people just got out of her way. So I can't say much on her since we weren't given a lot of substance on her.

I also disliked how little Win was there in the first few days of the business being open. I understand she was trying to clear her father's name and that the shop had been in her family for decades but still...she was gone a lot those first few days considering how successful she wanted it to be. And the fact that when O, another character, showed her all the females around her were like “Ohh he likes you jump on that.” And it's like “Madams! She just opened a business....do not try to get her entangled with a man right now.” That got old very quickly.

That said it was a enjoyable read and everything you would want or expect from a cozy. If you're a fan of that mystery type I do recommend it. Just give it grace since, being the first in a new series, it is a bit rough.