This one? So cute! Lana had me from the first few minutes. She’s exactly the kind of cozy murder mystery heroine I root for; curious, slightly nosy, smart enough to figure things out, and just stubborn enough to get herself into trouble. And honestly, she was just trying to solve a murder and serve dumplings in peace, but people somehow kept making that difficult for her.

Now the detective? Please. That man was jealous and grumpy for no reason. I really couldn’t get behind his attitude when she went to Peter’s place. Ecahse this man didn’t even tell her he liked her so why was he annoyed with her? I mean I get that he was into her, but the whole him being annoyed because she spoke to another man thing was not giving what he thought it was. He needs to be serious.

The mystery part of the story also kept me guessing, and around the 70% mark, I already started side eyeing Peter’s mum. She was acting off, but then also, the antique store guy started acting too suspicious too. And I was right lol! And even though I was just guessing it, the reveal still felt so satisfying. I literally said “I knew it” out loud. Still though, I do wish Lana had looped people in sooner; the woman seriously needs to stop running off solo. All in all, this was such a fun, cozy, twisty little read. I’ll definitely be picking up the next book in the series.