I'd actually give this 500 stars. Sorry to everyone I know for how much I'm gonna not shut up about this book. I wanna live in this world forever. I haven't eaten a book up like this in awhile. Absolutely a perfect cozy fantasy. Gimme more.

Man alive was this a cutie one. The characters are so loveable even at their worst. I loved the cook book premise genuinely. I want these cookbooks. 

I don't know why I remembered this being sold to me in recs as scary. It really wasn't but it was a decent thriller/crime drama. The pacing was great. It definitely never felt like a nearly 500 page book. 

I think olive and Stella are so precious but olives family filled me with such a deep rage I lost a little of my steam reading this at times. Cute start, big heavy topics throughout.

I'm a simple woman to please I just love a ghost story and this one had SO MANY GHOSTS. Pretty predictable story overall but not unenjoyable. Loved the setting. 

Oof the way this book made me cry like 7 separate times. There's some stuff I don't think ages super well 12 years later but overall unbelievably touching book. Lovely character development. As a woman who married a somewhat grumpy man whose only true goal in life is to keep me happy this was a brutal read so fair warning if you relate. 

Pretty cute! A really light, easy, cozy fantasy. 

Loved it with all my heart

There's a special kind of magic in kevin Wilson books that I feel grateful to experience each time I finish one. A little strange, a little ordinary, very lovely. I simply loved this. I almost feel better about the state of the world and my own personal outlook when I finish a kevin wilson book, and what a gift that is. 

Kind of standard thriller honestly. Very obvious killer etc. But I do genuinely like Ruth ware's writing. I think she's really good at tense scenes so I can't say I hated it.