I’m so pleased this series found a new home. Krista Davis writes great cozies and this series always brings me hours of reading pleasure.

When I got my hands on the ARC of this book, I was giddy. I love Retta. Donna was one of the best characters on Parks & Rec and I’ve been a Twitter and instagram follower for years. I remember when Retta was doing the official True Blood Premiere after-party or live tweeting or some such and I wanted to be her.

This book is filled with great anecdotes, sage life lessons and behind the scenes glimpses of how showbiz works. Any Retta fan will be satisfied with this witty book. Just don’t tell her to #treatyoself

2.5/5

This book was pretty mushy and saccharine but there were enough interesting characters and relationships (outside of the romance) that I can’t write it off completely. I’m willing to see where book 2 bring us.

Transmisogynistic comments coupled with equating a character’s supposed femininity with sexuality?

No.

Well, I suppose I’ll have it eat my own words! I thought the first book in this series worked really well as a stand-alone and questioned if a good second book was even possible. It is! This book really digs into the past and expands the world with characters we met in book one becoming more important. And now that I’ve finished this book, I can definitely see the promise of a third book!