Review: Needs a lot of work
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 29, 2013
I liked the premise of the book and enjoyed the recipes, as I am a chocoholic. BUT, this book needs a lot of work.  It was confusing. There would be no indication that a particular character was in a room, until they went off on a rant about not being the killer.  I'm thinking in particular about a scene at a catered party, where the protagonist was talking to someone she brought with her to the party, who oddly enough was in the kitchen by himself reading a book. Maxine begins talking to him, and out of nowhere the owner of the house takes off on a diatribe.  Those kind of odd transitions happened several times in the book. Ninjas would love that kind of stealth, but it was jarring and confusing.  I had a lot of "Where did they or that come from?" moments. Then the characters had name changes.  Kathleen Sullivan becomes Kathleen O'Reilly and Carly becomes Marly.  Huh? Call me picky, but I expect more out of a book. If this ends up being a series, I honestly don't think I will be reading any more of them.