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A review by metta
The Cocoa Conspiracy by Andrea Penrose
3.0
Picked this up on a whim, not knowing what to expect (was hoping for a pleasant, historic-mystery type of book), and found it to be a nice read. I didn't know at the time that this is the second in a series, but the writing is good in a way that I didn't feel lost in the general scheme of things (it's not vague in the characters' histories, nor is it too detailed where if I had read the first, I'd probably be whining about stuff being rehashed too much, so it felt just the right balance -- kudos to the author for achieving just the right balance of that alone!).
I'll probably read the next in the series; and even though I like chocolate myself, I feel the recipes could be left out at each and every chapter's beginning. (If it's some sort of gimmick, the author certainly doesn't need it as her writing/storytelling stands quite well without it.) 3.75 stars
I'll probably read the next in the series; and even though I like chocolate myself, I feel the recipes could be left out at each and every chapter's beginning. (If it's some sort of gimmick, the author certainly doesn't need it as her writing/storytelling stands quite well without it.) 3.75 stars