A review by nermrlib
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

5.0

I ordered this book because of a computer generated recommendation, since I had already read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. The review said I would like this book if I liked the other one. I always hesitate in taking those recommendations, but this one was right on the money. I completely and totally loved this book. I couldn't put it down. It's fresh, funny, and the heroine, 11 year old Flavia de Luce, is a hoot! She reminds me a little of Perry Mason--used to love to watch that show, even though he always figured out something long before you the viewer ever could, and you never knew what it was until he explained it to Della in the end. Flavia is just like that, which is refreshing. I like not knowing whodunit and how it ends in the first three or four chapters. I was also glad to read at the end of the book that this is the first in a series--can't wait to read the next one!