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A review by writings_of_a_reader
Baking Bad by Kim M. Watt
3.0
3.5 stars
This was a cute cozy mystery. I enjoyed the characters more than the mystery itself, as I thought the mystery dragged a bit at times, and there were not enough clues dropped for the reader. It did end up being pretty predictable though. This was an interesting combination of cozy mystery and fantasy with dragons that are the size of large dogs. I thought they were rather underwhelming as such, and not at all what I was expecting. However, I did enjoy the way the dragons were rather chameleon-like and able to hide from everyone except for the people who knew about them. I also found it pretty amusing the way they bumbled their way through solving the mystery. Pretty much everyone in the book did that, humans and dragons alike.
Overall, I'm not a huge cozy mystery fan. I enjoy the Hercule Poirot books that some people categorize as cozy, but those are not the same type of cozy mystery as these. These are in the category of light fluff that doesn't require much thinking, with a lot of silliness added in. The silliness is what makes it fun and amusing to read. However, I rarely am able to stick with a series like this for more than three books before it gets old, so we'll see how long I last with this one. I'm going to read book two this month.
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This was a cute cozy mystery. I enjoyed the characters more than the mystery itself, as I thought the mystery dragged a bit at times, and there were not enough clues dropped for the reader. It did end up being pretty predictable though. This was an interesting combination of cozy mystery and fantasy with dragons that are the size of large dogs. I thought they were rather underwhelming as such, and not at all what I was expecting. However, I did enjoy the way the dragons were rather chameleon-like and able to hide from everyone except for the people who knew about them. I also found it pretty amusing the way they bumbled their way through solving the mystery. Pretty much everyone in the book did that, humans and dragons alike.
Overall, I'm not a huge cozy mystery fan. I enjoy the Hercule Poirot books that some people categorize as cozy, but those are not the same type of cozy mystery as these. These are in the category of light fluff that doesn't require much thinking, with a lot of silliness added in. The silliness is what makes it fun and amusing to read. However, I rarely am able to stick with a series like this for more than three books before it gets old, so we'll see how long I last with this one. I'm going to read book two this month.
I now have a Booktube channel, follow me at Recordings of a Reader.
Review also posted at Writings of a Reader and Facebook.