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𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Ill Fated Fortune
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Jennifer Chow
𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 320
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: A Magical Fortune Cookie, Book 1
𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: Felicity Jin and her mother own Gold’s Bakery in a small tight knit town called Pixie in California. They have a magical power where they can transfer their feelings into their baked goods. Her mom spreads joy into her pineapple tarts and egg tarts. Felicity has been struggling to come into her own powers. But with practice, she starts making fortune cookies and writing personalized fortunes that predict the future for those eating them. They are so good and everyone wants some. She is so excited until she predicts a murder and becomes the prime suspect!
𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠:Pixie, California with some time spent in Fresno
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝:
• Lovely book cover
• Felicity’s Bestie Kelvin (kinda wish they had a romantic relationship)
• Great supporting characters
• Fantastic character development (her baking confidence & solving the murder)
• The Bunny
• Detective Sun! She was a saint for dealing with Felicity’s meddling into the crime
• Lots of twists and turns to find out Who Done It?
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐃𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞:
• Lots of repetition. I feel that the book could have been shorter without it
• Too many unnecessary characters - got a little confusing (unless they are possibly for future books?)
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬:
Tight-knit Community
Bakery Setting with yummy Asian sweet treats
Cozy Mystery
Magic
Yummy Asian Sweet Treats
Murder
Amateur Detective
𝐂𝐖:
Physical Assault
Anxiety
Destruction of property
Poisoning
Thank you to @netgalley & @stmartinspress for the gifted copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.