Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Strawberry Shortcake Murder & Perfect



336 pages

Product Descripton:

In Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four perfect-looking girls aren't nearly as perfect as they seem.

Aria can't resist her forbidden ex. Hanna is on the verge of losing her BFF. Emily is freaking out over a simple kiss. And Spencer can't keep her hands off anything that belongs to her sister.

Lucky me. I know these pretty little liars better than they know themselves. But it's hard keeping all of their secrets to myself. They better do as I say . . . or else! ~A

Things are getting serious for the four friends, and we still don't know who "A" is.

The parents in this book make me very angry. They all seem to care about no one but themselves. Ugh!

I don't want to give anything away, so that's all I'll say.




320 pages

From School Library Journal:
Adult/High School-Cookie entrepreneur Hannah Swensen is recruited to judge a bake-off but gets embroiled in a bittersweet murder. The victims are not Lake Eden's finest; one is a wife abuser and the other is a snippety blackmailer, but the town is small, concern is rampant, and Hannah is curious. She and her sister Andrea begin sleuthing to prevent their friend (the wife of the first victim) from being accused of a crime she did not commit. The story is at times dense with detail, but the relationships among family and neighbors are pleasingly homespun-and occasionally sophomoric. Spanning the time of the bake-off, this whodunit is appropriately interspersed with mouthwatering dessert recipes. Readers who don't like guts or gore will enjoy this mystery and stick with the amateur detectives as they reach an action-packed conclusion.

I did not like this book. I usually like cozy mysteries and I liked the first book in this series, but this one lost me. There are sooooo many details about every. little. thing. I'm not fond of the main character, either. I won't be reading any more of this series for a long time (if ever).

2010 total: 27
currently reading: Pretty Little Liars #4

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