Hello my cozy friends,
Today I am reviewing “Baking Spirits Bright” by Sarah Fox the 2nd instalment in the "True Confections Mystery" series. I love this series and book 2 did not disappoint!
Winter has arrived in Larch Haven, Vermont, bringing with it holiday cheer, lots of snow, and freezing temperatures. Becca Ransom is squeezing in time to skate on the frozen canals and drink hot chocolate by a roaring fire while also whipping up new creations for her family’s chocolate shop and experimenting with holiday flavors like eggnog, gingerbread, and peppermint. At the same time, Becca is preparing for the Baking Spirits Bright holiday baking competition, a popular annual event. She’s planning to enter an edible model of Larch Haven, with a mountain backdrop made of cake, gingerbread cottages, and chocolate gondolas on sugar-glass canals.
Professional bakers and a local food blogger are also participating in the event and they aren’t about to go down without a fight. The competition quickly heats to a boiling point, with flaring tempers and mysterious happenings. When one of the entrants is found dead, stabbed with Becca’s chocolate chipper, Becca tries to salvage the season by finding the killer. But the heat is on, and Becca is in danger of getting burned.
I loved it! I really enjoyed visiting Larch Haven , and the True Confections shop at Christmas. How fun skating along the canals to get hot chocolate or work. Larch Haven is magical and I only wish it was a real town so I could go visit. Truffles and Binx get into a bit of mischief with the Christmas tree which is exactly what my cats did to mine so I could totally picture it. Another thing I enjoyed was the budding relationship between Becca and Sawyer.
This go around Becca is preparing for the Baking Spirits Bright holiday baking competition, a popular annual event. She’s planning to enter an edible model of Larch Haven, with a mountain backdrop made of cake, gingerbread cottages, and chocolate gondolas on sugar-glass canals.
It was entertaining, full of twists and turns and I didn’t completely guess whodunnit until Becca did. I am ready for some Christmas chocolates now, thank goodness Recipes are in the back of book…
I highly recommend this series to all my cozy loving friends and I can’t wait for book 3 to come out!
I requested and received an Advanced Reader copy from Berkeley and NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my OWN.
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