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The Cider Shop Rules review

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 Tari Hann

This is the third book in the Cider Shop Mysteries by Julie Anne Lindsey who’s also known as Bree Baker,and Jacqueline Frost when she writes another couple of my favorite series, The Seaside Cafe and the Christmas Tree Farm. As Julie Chase, she wrote the Kitty Couture series. I only read one of those and have been wanting to get back to it.

I just love Granny an her friends who always have the scoop on the neighborhood gossip and Winnie’s best interests at heart. I really liked meeting Blake’s character, Colton’s brother who’s also a sheriff. I hope he pops in for visits now and then, he’s so fun and crazy but has a great way of getting people comfortable enough to question them without their suspecting anything. I’m really looking forward now to the next book!

Oh before I go, I was going nuts over a crossover in this book with some characters! I thought it was just the coolest thing, but I’m not gonna give it away or say which series, hehe. Just wanted to say thank you, Julie for that fun little tidbit!

My Goodreads review:

The Cider Shop Rules by Julie Anne Lindsey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

As with the previous two, I really loved this book and getting caught up again with Winnie, Granny and Granny’s friends. Winnie’s come a long way with her cider shop, and people were enjoying coming in for cider and lunch items. I keep seeing just a little more hope each time for Colton and Winnie finally getting together. I love progress! We met Colton’s whole family in this book which was fun. His parents were super nice, and his brother Blake (also a sheriff) was an absolute hoot! He sure had a way with people that his brother didn’t. But being an introvert and not the best communicator myself, I can definitely see why Colton’s the way he is sometimes.

I’d almost forgotten about that creepy fugitive Keller! What an awesome hunt to the finish with just the right amount of suspense. Although at one or two points if someone would have come up to me while I was reading, I might have jumped out of my chair, lol.

I can always trust this author to do her readers right in all ways including the budding romance department! You don’t want to miss this exciting installment, but for the most enjoyment, I’d recommend reading the series from the beginning.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book provided by the publisher via NetGalley, and my opinions are my own.

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No Filter review

June 1, 2020 Tari Hann

When I had seen this book for pre-sale on Amazon, it sounded so intriguing, and I’m really glad now that I got it and decided to read it right away. I just had to write a post about it and am so anxious now to read the next book.

The new series is called Barks & Beans which is also the name of the cafe where customers can get coffee and go hang out with some shelter dogs. The author is Heather Day Gilbert who from what I can tell, isn’t normally a cozy mystery author, but she definitely did a great job with this first entry.

My Goodreads review:

No Filter by Heather Day Gilbert

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Oh do I love this new series! Siblings Bo and Macy Hatfield were such awesome characters who definitely used their brains before proceeding into possible danger. Most of the time Macy was very good about keeping her brother in the loop about her investigating until she found out a reason why it was extra dangerous, even to him. I don’t want to give away any of the fun details, but after learning more about the brother and sister duo, I kind of suspected there would be an ongoing story line which was actually a mini cliff hanger, but that makes me all the more anxious to read the next book.

Dogs and a cafe, win-win to me, and it ended up helping the local animal shelter so much that they nearly ran out of dogs to adopt out. I really liked the character of Summer, the girl who ran the shelter and was glad to see that she and Macy hit it off as good friends. Hopefully she’ll get together with Bo. Macy had a couple of possibilities for guys who seemed to like her, so it’ll be interesting to watch that play out in future books. There were some great red herrings, and I hadn’t guessed the killer. The showdown was absolutely awesome with Coal, the Great Dane saving the day. Macy couldn’t have adopted a cooler more intelligent dog!

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Apple Cider Slaying review

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 Tari Hann

This is the first book in a brand new series called Cider Shop Mysteries by Julie Anne Lindsey who also has written as Julie Chase, Jacqueline Frost (The Christmas Tree Farm mysteries) and Bree Baker, the Seaside Cafe series. I really love everything I’ve read by her, and this book was definitely no exception to that. The characters were amazing, and I was drawn in right from the start.

My Goodreads review:

Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a such an awesome beginning for a new series! I just love the characters of Winnie, Granny, Dot and Colton! What’s not to love about Granny, a feisty lady who’s not afraid to protect herself, and Dot is just an amazing best friend. I was happy to see that Winnie and Colton eventually hit it off and will be interested in seeing their friendship and hopefully more develop. I could tell that he was interested in Winnie, since he seemed to have incredible patience with her investigating.

I loved how everything came together by Christmas. I definitely hadn’t guessed the killer and was fairly surprised at who it was. It was really cool how a little ginger kitten helped save the day! Maybe Dolly was giving back to her new owner for adopting her! 😉 I’m super anxious now for the next book in the series, but was happy that this was set at Christmas and came out just now.

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