I normally hate cooking show books because I feel like they’re overdone and have a hard time handling the different dynamics while shooting the show and while they’re not shooting the show.

I did read the first book in this series, but I think it would work well as a stand-alone book as well.

I love a good cozy mystery, and this didn’t disappoint. I think the baking show aspect actually worked well, and I loved how Daisy used her magic pies in this new scenario.

I loved book 2 even more than book 1. It has the perfect blend of murder and cozy Great British Bakeoff Vibes. A delicious, pitch perfect follow up!

This is a Cozy Mystery, and this is the second book in the Pies Before Guys Mystery series. I really loved the first book in this series, but this book let me down a little bit. I found the book was mainly about the baking show, and we did not get a lot of the mystery or the characters that I loved from the first book. I liked this book, but I have to say I did not love it. I found parts of this book to be boring. I am just not a person that wants to read a baking show book. I really missed the food truck and the deli in this book. I also really missed the craziness and love between the characters that the first book showed so while, and this one just did not. I hope she is back in the town she lives in for the next book. I did listen to the audiobook for this book, and the narrator was good. I was kindly provided an e-copy and e-audiobook of this book by the publisher (Crooked Lane Books) or author (Misha Popp) via NetGalley, so I can give an honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.

Tanya Eby, the narrator, really brought this story to life. If I had to describe this book then it would be a cross between cozy mystery, the lost apothecary, and the magic of lemon drop pie. This book was ad ode to baking shows and competitions with a dash of murder, a sprinkle of murder for hire and a smidge of lgbt+ . This book had me smiling and Daisy is really just a lovely character who you really want to succeed.

I’m gonna have to go back and read the first book in the series but honestly this book can be read as a standalone. If you are looking for a book with a diverse cast and a fun mystery with lots of food in the mix then this book is really for you.

This review is for the audio version. I am really enjoying this series. The narrator really brought the characters to life for me. This is the second book in the series. Although it is not as dark as the first, the murder pie makes an appearance.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book for review.

This was such a deliciously fun read! I am new to Misha Popp and wasn't aware this was in a series, but as a lover of cooking and baking shows and a good mystery, this one really hit the spot.
As a standalone, I still thoroughly enjoyed it and had no trouble jumping in at book two.It definitely has me adding the first book to my TBR because I love the Pies Before Guys premise and can't wait to read more of these adventures!
Many thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for the advance copy.

This book is actually the sequel to another, so I felt I was missing some context when I was reading this book. I would probably go back and read the first one though.

I didn’t particularly care for the narrator. Her voice was overly nasally and unnecessarily high-pitched. Once I was able to get past that, I could get into the story.

I thought the cooking/baking show premise was unique, and I enjoyed it. I just think the “mystery” portion of it wasn’t very strong. It wasn’t really a mystery until at least halfway through the book when it started to pick up a little. I just felt the plot was a bit weak and didn’t really get me invested into the “whodunnit.”

Overall, I would certainly read another in the series and by the author.

This is a pretty solid cozy mystery. I really only have one issue with it - I personally read the cozies to get away from the real world but this one brought the real world to me in the form of politics a little too often for my liking.

Now if we remove those political tidbits we still have the story so I can look past it. Their addition was unnecessary but I understand the authors need to add it in. It’s clear she’s passionate about what’s brought up. I just personally would have preferred it be left at wow this sucks and then move on since it’s hard to escape reality when it’s mentioned in your escape.

Regardless, I love the story. I love our murdery pie baker finding herself in a mess while participating in a baking show. It was hilarious and had every vibe necessary for a cozy mystery. I received an audiobook through NetGalley and found myself really enjoying not just the story, but the narration as well. The narrator was perfect for this book and I have no complaints.

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This was such a fun, cozy read. We get to follow Daisy as she brings her magical baking into a baking competition that's reminiscent of The Great British Baking Show. I loved the baking show element to this installment. It truly felt like the focus of the book, with the murder as a side plot. We got a lot of details about all of the various entries at each round of the competition and some truly made my mouth water. And I felt the stakes of each round as they announced the top baker and who was to be eliminated. I loved the setting of a castle-like mansion and it was really fun to read about secret passageways in the library. I will say that if you are going into this wanting more murder pies, then you may be disappointed. There is talk about making them but no actual on page baking of murder pies.

Overall, the story flowed well and was really fun. I can’t wait for the next installment.

Thank you to Dreamscape Media and Netgalley for the audio-arc of this book!

Daisy has entered a baking competition show. And she's got murder pies to deliver on the road trip there and back. But once she arrives, she is surprised to learn that one of her intended victims is one of the judges for the show. Then, during filming, he turns up dead. And now Daisy is trying to figure out if she's yet again in danger of being exposed or if this is somehow a coincidence.

For the premise of this book, the competitors are all sequestered on location. Which was cool because it meant all new characters, but I also missed Zoe and Noel and her diner family.

I think the narrator did a good job but I also got confused about who was who from time to time because there were a lot of characters to keep track of. I think it would have been easier if I was reading instead of listening.

Spoilers:
Besides her dropping off a few pies on the way to the show location, there weren't actually any murder pies in this one. She does still use her magic a bit but not for quite a while. I hope we get more murder pies in the next one.

I received an advanced listening copy of A Good Day to Pie by Misha Popp through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review and, here it is!
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This is the second book in the Pies Before Guys Mystery Series and unfortunately, I haven't read the first but that didn't take away from how much I enjoyed this story.
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Daisy is accepted to participate in a baking competition show. Hooray, right?! For the most part, yes, however, your side gig is making murder pies. Her pie didn't do the murdering this time but she still finds herself in the middle of not one but two murders. She needs to solve this mystery to make sure nothing leads back to her.
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Although there were a lot of characters to keep track of I really liked each character's individuality, how developed a lot of them were, and that they mostly got along as a group. I loved all the baking jargon, the bake-off setting, and the mouth-watering description of everything that was being made. I could totally picture everything that was going on!
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Thanks to DreamscapeMedia, NetGalley, and author Misha Popp for this ALC to honestly review. This book is out now! Go get it!

First of all, Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to an advanced copy of this book!

I had not read the first book, I actually wasn't even aware it was a series, but I was only a tiny bit "confused" but nothing that ruined the book for me. At first, I wasn't a fan of the narrator's voice but the longer I listened the better I acclimated to it and in the end, it was actually fine.
The story was cute and a little anti-climatic because I think it was pretty obvious "whodunnit". I enjoyed the whole pie competition narration though and found that a nice change of pace from other cozy mysteries I've read. I did feel like the book could have been a bit shorter as sometimes the day-to-day narration of the cooking competition felt a little bit long-winded. These are cozy mysteries, not Pulitzer novels so I anticipate them being a quick read. That is actually what I enjoy the most about a cozy, they are the palate cleansers between the heavier books I read. Daisy seems like a likable character and there were a few of the other characters I hope we see again in future books. I also hope to learn more about the folks "back home" but I suspect I should probably go back and read the first book to get that! When it's all said and done, this is a good cozy mystery and I will continue to pick up the books in the series.

One of the most popular categories for cozy mystery series is culinary, and within that category it seems the most popular profession is that of a baker. So I wasn’t surprised when a new cozy series came out last year featuring…you guessed it, a baker. A pie maker to be specific. You know what isn’t typical in cozy mysteries? It’s not typical for the main character (the heroine in this case) to also be a killer. A serial killer at that! And yet Daisy, the protagonist in Misha Popp’s Pies Before Guys Mystery series is just that. A serial killer. No she’s not out roving the woods wearing a hockey mask and carrying a machete. Instead she’s armed with pies…magical murder pies to be exact. Daisy, who really does comes off as a sweet woman, bakes magical murder pies, targeting men who have seriously wronged women and who are untouchable by the law. Wild premise for a series? Yeah, I would agree. And while it might seem strange for the lead character of a cozy mystery to also be a murderer…it actually works. This time around Daisy is taking part in a TV show cooking competition. She and the other contestants are pretty much confined to a huge manor while the show is being filmed over a two week period. Little did Daisy realize that one of the judges would also turn out to be one of the targets on her hit list. The crazy thing is that the man ends up dying…without any help from Daisy, and now she sets about trying to solve his murder! As much fun as the first book in the series was, I think I enjoyed this one even more. I’m a huge fan of cooking shows, so having the book revolve around a cooking competition, not to mention the setting of a secret passageway filled manor just pulled me right in. Tanya Eby does an excellent job with the audio narration. (She also did the narration for the first book in the series as well. Love when a series keeps a consistent narrator.) This is a fun series that puts a unique twist on a well loved genre. 4.5 out to 5 stars, rounded up 5. I’d like to thank Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to and review an advanced audio copy of A Good Day to Pie.

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I read my fair share of cozy mysteries and this one did have a unique twist to it. Adding magic to Daisy's abilities was fun. However, since I read this as a standalone, I didn't even realize that this was happening until I was quite a bit through the book. I have heard that the first book was a bit more focused on the magical elements and I I will go back and read that one as well.....I have already added it to my TBR list.

This series is a bit more edgy than most cozy mysteries which I think is a refreshing change. I also really liked the baking competition that this was centered around. I didn't care for the curse words that were used, even though they weren't used in abundance. I do read books that have that kind of language, but I don't really like my cozy mysteries to contain that.

Overall, a fun read! Especially if you love baking competitions, a bit of magic, a small-town setting and a mystery thrown in.

Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for this advanced reader's copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I was in the mood for a good mystery and this book did the trick. It wasn't too heavy and kept me engaged while I was listening. Great read!

This was a great cozy mystery story that had a fun vibe to it. It had a great flow from the beginning. Listening to the audiobook the narrator did great but at times I couldn't tell the characters apart. Overall a great cozy book to listen to.

I listened to this on audio, and the narrator was excellent! The story itself was fast paced and fun, right from the get go. It was a light hearted mystery with an interesting cast of characters. I was entertained from beginning to end.

I received this ALC from NetGalley, but the opinions are my own.

I liked the pie competition storyline and the great characters but didn’t like the story's murder-pie angle. There are some great recipes at the end for making basic cookie dough, quick bread base, and brioche donut base.

I listened to the Audiobook ⭐️⭐️⭐️. The narrator was a bit bland when it came to the dialogue. The characters didn’t have much difference in the voice and it was often confusing about who was speaking.

Thank you to NetGalley, Crooked Lane Books, and Dreamscape Media for the ARC and Audiobook in exchange for my honest review!

Daisy and the gang are back in the second installment of this cozy mystery series, but I was sad that we did get to read much about the lovable, crazy characters that support her in her pie business, since she spends most of the book out of town at a baking competition. However, being isolated from everything and everyone does make for a great mystery when one of the contestants winds up dead, followed shortly by one of the judges. Daisy uses her pie magic to solve both crimes, but gets herself into sone sticky situations while doing it. A Good Day to Pie is a funny, engaging, suspenseful and down to earth read!

I requested this title having not read the first book in the series, but I don't think that affected my enjoyment too much. Misha Popp definitely does a good job folding in whatever details you needed to know from the first book early on. Overall, I found the book thoroughly enjoyable if not the deepest book. I'm a sucker for baking competition novels, and I liked the trope twist of having Daisy search out the killer of her intended victim. The characters were all interesting with most having a distinct personality (especially the contestants). Although the actual crime wasn't the most thrilling, nor was its investigation, Popp was able to use it as a means of uncovering contestants' secrets and delving further into those characters. Overall, this was a very enjoyable read.

Note on the audiobook version: The voices for all the characters weren't very distinct, so it was sometimes difficult to know who was speaking, especially near the beginning.