Many thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the free audio book in exchange for an honest review. This is narrated by Maria Kelly who does a great job!

This is a fun little cozy mystery about a chef turned food critic and blogger for Southern Style. She left her former position as a chef in a cloud of suspicion and has returned home not to be a chef but to write for a local magazine. The trial period at her job is almost over when Tiffany finds out that not only did she get the job but that a rival columnist, Jenny Lee Plumm, is out for Tiffany's job. The two women get into a public altercation, so when Jenny Lee is found murdered, Tiffany becomes one of the suspects.

This is a light mystery that I really enjoyed despite not being a huge cozy reader. Highly recommend the audio version as well.

Thanks NetGalley for the early access to listen to this book. I loved the idea of food blogger mixed with murder. I honestly got bored with the murder investigation. I didn’t find it really that exciting and it rather drug on longer than it needed to be.

I really liked the idea of having a mystery mixed with a culinary blog. In this story Tiffany finds herself involved in a murder investigation right after getting a permanent position in a life and style blog. What bothered me is that parts of the story were very hard to believe, she is always saying "and then suddenly out of the corner of my eye I saw _____". How many times can we use the same device in a story?
Plus, her friend, who is supposed to be her sidekick is always disappearing in the most important situations. At some point, I thought her bestie was actually the murderer. In sum, I liked the story, but it was hard to suspend disbelief when the same plot devices were used over and over again.

This was sweet! My first cozy mystery actually, it felt like a Hallmark movie for some reason? But it works, for its audience, I think it gets the job done well.

Yes, 70% of the dialogue is cheesy but I found it endearing, and with the Southern accent of the audiobook’s narrator, it doesn’t feel cringey…… It just works!

The cover definitely could be better but I understand it’s a tricky thing to get perfect book covers.

Even though this is my first cozy, I think convenience plays a big part for the mysteries to get solved in these type of books so I overlooked that. The only instance that I did go uhh…, was when Tiff calls a certain store and gets loads of personal details that I’m pretty sure workers aren’t suppose to give? To anybody but the client themselves? So I did have a bit of a hard time getting past that.

Loved the little recipe at the end!

Pretty typical cozy, a likeable main character and great food descriptions! Made me hungry several times while listening :) Not sure if I will continue this series, but only because I don't know yet it cozies are for me. However, this book was well written and I have no real complaints other than it seems like it could have been a bit shorter.

Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced Audio version of this book in return for an honest review.
I don't know if it was the story itself or the performance in the audio version but this just didn't resonate with me at all.
It all felt inauthentic and juvenile.
The dialogue didn't sound genuine, the Main character was very childish, the supporting characters were very stereotypical and the plot was contrived. I have listened to quite a few audiobooks and you have to have talented readers who can do accents and different sounding voices. Unfortunately I felt this poor woman had an annoying raspy sounding voice, she could not act, making everything sound upbeat and unserious and the Italian accent sounded French!
I'm sorry but I just couldn't take it seriously at all and just wanted to finish it quickly.

This is a fun low key mystery. Sometimes we all turn into little detectives. Well when Tiffany is named as a suspect she really dives in to clear her name and figure out who the true murderer is. It was fast paced and funny. Great weekend read.