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Pudding and Poison

Detective Pudding's Cozy Mystery

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Pudding and Poison

By: Dana Sharp
Narrated by: Danielle Karlik
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In the quaint town of Willowbrook, where smiles are as sweet as the pies in the local café, darkness lurks beneath the surface.

Amelia Brooks thought she knew her neighbors, but when tragedy strikes, she discovers that every friendly face hides a secret, and every kind word might conceal a lie.

As the community she loves begins to crumble, Amelia finds herself at the center of a mystery generations in the making. With unlikely allies by her side, she must uncover the truth hidden in Willowbrook's shadowy past. But in a town where trust is a currency and secrets are the true measure of wealth, asking questions can be deadly. And the answers? They might just change everything.

Will Amelia find the key to Willowbrook's mysteries, or will she become another secret buried in its fertile soil?

©2024 Dana Sharp (P)2024 Dana Sharp Animals Cozy Culinary Mystery
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Amelia is well-known for her bread pudding. One day, a customer comes in to try it and drops dead. Amelia, her cat Pudding, and friend, Mason, are investigating and find secrets and more secrets. Pudding was the star for finding loose floorboards and hidden rooms. The writing style was a bit over-dramatic for me, but that is a personal preference. There were also a lot of phrases that seemed over used. When it stands out because I hear things like her blood running cold so often, I find it distracting. If those things don’t bother you, you’ll probably love this book.

I listened to the audio version and the narrator did a great job differentiating the characters.

I received a free copy of this audiobook and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Cozy conspiracy

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I enjoyed the story and the plot. But too many repetitive phrases and thoughts. Then after the mystery was solved it went on and on for many more chapters.

I was gifted an Audible version of this book from the author through Story Origin. The narrator does a decent job presenting the story. She could have used a little more expression in the tense moments. 4 stars for her.

Small town secrets

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The book is ok, but fully of redundancy and unnecessary description and conspiracies. I don’t think I’ll read more by this author or series. Narrator is very good.

Mediocre

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The book is a cute cozy mystery and the storyline opens right from the beginning with someone dropping dead right in Amelia's bakery. I really liked Amelia the baker and her cat Pudding. Throughout the story there are a few repetitive parts and I found the narrator could have used more emphasis in her tone during certain moments and a better way to determine when she changed characters.

Bakery Poison

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I was entertained by this story. I delighted in the small-town setting, and the quirky individuals which inhabited it. I liked Mason, Amelia, and her cat. I enjoyed the mystery. I didn't care for the multiple repetitions of the same phrases. I thought Danielle Karlik's narration was grand, and her performance enhanced my enjoyment of the story. I was given a copy of the audiobook. I volunteered, without financial gain, to post this review which reflected my honest opinions regarding this audiobook.

A Charming Place

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I really want to rate this story a higher star rating but it’s too difficult to do so as that would feel like a lie. There are just too many issues with this book. In the audiobook, the prelogue and prologue you can’t hear because the music is way too loud. The narrator isn’t that good and has next to no voice influxes—this makes it difficult to follow the story. There are too many instances where the author has a difficult time staying in first person point of view, even when it’s still Amelia’s perspective. It’s just sloppy. A good editor would have at least caught these issues before being published or voice recorded. The story moves way too fast and it’s like the author threw multiple books into one. More towards the end, you think the novel is finished but another chapter pops up and it feels out of place. There’s also no character development which makes the budding relationship of Amelia and Mason seem odd and out of place. Sadly, this novel needs to go back to the drawing board and refreshed.

A bit cheesy and disappointing

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This book sounds like the author vomited on the page using every trope she could think of and never went back to re-read any of what she wrote. She interchanges voice from first person to third person in the same sentence numerous times. Chapters do not flow into one another. Her main characters come across the same photo three times, but each incident is written as though it is the only time the photo has been seen. The main male character is first referenced as new to town but is then treated as though he grew up in town and knows the area. He comments at one point about what a vacation he's having. The book seems to end numerous times and the author then adds another chapter with yet another trope. There is a great deal of repetitive word and expression usage. There is also incorrect word usage e.g. "superstitiously" where surreptitiously belongs.
The reader mispronounces words throughout e.g. "acrost" for across.
Don't waste your time on this story's 40 convoluted, unedited, unrefined chapters. This was approximately 5 hours of time I can never get back.
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Don't waste your time.

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This was a really cute mystery, plus, kitty detective storyline!? Yes please! I love reading stories that include adorable kitty counterparts. There are a lot of series similar to this one, but Pudding makes the story so much better. Would love to read more in this series!

Cute story

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